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House & Garden 





A good example of tulip border planl'.ng. /iy. 

 The plants are not too closely set, nor arc i^* 



they aggressively prominent in the general 

 scheme of the surroundings 



In very heavy soil the sand layer may be 3" 

 deep, and it should extend up around the 

 sides of the bulbs as well as beneath them. 

 The roots will reach out through this pro- 

 tecting layer and reach the nourishing; soil 

 without as soon as the time for active growth 

 arrives. 



Although it is true that bulbs will grow 

 in almost anv soil, it is also a fact that thev 



(Right) An excellent example of bulbs used 



in a perennial border for early effect. 



Notice how their blossoms add character to 



the arrangement of the c'her plants 



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In certain settings, bulbs are invaluable as 



contrasts to the rest of the planting. Here 



Ouida and Rev. Ewbank tulips have been 



used in connection a.'ith evergreens 



will do better if the earth around them is 

 [properly enriched. One of the best fertil- 

 izers is well rotted manure, thoroughly dug 

 into and incorporated with the soil. Bone 

 meal also is excellent. Put a handful of it 

 on the surface above each bulb, and let the 

 rains carry it down gradually. The use of 

 both bone meal and manure is seldom 

 necessan-, or even advisable. 



.inother case of justifiable formal bedding, 

 bearing about the same relation to front- 

 lawn bulb stars that Georgian architecture 

 does to houses of the jigsaw period 



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