CHAPTER XVII 



Bt^jES FOE FALL PLANTINO 



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I WOULD lite to urge every owner of a garden or a 

 bit of permanent lawn, to make a special effort thia 

 fall towards the liberal planting of spring-blooming 

 bulbs, for, believe me, they are the most valuable 

 asset of the garden. Hardy shrubs and perennials 

 are equally important in point of possession but do 

 not yield the immediate return that one realizes from 

 hardy bulbs. All of the bulbs which the florists 

 offer for fall planting are specially prepared in Hol- 

 land and in Japan for the trade and each bulb holds, 

 folded in its enveloping sheath of scales or tissue, 

 the embryo flower bud, which only requires the fos- 

 tering care of nature to spring into insistent life and 

 beauty at the awakening of spring. 



Crocus, hyacinth, tulips, seillas, anemones and all 

 the fair cortege of swaying, fragrant blossoms are 

 as certain to repay the trifling cost and trouble of 

 their planting as weeds are to spring up, or grass 

 to grow where it is not wanted. Shrubs give little, 

 if any, return the first year and many of them re- 



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