38 FIGTOEIAL PUAGTIGAL BULB GROWING. 



the direction indicated. It is not merely the cost of the bulbs 

 themselves that is thrown away; we have also to consider the time 

 that has been expended in planting, and the disappointment that 

 must accrue from the loss of the display for one or more years. 



Apart from the thorough appreciation of the facts set forth, the 

 actuai process of planting will be the same as in that for grass 

 gardening, only that the work will not be quite so carefully done, 

 as the loss of a dozen bulbs out of several thousands will not cause 

 any serious regret, as would be the case where only a hundred or so 

 had been put in. Of course, this must not be read as inferring that 

 simply throwing the bulbs into their places without care or thought 

 of the results should be tolerated, for this is by no means the case. 

 It is intended to convey the idea that the elaboration of detail may 

 be safely avoided, but does not warrant the planter in going beyond 

 all the bounds of reason. 



Broadly speaking, all the kinds of bulbs that can be grown in the 

 grass are available for woodland planting, but actually such is not 

 the case, for it behoves the majority of us at any late to take some 

 cognisance of cost, and this alone will put many very beautiful 

 bulbous plants quite out of court, as the expense of purchasing the 

 requisite number would be utterly prohibitive. Apart altogether 

 from the monetary aspect of the question, we have also to keep in 

 view the fact that we are now about to produce a bold effect, for 

 which purpose it is probable that a cheap I)affodil or other bulb will 

 be equally as serviceable as one that cost ten times the money ; we 

 are not proposing to study the points of an individual flower, but to 

 create a spectacle that will charm by its breadth and boldness. For 

 these reasons it will be permissible to recommend the purchase of 

 the cheaper Daffodils, Crocuses, Tulips, Scillas, and any others for 

 which there may be a desire, remembering always that the pot grown 

 bulbs that are not required for grass gardening can be profitably 

 utilised in the Avoodland. 



To those whose best semblance of the woodland lies in a hedge- 

 row consolation may be found in the knowledge that the banks may 

 be planted with bulbs with the most charming results, as can be 

 seen in many a garden of very modest extent and in scores of 

 greater pretensions. One of the prettiest May pictures in Barrs' 

 nurseries at Long Ditton is a bank upon the side of which several 

 hundreds of bulbs of Muscari comosum, Heavenly Blue, were planted 

 a few years ago. Here and there amongst the ]\fuscaris Daffodils 

 nod their head^, and, though comparatively limited in numbers, 

 they unquestionably play a conspicuous part in the general effect. 

 Such a picture is within the reach of hundreds of garden owners, 

 whose grass clad banks could be cheaply and quickly made twenty- 

 fold more attractive than they now are. 



