THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



well as both purple and copper beech and 

 the larch, must also be set out in the early- 

 spring before growth begins. 



Attractive plantings, made in the autumn, 

 of shrubs and bulbs which bloom at the same 

 time in the spring, are: 



Early daffodils, which have been covered 

 during the winter to bring them forward 

 sooner, may be grown under and around the 

 forsythia bushes. 



The pink-flowered crab apples, of which 

 Bechtel's, Parkman's, and Siberian are good 

 varieties, may be planted with the long- 

 stemmed May -flowering rose-pink tulips, min- 

 gled with crimson and white bybloem tuhps 

 and a few clumps of the pale lavender German 

 iris springing from the grass around them, 

 will make a lovely corner about May 15th. 



Gesneriana tulips bloom at the same time 

 as the Spircea Van Houttei, and are effective 

 together. 



Columbines, with lavender and white rock- 

 ets grown in quantities, together with late- 



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