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natural method of rapidly dividing year after year insures its spreading 

 widely. They also do well in beds and borders. 

 SciLLAs, or Squills. Species: sibirica (Siberian Squill), companulata 

 (Wood Hyacinth), and bifolia. The Siberian Squill bears an intensely 

 blue flower which is unexcelled for the planting of entire beds. The 

 bulbs are extremely hardy, the beds needing almost no care. The Wood 

 Hyacinths are white, hght pink or blue, and are very showy used as 

 clumps in borders or woodland. They much resemble the Hyacinth, 

 except that the blooms are much more sparsely arranged. 



POND WITH WATER LILIES 



There are many places that could be converted into pools {or Water Lilies, 

 even in small gardens. The pools or ponds should be 2 ft. to 2}^ ft. deep. 

 The plants can bd placed in boxes or hampers of a size 2x2x1 ft., or a system 

 of half barrels or hogsheads can be arranged in a chain, with water running 

 between each. Sometimes a number of barrels are arranged together, 

 either sunk in the soil or grass, or arranged a little above, sufficiently close 

 to have soil filled between them, and Papyrus, Reeds, and other plants 

 planted therein 



Snowdrop. (See Galanthus.) 



Squills. (See SciUas.) 



Summer Hyacinth. (See Galtonia candicans.) 



Tulips. The finest garden subject among the Dutch bulbs is, in the 

 opinion of many, the Tulip. It is so hardy, the colors are both dainty 

 and vivid, the forin is exquisite, and the ease of success commends it 

 to every garden. It is hardly a wonder that in 1634 there was a 

 Tulipomania, a time when bulbs were placed in balances with gold, 

 when a single bulb of Semper Augustus sold for thirteen thousand 

 florins and it was necessary for th? Government to interfere in this wild 

 speculation. The name has been derived from the Persian toliban, or 



