THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — BULBS 283 
All these bulbs may be planted as soon as they are mature; 
but in practice they are kept till late September or October 
before they are put into 
the ground, as nothing 
is gained by earlier plant- 
ing, and, moreover, the 
ground is usually not 
ready to receive them 
until some other crop is 
removed. 
These bulbs are planted 
in the fall (1) because 
they keep better in the 
ground than when stored; : 
(2) because they will take 256. One of the squills.—Scilla bifolia. 
root in fall and winter 
and be ready for the first warmth of spring; (8) and because 
it is usually impossible to get on the ground early enough in 
spring to plant them with much hope of success for that season. 
The bulbs lie dormant until spring, so far as outward ap- 
pearances go; they are mulched to insure that they will not 
start in warm weather of fall or winter, and to protect the 
ground from heaving. 
(o _ “) 
257. A purple-flowered Amaryllis. — Lycoris squamigera, but known as 
Amaryllis Halli. 
