28 Making a Bulb Garden 
which are decidedly “natural.” Deep, 
uncut grass is not for the small dooryard, 
nor even for the orchard* if it be a strictly 
well kept, up-to-the-minute, scientifically 
handled orchard ; therefore ground of 
pleasant dalliance alone, is needed for the 
use of the larger bulbs on this lavish 
scale. 
All of the bulbs that are suitable for 
naturalizing may be used in borders, so 
nothing is missed by the restriction above 
implied except the manner of planting. 
But I always feel that snowdrops, squills 
and glory-of-the-snow are so delicate that 
they need turf beneath them, even though 
it is brown and sere, rather than bare 
earth. So, although they may perfectly 
well be massed in borders, I always prefer 
to naturalize these, by fifties or hun- 
dreds — or thousands — as the case may be. 
They are so small themselves that very 
small space allows enough room for at 
least the first number. 
