14 GAKDEN ORNAMENTS 



In order to give correct handling to your paths, 

 the color scheme of the borders should be taken into 

 consideration. Different kinds of gardens demand 

 varied treatment, and for this, the situation on the 

 grounds and the type of the walk, should be care- 

 fully thought out. 



For earliest bloom, one should use bulbs. To 

 have them at their best they should be planted in 

 the fall, about six weeks before the hard frost 

 sets in. Trenches are first dug, from twelve to 

 eighteen inches deep, enriched and topped with a 

 layer of sand, to insure the bulbs touching nothing 

 else. Each bulb should be planted six inches deep 

 and the same number of inches apart. They should 

 be covered with from four to six inches of straw, 

 dead leaves — ^hardwood ones being best for this 

 purpose — or pine branches. Great care should be 

 taken that these are not removed too early in the 

 spring. Years of careful experiment have devel- 

 oped better colors and more strength in bulbs and 

 have succeeded in producing a greater variety, both 

 single to double. This evolution in bulbs makes it 

 possible to choose suitable varieties for any border 

 work. 



Snow drops are the first to poke their tiny heads 



