Example from hardy bulbs in grass 1 3 



at all, regarding them as things which require endless 

 care, and as interfering with the 'bedding-out.' And 

 this is likely to be the case so long as the most 

 eflfective of all modes of arranging them is unused. 



Look, for instance, at the wide and bare belts of 

 grass that wind in and around the shrubberies in 

 nearly every country place; frequently, they never 

 display a particle of plant-beauty, and are merely 

 places to be roughly mown now and then. But if 

 planted here and there with the Snowdr op, the blue 

 Anemone^ Crocus, S cilla, and Wint erL..^ ^:eettit e, they 

 would in spring surpass in charms the gayest of 

 'spring gardens.' Cushioned among the grass, the 

 flowers would unfold prettier than they can in the 

 regulation sticky earth of a border; in the grass of 

 spring, their natural bed, they would look far better 

 than they ever do on the brown earth of a garden. 

 Once carefully planted, they— while an annual source 

 of the greatest interest — occasion no trouble whatever. 



Their leaves die down so early in spring that they 

 would not interfere with the mowing of the grass, 

 and we should not attempt to mow the grass in such 

 places till the season of vernal flowers had passed. 

 Surely it is enough to have a portion of lawn as 

 smooth as a carpet at all times, without shaving off 

 the 'long and pleasant grass' of the other parts of 

 the grounds. It would indeed be worth while to 

 leave many parts of the grasa-un mown f or the sake 

 of growing many beautiful plants in it. If in a spot 



