GARDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



one enthusiast that I know plants in rings of 6, and 

 leaves them in the ground ! 



The daffodil, jonquil and narcissus are three 

 tyj^es of the narcissus family, the daffodils usually 

 being distinguished by their long trumpets, while 

 the jonquils and narcissi have the little cup -like 

 centers, and, moreover, are fragrant. They should 

 be planted in the late fall, 4 in. below the surface, 

 in soil that has been enriched 8 in. below the bulb. 

 They increase rapidly, and do not have to be 

 taken up, or even divided for years. If set in a 

 border where their room is needed after they bloom, 

 simply turn the tops down under the soil, and sow 

 over them any low-growing annual, such as candy- 

 tuft or poppies. My friend of the tiny ^^handker- 

 chief" garden described in Chapter II, has — think 

 of it ! — over 1500 of these various spring-flowermg 

 bulbs in her border that are treated this way, and 

 never taken up ! Yet a few weeks after they have 

 bloomed, the space they occupied is filled with new 

 beauties. 



Tulips — ^but as I told you, they once drove a 

 whole country mad ! Today we have probably far 

 more beautiful ones, — and many can be bought in 

 the fall at planting time, for $1.00 per hundred! 

 Some bloom early, some late ; some are short, some 

 tall; some are cheap, some expensive. They will 



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