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For Geometrical or " Design " Bedding. — The 



bulbs best adapted are Dutch Hyacinths and 

 TuHps. In this style of bedding the happiest 

 effects are produced by planting solid bright 

 colors in contrast, and in ordering the varieties 

 it is important to select those that will bloom 

 at the same time and are of proper heights. 



The popular varieties of Tulips for design bed- 

 ding are, for scarlets- Belle Alliance, Crimson 

 King and Pottcbakker Scarlet; for white: La 

 Reine, L'Immaculee and Pottebakker White; for 

 yellow: Canary Bird, Chrysolora and Potte- 

 bakker Yellow; for pink: Cottage Maid, Rosa 

 Mundi and Rose Grisdelin. 



Among the popular Hyacinths for design bed- 

 ding are Robert Steiger and Roi des Beiges for 

 crimsons; Gertrude, Gigantea and Norma for 

 pinks; Baroness Von Thuyll and Voltair for 

 white; Chas. Dickens and La Peyrouse for light 

 blues; Marie and King of Blues for purples. 



The Mixed flower Garden and Herbaceous 

 Border are favorite places for growing most 

 hardy bulbs, and here 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 nature 

 of recharging the bulb with new flowers, foliage and energy for 

 the next season's display. 



HYACINTHS. 



Bold, Isolated Clumps of Tali-growing Bulbous Plants make a 

 brilliant show planted on the lawn in a position not too promi- 

 nent 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 : AlstrcE- 

 meria. Crown Imperials Dielytra, Funkias, 

 Hemerocallis, Liliums, Montbretias, Paeonias, 

 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 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 awak- 

 ening 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, Snow 

 flakes (Leucojum). 



" Naturalizing " Hardy Bulbs in semi-wild, 

 outlying grounds is a happy style of simulating 

 nature. Such bulbs should be used as can be; 

 planted in quantity, from a dozen to a hundred; 

 of a kind in a patch. Fortunately, among bulb- 

 ous plants we have many that are hardy, thrive 

 and increase in such rough, neglected, picturesque 

 places even better than in the prim garden. 

 Those suitable are: Aconite (Eranthis), Dode- 

 catheon. Blood Root, Bulbocodium, Camassia, 

 Chionodoxa, Colchicum, Lily of the Valley, 

 Crocus, Narcissus, Funkias, Hemerocallis, Ery- 

 thronium. Snowdrops, Allium Molly, Hepaticas, 

 Grape Hyacinths, Leucojum (Snowflakes), Lilies, 

 Puschkinia, Scillas, Sternbergia, TriUiums, Tri- 

 tomas, etc. 



A.RCISSUS PO ETICUS "NATURALIZED." 



jie°^Remember : { 



If you want flowers in your house this 

 winter or In your garden next spring 



\ You Must Plant Bulbs this Fall! 



