CHAPTER IX 



BULBOUS- AND TUBEKOUS-EOOTED PLANTS 



No class of plants presents more commenda- 

 ble features for planting on the small city lot 

 than the bulbous- and tuberous-rooted section 

 and none will more richly reward the amateur 

 for the labor and time he may expend in estab- 

 lishing them. They are almost certain to pros- 

 per under his treatment, provided a few sim- 

 ple and easily mastered rules are followed. 

 Much of the spring charm of well-planted yards 

 can be attributed almost exclusively to the free 

 use of plants of this order and so far as later 

 months are concerned, we have only to reflect 

 upon the many flowers of this character, bloom- 

 ing until autumn frosts cut them down, to rec- 

 ognize and appreciate their extraordinary 

 claims upon our attention. 



Every year hundreds of thousands and prob- 

 ably millions of hyacinths, tulips, crocuses, 

 narcissi and other bulbs are planted and, con- 

 sidering the immense numbers set out, it is 



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