THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



four to six inches deep, and, at the end of 

 May or first of June, annuals are planted 

 over and about them. The planting is so 

 close that it remains a mystery to me how 

 a trowel can ever be put into the soil 

 without cutting a bulb. 



In the border where, later, larkspur, vale- 

 rian, Anchusa Italica and blue annuals 

 bloom, there are, in early spring, the large 

 white crocus and the lovely blue scilla. 



In a yellow border, the daffodils. Emperor 

 and Empress, are followed by early single 

 yellow tulips and late double yellow tulips. 



The borders on either side of a path are 

 filled with early white tulips, to be followed 

 by the Cottage Maid, which is pale pink. As 

 the petals of the pale pink tulip fall, the late- 

 blooming Isabella, a large, double pink tulip 

 almost as large as a peony, comes into flower, 

 and is in turn followed by the exquisite 

 Picotee, which remains in bloom for nearly 

 three weeks, and is, at first, white faintly 

 tinged with pink, becoming at last almost a 



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