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Hardy Bulbs for Open-Ground Planting.— 



A great many kinds of bulbs are hardy 

 enough to withstand our severe Northern 

 winters. Most of the suitable sorts should be 

 planted in the fall, and they will flower the 

 following season, commencing in March or 

 earlier with Snowdrops, Chionodoxas, Scillas, 

 Crocus, Aconites, Bulbocodiums, etc., which 

 are followed in April with Hyacinths, Tulips, 

 Daffodils, and hosts of other bulbous beauties. 

 In May appear late Tulips, late Narcissus, 

 Lily of the Valley, Bleeding Hearts, etc. 

 Again, followed in succession until frost, 

 notably with Paeonias, Iris, Hemerocallis, 

 Lilies, Montbretias, Tritomas, etc. 



The flixed Flower Garden and Herbaceous 

 Border are favorite places for growing most 

 hardy bulbs, and where they seem to thrive 

 and give the most pleasure. They should be 

 planted here and there in little colonies 

 among the hardy plants and shrubs, whose 

 sombre winter browns and dull greens make 

 a most effective setting when studded in the 

 early spring with the brilliantly colored and 

 fragrant bulbous blossoms. Besides, from the 

 border one does not hesitate to gather flowers 

 daily for the house, for fear of spoiling the 

 effect, as would be the case from design beds. 

 Furthermore, in an herbaceous border bulbs 

 are not disturbed, the foliage remains 

 uninjured until ripe, thus fulfilling its duty 

 assigned by natu re of recharging the bulb with 

 new flowers, foliage and energy for the next season's display. 



Bold, Isolated Clumps of Tall-growing Bulbous Plants 

 make a brilliant show planted on the lawn in a position not too 

 prominent nor too near, the object desired being a large mass 

 of one color, in striking contrast to the surrounding green grass 

 and trees. For effects of this kind only one variety should be 

 used in a bed. Those most suitable are: Alstrcemeria, Crown 

 Imperials, Dielytra, Funkias, Hemerocallis, Liliums, Mont- 

 bretias, Pa^onias, Tritomas, etc. 



Bulbs Right in the Sod on the Lawn present a pleasing 

 picture when in bloom in the early spring. They should be 

 planted in a "hit-and-miss" fashion, an irregular group in one 



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place, scattered individuals over there, as one would find wild 

 flowers. Of course, on closely clipped lawns, only very early 

 spring-flowering bulbs can be used, those that flower, ripen 

 and die down before it is necessary to use a mower. Then the 

 summer surface on the lawn will be as smooth and green as if 

 no sleeping bulbous beauties were beneath it waiting for their 

 awakening the next spring. The bulbs may be planted with a 

 dibble when the sod is moist and soft after fall rains, but it is 

 better to cut the sod, turn it back, plant the bulbs and press 

 the sod in place. Suitable sorts are: Aconite (Eranthis), 

 Bulbocodium, Chionodoxa, Crocus, Hepaticas, Grape Hyacinths, 

 Scillas, Snowdrops, Snowflakes (Leucojum). 



" Natu raliz ing " 

 Hardy Bulbs in semi- 

 wild, outlying grounds 

 is a happy style of sim- 

 mulating nature. Such 

 bulbs should be used as 

 can be planted in quan- 

 tity, from a dozen to a 

 hundred of a kind in a 

 patch. Fortunately, 

 among bulbous plants 

 we have many that are 

 hardy, thrive and in- 

 crease in such rough, 

 neglected, picturesque 

 places even better than 

 in the prim garden. 

 Thosesuitable are: Aco- 

 nite (Eranthis), Dode- 

 catheon, Blood Root, 

 Bulbocodium, Camas- 

 sia, Chionodoxa, Col- 

 chicum, Lily of the Val- 

 ley, Crocus, Narcissus, 

 Funkias, Hemerocallis, 

 Erythronium, Snow- 

 drops, Allium Molly, 

 Hepaticas, Grape Hya- 

 cinths, Leucojum 

 (Snowflakes), Lilies, 

 Puschkinia, Scillas, 

 Sternbergia, Trilliums, 

 Tritomas, etc. 



lilium acbatum (offered ou page 3-1). 



Our Pamphlet, "BULB CULTURE," given free (if asked for) to every purchaser of $2.00 worth of bulbs or over. 



