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WILD GARDENS AND NATURALIZING 
Spring - Flowering Bulbs in the Grass 
One of the prettiest methods of growing certain of the spring - 
flowering hulbs is hy naturalizing them on the lawn in the grass. 
Here they will grow and increase year after year, bloom, ripen and the 
tops die down before it is necessary to use the mower. They do 
not injure the surface of the lawn, there being nothing above ground 
during summer and autumn to indicate that numerous little flowering 
bulbs are asleep and hidden away under the turf. 
Among the bulbous plants adaptable for this purpose Crocuses 
(shown above) are perhaps the favorites, their brilliant flowers of j^ellow, 
purple or white against the green grass being particularly effective. 
Other beautiful allies are Scillas, Chionodoxas, Grape Hyacinths and 
Anemone blanda, which dapple the grass with their blue jewels. There 
are also Snowdrops and Snowflakes, producing drifts of white blossoms, 
and other subjects, each adding its charm of color and variety. 
Naturalized Narcissus 
On outlying sections of the lawn, on slopes and in 
glades where the grass need not be mown until June, 
the bulbs of various Narcissi may be naturalized in the 
turf. A scattered flock of yellow King Cups and double 
Daffodils gemming the greensward with coronels of gold, 
and further on a thrifty colony of Star- flowered Narcissus 
gleaming white in the sunlight, form a picture long to be 
remembered. 
In planting do not get the bulbs into garden - bed 
masses, but scatter them in irregular colonies, with a fringe 
of outriders, thus simulating nature’s plantings. The bulbs 
may be "dibbled” in the fall when the ground is moist, 
but it is better to cut and turn back the sod and tread 
it into place after the bulbs are set. This method would 
also permit the soil to be enriched with ground bone 
fertilizer. 
