Bulbous and Tuberous Rooted Plants 



MONTBRETIA. 



This hardy free-flowering bulbous plant is a native of South 

 Africa and grows to the height of about two and one-half feet. 

 It thrives well in any good garden soil and increases rapidly, its 

 roots spreading freely. It requires little attention beyond getting 

 a plentiful supply of water until the blooming season is over 

 when the water may be gradually withdrawn. It should be 

 taken up and replanted about March in every third year. The 

 roots get so thickly matted together by that time that the ground 

 becomes impoverished, the result being small and imperfect 

 flowers and foliage. The Montbretias make excellent plants for 

 carpeting in groups of young shrubs which still show bare ground 

 between the plants. 



Propagate in early Spring by dividing the roots and planting 

 them twelve inches apart in bunches of from three to six bulbs 

 each. Cover them to the depth of half an inch. 



NARCISSUS (Daffodil). 



A genus of popular hardy Spring- 

 flowering plants with handsome white or 

 yellow flowers. They are excellent for 

 filling beds or borders and make fine ef- 

 fects when planted in apparently natural 

 groups in the lawn. 



When planting them in the lawn, 

 avoid symmetrical lines or formal shapes 

 as far as possible, a good plan being to 

 take the bulbs in the hand and to scatter 

 them freely, planting them where they 

 fall. When planting in the grass, take 

 up a piece of the sod about three inches in 

 diameter and six inches deep; in the 



bottom place about an inch of light rich soil, then plant the bulb, 



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Narcissus. 



