Book of Gardens 



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FALL PLANTED BULBS to BLOOM NEXT YEAR 



Long Lived and Dependable, the Hardy Bulbs Need Little or No Care, But Continue Sending 



Up Their Showy Blossoms Season After Season 



IN proportion to the effort expended, 

 no other flowers are so effective as 

 bulbs. They need onl}' to be tucked in 

 the ground in the autumn and given a 

 slight protection of litter to repay one 

 the following spring by a prodigality of 

 blossoms. As the bulbs contain their 

 own plant food the}- will blossom, for 

 the first season at least, on very poor 

 soil. They may be had in every color, 

 and for practically every season, and 

 are equally desirable for both outdcor 

 and indoor decoration. One who de- 

 sires a gorgeous display- of color may 

 plant thousands of the inexpensive spe- 

 cies, or the collector may have his cul- 

 tured taste gratified at greater cost. 



\Mien placed in direct competition 

 with the sho^vy tulips and daffodils, 

 some of the more unusual bulbs are 

 eclipsed. For these there may be re- 

 served a sunny corner, possibly by the 

 entrance where they will attract greater 

 notice, and create an intimacy which 

 would be denied them in the plan of a 

 larger garden. They will also thrive 

 better if the tops are allowed to die un- 

 disturbed instead of being removed to 

 make way for annuals, as is necessary 

 in conspicuous places. 



Another distinct use for bulbs is in 

 formal bedding. The day has gone bv 

 when our ideal of beauty was a fanci- 

 fully shaped bed carved in the middle 

 of the lawn and filled with a red and 

 yellow mixture. However, a well-de- 

 signed parterre has its appropriate 

 place, preferably the terrace next the 

 house, or perhaps the entire space at 

 the rear of a small city lot. 



A very different kind of bulb plant- 

 ing is that of naturalizing in colonies 

 or drifts. Since their beauty consists 

 in the massing of large quantities to- 

 gether, usually any mixture of kinds is 

 to be avoided. In this case the bulbs 

 are allowed to multiply undisturbed 

 vear after vear. Thev succeed best 



PLANTS 



1. Tsuga canadensis, American hemlotk. 

 Hed^e, 85 plants. 2' apart, IJ^' high. 

 Specimens outside garden. 5 plants 4'-4^'. 



2. Spiraea Van Honttei, 2 plants, 3'-3J/2' high, 

 Van Houtte*s spiraea, white. 



3. Deutzia Lemoinei, 4 plants, 2'-3' high, 

 Lemoine's deutzia, white for contrast. 



BULBS 



4. Early tulips: 



A. Yellow: 



*3, Primrose Queen, primrose edged 

 canary. 



2. Chrysolora, clear golden yellow. 



B. Pink, in harmonizing tones: 



3. Pink Beauty, vivid cherry rose, cen- 

 ter of petal striped white, yellow base. 



4. Rose Luisante, brilliant deep rose 

 pink. 



2. Queen of the Netherlands, soft pale 

 rose flushed white, yellow base. 



1. Queen of Pinks, deep pink, white 

 flush on outer petals. 



4. Rose Gris-de-lin, carmine rose shaded 

 fawn, margin creamy white. 



1. Prosperine, rosy carmine, white base 

 marked slate blue, striking. 



C. Wfhite: 



2. White Hawk, pure white, large globu- 



lar flower. 

 4. W^hite Swan, pure white, ova! flower. 



5. May-flowering (Cottage and Darwin) 'ulips: 

 A. 'i'ellow: 



2. Bouton d'Or, deep chmme yellow, 

 black anthers, cup shaped flower. 



1. Moonlight, luminous canary yellow, 

 long oval flower. 



A BORDER OF MINLATURE BULBS 



PLANTS 



1. Forsythia intermedia. Golden bell, for yellow bloom at 

 time of bulbs. ^ 10 plants, 3' apart. 2'-3' high. 



2. Ez'onymus radicals, climbing evergreen evonymus. 22 

 plants, 2' apart, 2 years. 



3. Taxus canadensis, American yew, evergreen with red ber 

 ries in July. Shade. 7 plants, 3' apart, 12" spread. 



BULBS 



4. Galantns nivalis, snowdrops, white, green spot, 4"-6", 

 March-April. Sun or Y^ shade. 



5. Crocus, mammoth golden, yellow, 6"-8", mid-March-lale 

 April, sun or J4 shade. 



6. Scilla sibirica, bibenan squill, deep blue, 2"-6", mid-March 

 early May, sun or shade. 



7. Eranthus hyemalis, winter aconite, yellow, 3"-8", March 

 April, Yz shade. 



8. Muscari botryuidcs, var. Heavenly Blue, grape hyacinth 

 deep blue, 6"-8", April-May, sun or Y2 shaoe. 



0. Fritillaria mcleagrts, pure white, checkered fritillary 

 10"-12", late April-late May, sun or shade. 



