156 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE OctronerR, 1906 
their own depth, but lilies should be planted 
about three times their own depth. The 
deeper and later you plant, the later the 
flowers, but the less chance of the flowers 
being spoiled by bad weather in spring. 
If you cover your bulb beds before the 
ground freezes hard mice are likely to nest 
in the litter and eat the bulbs. Wait until 
rodents have found their winter quarters. 
Then cover with leaves (oak leaves mat down 
less than maple) and lay on some evergreen 
boughs to keep the leaves from blowing away. 
Hyacinths should have a 3- or 4-inch layer 
of leaves or litter, but two inches is enough for 
tulips and lilies. All lilies should have a 
2-inch mulch in summer to protect them 
from drought and the most advanced prac- 
tice is to put them in rhododendron beds. 
Both plants are shallow-rooters, are fond of 
leaf mold and need the same kind of winter 
and summer mulch. 
Even in so simple a matter as mulching 
there are new ideas. Save the buckwheat 
hulls in which your bulbs are packed and 
buy more if necessary, in order to coat your 
bulb beds with them before you put on the 
mulch. Next spring when you remove the 
mulch, you will be delighted to find it a 
simpler job than ever before. 
The object of mulching is to prevent the 
alternate thawing and freezing which heaves 
and breaks the roots. One of the fine 
points in bulb culture is to remove this mulch 
early so as to harden the young growths. 
If they come up through the mulch and get 
drawn and yellow, they are in no condition 
to resist later frosts. March is the critical 
month in the North. If you remove the 
mulch in early March and a severe cold 
spell comes, put back enough litter to protect 
the bed from a sudden thaw. ; 
How long to leave bulbs before dividing 
them is a question that can never be answered 
by figures alone. The most permanent way 
is to naturalize them. Many kinds have 
held their own for twenty years without 
any attention other than an annual top dres- 
sing of fertilizer. But in ordinary bed cul- 
ture, the most permanent ‘‘bulbous” plant 
: Seer is the peony, which lasts ten to twenty years. 
is an organization of a few people who have learned The rule is to dig up “permanent” bulb 
that much satisfaction is derived from doing Good ||| beds only when the flowers begin to deterior- 
Work. The Company’s work is done in those aie Ih ‘they are poorer the second year, it 
ais leet Cain welll Ine EGS OL is a fair token that the cultural conditions are 
‘ not congenial, but if the bulbs are happy 
Granite, Stone and Bronze \\ the second year let enmeteees ealney 
Pa sh ae crowd so much as to come to the surface 
or show by smaller flowers that they are too 
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Move 5 HE Ll BE 3 i : a e 3 
a) << 2 Sun Dials Benches Fountains in the borders. The other bulbs may re 
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Pergolas Vases Busts Labels in bulb beds are most unsightly 
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