SOIL AND CULTURE 
1 AM not going to say anything about 
the ideal soil for bulbs, because that 
concerns only the commercial grower. 
Common garden earth will grow them 
perfectly well, when it is in just a com- 
mon garden that they are wanted. So, 
for the private garden, whether it be 
large or small, be assured that any soil 
will be satisfactory, if drainage is as- 
sured. 
Bulbs will indeed grow almost any- 
where; but wherever they are and what- 
ever conditions of moisture they may like, 
always remember that a bulb itself must 
have free drainage. It may be a plant 
that revels in cool dampness, that grows 
best where water stands on the ground 
after heavy rain, or beside a stream 
where water is fed constantly through 
the soil at its roots by capillary action — * 
