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and reset in soil bettei* prepared and better 

 adapted for their growth. If, however, the 

 bulbs show no deterioration, let them remain 

 undisturbed until, due to the natural processes 

 of propagation, they become so crowded as to 

 show by smaller flowers that they are too thickly 

 set. Where the soil is not very rich, several 

 seasons may pass before this sign of distress 

 warns the gardener of the need of lifting and 

 replanting. Daffodils, for example, may remain 

 undisturbed, often for four or five years, and 

 the peony, representative of the most perma- 

 nent "bulbous" plant, may be allowed to re- 

 main undisturbed in rich soil, provided it has 

 room to extend its growth, for ten or twenty 

 years. Still, it must be remembered that, in 

 what is called high-grade bedding where, as a 

 general rule, only tulips and hyacinths and oc- 

 casionally daffodils are used, bulbs planted in 

 the fall, after blooming in the following spring, 

 should be dug up and planted elsewhere, usually 

 in the borders, and the next autumn new bulbs 

 should be set out. 



HARDY BULBS 



One of the most delightful ways of growing 

 bulbs is the cultivation of the hardy species in 



