READY FOR BULB-PLANTING Ml 
that, for a while, we thought we would plant no 
other tulips. In the end, however, we chose from 
the catalogue the solid yellow ones for earlier 
blooming. 
We bought no hyacinths. We do not care for 
them as much as for the other spring flowers, and 
they cost more. In this instance, Joseph and I con- 
sidered ourselves fortunate in having our taste 
correspond with our pocket-book. 
After Joseph had made out his list of bulbs from 
the catalogue, he took it to show to Miss Wiseman 
before actually sending the orders to the nursery- 
men. 
“Master Joseph,’’ she said, “you have shown 
good taste as well as economy.” 
The order was then sent in. Now that the 
bulbs have arrived, Joseph looks at them several 
times a day with the same air of mysterious wis^ 
dom and admiration that he had for the seed pack- 
ages last March. He is as serious about his bulb- 
planting as I was in starting my rosarium. 
It is, however, because Joseph has been seri- 
ous regarding the garden that he has made it 
a success this first year. If he had continually put 
it aside for other things, instead of attending to it 
each day, planting and transplanting when the hour 
was ripe, the garden must have suffered and worn 
a melancholy, unkempt look. Nothing is more 
distressing than to see a neglected garden. Some- 