10. Lencojuni vernum, snowflake, bell-shaped white flowers, 

 green tips, 6"-12", April-May. J^ shade, 



1 1. Narcissus bnlbocodium. hoop petticoat, delicate yellow 

 d"-8", la'.e April-late May, f.< shade best, not very hardy 



12. Allium, onionwoit: 



a. Aureum, yellow, 1', mid-April-June. 



b. Azureum, azure blue, \'-2', June-July. Sun or shade 



13. Puschkhna scilloides, striped squill, bluish white, 4"-12" 

 April-May, sun. 



14. Camcssia esculcnta, camass, purplish blue, l'-2'. May, sun 

 or Y2 shade. 



15. Mcrnhretia crocos)n<rflora, monbretia, orange-scarlet, glad- 

 iolus-like flowers, 2', July-August. 



16. Colchicum autnmnale major, lavender. 

 Colchicum autiimnale album, white. 



Autumn crocus, 6", September-October. Y shade. 



A TULIP GARDEN 



B. Pink, in harmoniz'ng tones: 



4. Clara Butt, pink, flushed salmon rose. 

 4. Edmee, vivid cherry rose, edged with 

 soft old rose. 



2. Madame Krelage, bright lilac-rose, 

 edged paler rose. 



1. Mattia, clear carmine rose, blue base, 



3. Professor Rauwenhof, bright cherry 



red, scarlet glow inside, blue base. 



2. l-^uzon, soft buff rose, blush margin. 



3. Picotee, while margined deep rose. 

 2. Tngiescombe Pink, rosy, salmon flush. 



where the grass is not too thick and is 

 not cut too soon after the bulbs have 

 bloomed. The cuUivated soil around 

 the bases of shrubs, or the edges of 

 woodland in partial shade, are good 

 places for naturalizing. 



The majority of bulbs are, so to 

 speak, children of the spring, but the 

 lilies nod and beck the whole summer 

 through. Some of them are expensive 

 and die after a year or two, but the fol- 

 lowing are worthy of general use: 



Liliiim elegans, deep orange red, sun 

 or half shade, 2', June and July. 



Liliiim candidum, madonna lily, fra- 

 grant, pure white, sun, Z'-S' , July. 



Lilium Hansoni, yellow, sun or 

 shade, 3'-4', June and July. 



Lilium tigrinum, tiger lily, orange 

 purple-spotted, sun or half shade, mid- 

 July to September, 2'-5'. 



Liliiim speciosiim, spotted Japanese 

 lily, white, reflexed petals spotted crim- 

 son-pink, fragrant, 2'-4', sun or shade, 

 August-September. 



Unlike most lilies, the madonna dees 

 best in full sun. It is often used in 

 combination with larkspur. One secret 

 of success is to cover the bulb with but 

 a scant 2" of soil. The intense color of 

 elegans looks best wdth the w^hite of 

 syringas. The golden yellow of Han- 

 soni is an addition to any picture. The 

 tiger lily looks particularly w'ell with 

 the porcelain blue of platycodons or 

 early monkshood. The speciosum lilies 

 are attractive in the garden with gypso- 

 phila or pink phlox, but are particu- 

 larly suited to rhododendron soil. 



The actual planting of bulbs is not a 

 matter to be gone into hit-or-miss. Few 

 if any of them can stand wet soil before- 

 their roots develop, so if the location is 

 one with heavy soil it is advisable to 

 bed each bulb in sand, making the 

 planting hole somew'hat deeper than is 

 actually needed for the bulb itself and 

 using the sand to fill up this difference. 



C. White: 



2. La Candeur, pure white, tinged, pale 

 rose when opening. 



3. Painted Lady, cream white, tinged 

 heliotrope when opening, 



D. Lavender: 



2. Dream, pale heliotrope with darker 

 stripe. 



1. Erguste, violet, flushed silvery white. 



2. Reverend Ewbank, lavender violet 

 silvery gray flush, white base. 



E. Dark tones: 



1. The Sultan, maroon-black, blue base. 



3. King Harold, ox-blood red, purple- 

 black base. 



2. Zulu, velvety purple-black. 



6. Rembrandt tulips: 



3. Mixed varieties, striped and feathered in 

 shades of violet, rose, maroon, and white. 



7. Bybloem tulips: 



3 & 4. Striped and feathered rose and 

 violet on white ground. 



8. Bizarre tulips; 



3 & 4. Striped and feathered dark brown 

 and red on yellow ground. 



9. Breeder tulips, dark rich colors, dull toned 



or bronze-shaded, some sweet-scented: 

 4. Cardinal Manning, dark rosy violet, 



flushed rose-brown. 

 ?•. Chestnut, real chestnut brown, 

 ID. Parrot tulips: 



3. Mixed varieties, laciniated edges, feath- 

 ered and striped yellow, crimson, brown. 

 II. Double tulips: 



3. Murille. light pink. 

 2. Tea Rose, saffron yellow, 

 ^Numbers before each name refer to the rela- 

 tive time of bloom. All appear in April and May, 



