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Scilla is one of the earliest spring 

 flowers. Set the bulbs in the fall. 



not like them in the lawn. They are likely to interfere with 



mowing, since if they are to live from year to year, their foli- 

 age should not be cut 



till it is turning yellow. 

 These three may be 



allowed to remain 



where they are set. 

 Tulips should go in 



the borders or beds, 



and if freely planted 



will make, a gorgeous 



show. The same is 



true of narcissus, hya- 

 cinth, and lilium can- 



didum, though none Fm 17 



of these have the 



glowing colors of .the 



tulip. But tulips should be lifted every summer, while the 



others remain where 

 planted. The narcissus 

 may be planted in the 

 long grass, where it will 

 make a fine show in 

 spring, and where its 

 foliage will be ripe by 

 haying time. 



Bulbs set in the grass 

 should be planted as fol- 

 lows : with a trowel or 

 knife lift a flap of the 

 sod, set the bulb in, 



Fig. 18. — Crocus, on account of its pointing Upward, and 

 spring brightness, should be planted in 



t £ e f *ii. press the sod back again. 



