October, 1905 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



123 



165. The complicated son of design which one 

 sees in the parks in big cities, and which is totally 

 unfit for home grounds even when on a large scale. 

 Contrast with the simple dignity and strength of 167 



cult without injuring the plants. Watch the 

 growth of the plants and gradually remove 

 some of the cover so as to check the growth. 

 There is much difference in the time of start- 

 ing, according to the exposure, whether 

 shaded from the sun or not. Variations are 

 even seen in the two sides of a bed of convex 

 form. Therefore make bulb beds as nearly 

 level as possible. 



If the fall is dry all the bulbs planted 

 should receive a thorough watering. As a 

 rule, it is impossible to leave bulbs in the beds 

 after they have bloomed and until properly 

 ripe, but some can be saved by taking up all 

 the beds as soon as the bed is wanted for 

 summer bedding and planting them in rows 

 close together in a shaded hotbed or any 

 other partially shaded place in light soil. 

 They will ripen there, and some time in July 

 or as soon as there is time may be cleaned, 

 sorted, and put in trays on a shelf until the 

 next fall-planting season. Only the larger 

 bulbs should be planted again, purchasing 

 others as may be necessary to fill the beds. 

 The smaller bulbs may be planted in the 

 mixed border. 



THE SPRING BEDDING TIME 



When to plant in the spring depends en- 

 tirely on climate. In northern Illinois it is 

 not safe to put out greenhouse stuff before 

 May 20th, and such tender things as coleus 

 and cannas not before the ist of June. Pan- 

 sies and daisies can usually be set out after 

 April 5th, and in an early spring even sooner. 

 Verbena, ten -week -stock and other half- 

 hardy kinds may be safely planted the first 



166. Hopelessly inartistic, but it gives ihe people 

 what they want — a big, solid mass of radiant color. 

 Tolerable in small parks in big cities, but not at home. 

 Too many Kinds, colors and seasons 



week of May as a rule, earlier or later accord- 

 ing to the season. 



Allow six inches space for all the ordinary 

 small plants such as pansies and daisies, and 

 twelve inches for geraniums and other plants 

 of equal size. Verbenas can safely be 

 planted sixteen inches apart and salvia eight- 

 een inches to two feet. Cannas should have 

 a distance of two feet or more. 



167. Formal bedding at its best on an estate near Philadelphia, showing beds of simple but original design and the strength and purity that comes from havins 

 only one color in a bed. How different from the intricate beds of the parks with their bewildering color mixtures 



