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which will be greatly intensified by the surrounding green 

 grass and wild flora. Here, again, each kind of bulb should 

 be grown in large colonies by themselves, scattering the 

 bulbs like seeds on the surface, and then planting them by 

 means of a Barr Bulb Planter. 



Bulbs on Hedge Banks. Bulbs like Muscari coni- 

 cum (Heavenly Blue), hardy cyclamen, tulips, narcissi, 

 crocus, scillas, bluebells, snowdrops, and narcissi add 

 lustre and beauty to a hedge bank in spring. In many 

 gardens rough hedge banks often exist, and these may 

 be made extremely pretty and interesting by planting 

 colonies of the foregoing bulbs in company with primroses 

 and white and blue anemones. One of the prettiest banks 

 we have ever seen was one planted thickly with Muscari 

 Heavenly Blue and yellow primroses. In a well-ordered 

 garden no spot should be left unplanted with a few spring 

 bulbs. 



Bulbs in Woodlands. Woodland spaces fringing 

 paths, or such as can readily be seen, may be turned to 

 account by planting large colonies of bluebells, Muscari 

 eonicum (Heavenly Blue), and daffodils. In smaller colo- 

 nies near the paths, Winter Aconite, cottage tulips, 

 Crown Imperial lilies, Snake's-head Frit ill arias, Leucojum 

 vernum, Ornithogalum arabicum, Allium Moly, Dodeca- 

 theon media, Erythronium Dens-canis, snowdrops, cro- 

 cuses, and larger colonies of such lilies as candidum, um- 

 bellatum, giganteum, and pyrenaicum may be grown with 

 good effect. In springtime and summer the woodland 

 garden will then be a veritable paradise of exquisite 

 beauty, and add greatly to the charm of the surroundings 

 of home. 



Bulbs in Shrubbery Borders. In large gardens 

 there are often acres of shrubbery borders with large 

 patches of earth under deciduous trees that might be uti- 



