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porate in the soil beneath enough decomposed 

 manure to insure healthy and vigorous growth. 

 The daffodils, of all the different kinds of 

 bulbs that are grown in our gardens or yards, 

 prefer the richest soil. 



SEASON FOR PLANTING BULBS 



Nowadays many nurserymen contend that 

 hardy bulbs may be planted as late in the fall 

 as the ground can be worked. Their cata- 

 logues, almost without exception, advise the 

 purchaser that good results are to be obtained 

 from bulbs planted even as late as Christmas 

 and that they will flower as satisfactorily as 

 those planted earlier in the fall. This is not 

 only misleading, but absolutely incorrect. 

 Bulbs planted late in the autumn are never as 

 satisfactory as those planted earlier in the 

 season. With daffodils, for instance, there is 

 an absolute loss of strength and vigor when the 

 planting is postponed later than October but 

 when, on the other hand, the planting is done at 

 an earlier date, even as early as the latter part 

 of August, there is a material gain. Still, 

 avoid too early planting, for cool weather is 

 necessary to deter top growth, which is likely to 

 make its appearance six weeks after the bulbs 



