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soil so that one or more bulbs may be inserted 

 in the cleft. Then pull out the spade and 

 tramp the sod back into its former position. 

 This will leave the bulbs in a slanting position 4 , 

 which seems to make no difference to their 

 growth and flowering, the plants coming up 

 just as straight as if the bulbs had been placed 

 perpendicularly. 



SAND CUSHIONS 



In heavy ground, or low-lying situations, 

 where an undue amount of moisture from 

 melting snow or other causes keeps the soil 

 continuously wet for weeks during the spring, 

 place a handful of sand under and around the 

 bulb of any rare and delicate variety, partic- 

 ularly the white trumpet daffodils. This will 

 often prevent them from becoming diseased, 

 as the sand allows the water to drain away 

 from the bulb. 



LIFTING AND DIVIDING 



The natural increase by offsets of some va- 

 rieties is so great that the second year after 

 planting, the number of bulbs will be trebled. 



