Soil and Culture 31 
soil. The roots which the bulb puts forth 
will go through the sand of course im- 
mediately;, in their search and reach for 
moisture, while the bulb remains safe and 
snug and dry. 
Fertilizer is appreciated by all bulbous 
plants, but manure ought never to touch 
a bulb of any kind. Usually the gardener 
is advised to apply cow manure liberally 
and spade the ground very deep, then 
grow something else for a season before 
planting the bulbs. This insures the de- 
cay of the manure to be sure, but it de- 
lays the garden; consequently it is not 
a method with which one has much sym- 
pathy. 
Bone meal is really the safe, and there- 
fore the best thing to use, when the bulbs 
are being planted. It may be mixed into 
the earth below and around each one, and 
worked in over the surface after they 
are buried. Once they are underground 
and established, however, well rotted cow 
manure may be applied to the ground 
above them, and worked in each spring; 
