HENDERSON'S BULB CULTURE. 



BED OF GOLDEN BANDED LILY. 



SPRING AND SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS. 



Spring blooming bulbous plants are especially valuable, some of the earliest of them commencing 

 to bloom before the snow has left us, and at a time when the garden is bare and unattractive. The 

 various species, therefore, whether grown in beds in masses, or in clumps in the herbaceous 

 border or shrubbery, are always charming and interesting, and coming at a season when most needed, 

 are always appreciated more than any other class of flowers. From September to the middle of No- 

 vember is the best time for planting ;* if deferred later a suitable assortment of the bulbs required 

 should be secured early, as if left till wanted, in consequence of the exhaustion of stocks, some of the 

 sorts most especially required may be unobtainable. 



To grow them to perfection the beds or borders should be well drained, either naturally or artifici- 

 ally, and the soil dug at least a foot deep, with a liberal dressing of well decayed manure added. Fresh, 

 coarse manure is injurious to the roots of all bulbs. If the ground is heavy a good proportion of sand 

 and leaf-soil should be incorporated. The depth at which the various bulbs should be planted varies 

 considerably. The Western Lilies, L. Humboldti, L. Washingtonianum, etc., are found to do best 

 at a depth of ten to twelve inches, the various other Lilies, Crown Imperials, Hyacinths, etc., four to 

 five inches, Tulips, Narcissus, Jonquils, etc., three to four inches, etc., the larger bulbs requiring to be 

 planted deepest. The rows should be from six to ten inches apart, and the bulbs placed from four to 

 eight inches, according to their size. In planting, the beds or borders should be rounded up to the 

 centre to prevent water standing on them in winter. As cold, freezing weather approaches give a good 

 covering of leaves, salt hay, or stable manure to partially protect from frost, and early in spring re- 

 move half of it as soon as the shoots begin to show through the soil, the rest to be removed when dan- 

 ger of frost is over, and the bed or border then carefully forked over or stirred up with a bayonet hoe. 

 They will then require but little attention till done blooming, when, if not desired to be left perma- 

 nently, they may be taken up and " heeled in " in a shady, sheltered place till well ripened off, when 

 they may be cleaned and stored away for next season's planting. 



The various summer flowering and ornamental leaved bulbous plants may be planted out from the 

 middle of April till the ist of June, according to their nature or requirements, as described under their 

 respective headings. The following list of spring flowering and bedding bulbs and of summer flower- 

 ing bulbs may be found useful : 



For Bedding and Spring Flowering. — Anemone, Bulbocodium, Camassia, Chionodoxa, Crocus, Daffo- 

 dil, Eranthis, Fritillaria. Galanthus, Hyacinth, Jonquil, Muscari, Narcissus, Puschkinia, Triteleia, 

 Tulips, Scilla, Snowdrop. 



For Summer Flowering, — Allium, Amorphophallus, Antholyza, Apios, Begonia (tuberous,) Bessera, 

 Boussingaultia, Bravoa, Brodiaea, Caliprora, Calochortus, Camassia, Canna, Colocasia, Cooperia, 

 Crocosmia, Cyclobothra, Dahlia, Ferraria, Galtonia, Gladiolus, Hemerocallis, Iris, Lilium, Madiera 

 vine, Milla, Montbretia, Oxalis, Pancratium, Ranunculus, Richardia albo-maculata, Schizostylis, Stem- 

 bergia, Sprekelia, Tigridia, Tritonia, Tricyrtis, Tuberose, Urceolina, Vieusseuxia, Zephyranthes, 



