the narcissus group may be planted in pebbles and water. The 
pebbles are placed in the bottom of the glass dish or earthen 
one. Upon this layer, place the bulbs, two to an eight ounce 
dish, and surround them with pebbles for the purpose of steady- 
ing the bulbs. Water should be poured in so that it just touches 
the base of each bulb. These dishes of bulbs ought to go into a 
dark closet until good root growth has developed. Paper white 
narcissus, Von Sions and poeticus may be buried in a bank of 
sand, but leave the noses of the bulbs sticking out of the sand. 
Treat these as you would those planted in pebbles and water, 
except that the entire sand mass must be always saturated with 
water. 
Outdoor Planting.— An outdoor bulb bed is excellent for school 
grounds, being decorative and easy to plant. Tulips look well in 
round beds planted in one color masses. Border beds may be 
filled with daffodils or hyacinths. Crocuses, snowdrops, and 
little grape hyacinths are planted here and there in the grass. 
The single flowered varieties of bulbs are more attractive than 
the double flowering kinds. In preparing an outdoor bed be 
sure that the soil is dug up and made fine for a depth of eight 
inches. Different bulbs are planted at different depths. Hya- 
cinths should go six inches beneath the soil and six inches 
apart; narcissus and tulips, four inches down and four apart; 
crocuses three inches deep and three apart; all small bulbs, like 
snowdrops, etc., should go only just beneath the surface of the 
soil. Cover the bulbs over with soil. When the weather becomes 
cold and just before frost, put about two inches of barnyard 
dressing (horse manure) over the beds. Later, as the weather 
grows colder, put a piece of sacking or heavy wrapping-paper 
over each bed. Hold these down with stones so that the wind 
does not blow the covers away. This last cover is not an abso- 
lute necessity. When the spring comes, take away whatever re- 
mains of the coverings and see the tips of the bulbs poking out of 
the ground. For outdoor planting, buy “bedding” varieties. 
Do not wait until late October or November to buy bulbs, for 
they lose value during the fall, shrinking and becoming less 
strong. The outdoor bulb bed may be left as it is after blossom- 
ing time. That is, the bulbs may be left in the ground, and the 
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