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heavy fall rains will wash this down to the roots and nourish 

 them when they are most in need of help. It will be found 

 necessary every third year to lift, separate and replant the bulbs, 

 owing to the rapidity with which they multiply. In heavy 



for permanent planting, either for naturalization or for the 

 decoration of flower-beds and borders. With a proper selec- 

 tion of varieties they can be had in the open ground from 

 Easter onward for six weeks. The earliest kinds might be so 



Fig. 26. — The Silver Maple. — See page 133. 



soils the bulbs would soon become so cramped in the soil as 

 to render them flowerless owing to imperfect development, 

 but in lighter soils this would not be so likely to occur. There 

 should be no excuse for a scarcity of Narcissus-flowers in gar- 

 dens, when it is well understood how perfectly they are adapted 



planted that the protection of a frame could be given, and in 

 this way Easter flowers might be assured even in late seasons, 

 but last year there were plenty in the open ground from newly 

 planted bulbs without the least protection. 



South Lancaster, Mass. O. Orpet. 



