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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1912 



How not to do it. Never use straight lines, circles, sauares. lozenges or 

 any geometrical or fancy figures. Rule 1. Plant in nature-like masses, like 

 Figs. 1 and 2. (Crocuses planted by a beginner) 



A Dice dream. This is what everyone wants but you can't have it — except 

 for one year. Crocuses in grass die out. and so do hyacinths and early tulips. 

 Rule 2. Plant permanent species, e.g.. daffodils 



Never plant little bulbs, like snowdrops, scillas. grape hyacinths alone, 

 make no show. Plant them among ferns. Miss Jekyll's way 



They 



Avoid ring-around-the-rosy. All formality is fatal to wildness and makes 

 attempts at wild gardening ridiculous. Preserve all branches of evergreens 



Showy, yes, but artistic — never! Too solid, too uniform, monotonous, and 

 suggestive of the nursery or the newly rich. A day laborer's way 



•Scatter the bulbs and plant where they fall" produces spotty, meaningless 

 effects like this. Inferior to Figs. 1 and 2 



