178 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



only remove the coarsest, leaving sufficient to pro- 

 tect the young shoots, in case of a late frost, for 

 lily shoots are very tender when first they appear 

 above ground and I have seen a whole bed of four 

 or five inch shoots literally cooked by a late frost, 

 and while that does not always kill the bulb it does 

 do away with any chance of bloom for that season. 



