52 Making a Garden to Bloom This Year 
Then there is the matter of beds, al- 
ways to the fore when we consider bulbs. 
Beds of anything, except as they may be a 
part of some definite garden design, are 
hideous mistakes ; and though all the be- 
guilements in the world, in the way of bed- 
ding plants, may be offered him, the true 
garden lover will repudiate them, and do 
his planting for what the dealers distin- 
guish as “ effects.” Just where and how 
to plant bulbous plants, then, becomes a 
question — a poser, indeed. For we are so 
accustomed to them in beds that there 
seems no other place to put them. 
There is no reason in the world for not 
putting summer bulbs against shrubbery 
in a shrubbery border, just as hardy bulbs 
— such as lilies — are so often, and with 
such delightful effect, planted. And, of 
course, dahlias may make a border by 
themselves almost as effective as shrubs. 
Indeed, where shrubbery is not established, 
they furnish an excellent summer substi- 
tute for it. Cannas, towering above so 
many of the garden’s occupants, are well 
suited to light up the foliage of shrubbery 
groups ; gladioli and tigridias, though not 
so tall, may occupy similar positions ; 
