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auratum, regale, philadelphicum, sulphureum, speciosum, and 

 longiflorum, which all require deep planting. 



And Then the Mulch 



WHEN all planting has been completed and the ground 

 has frozen for two or three inches, it is time to put on a 

 mulch of marsh hay or long strawy manure. This is not to 



safeguard them from cold but from the alternate J reeling and thaw- 

 ing, which tears and injures the roots, and often heaves the 

 bulbs out of the ground completely. A covering of strawy ma- 

 terial put on early in winter is likely to attract mice, which will 

 eat the bulbs. Better wait until mid-January. Thus they are 

 secure until the ingratiating sunshine of spring incites the dor- 

 mant shoots to issue forth and greet another season of flowers. 



WHERE TULIPS ARE THE GARDEN'S FEATURE 



Flantirg them in a so'id mass around the garden, yet each variety by itself, the connoisseur gives the tulips a background 

 of shrubbery foliage which also carries interest after the bloom is done. Iris in clumps afford a foreground relief 



