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Book of Gardens 
FALL PLANTED BULBS to BLOOM NEXT YEAR 
Long Lived and Dependable , the Llardy Bulbs Need Little or No Care , But Continue Sending 
Up Their Showy Blossoms Season After Season 
I N proportion to the effort expended, 
no other flowers are so effective as 
bulbs. They need only to be tucked in 
the ground in the autumn and given a 
slight protection of litter to repay one 
the following spring by a prodigality of 
blossoms. As the bulbs contain their 
own plant food they will blossom, for 
the first season at least, on very poor 
soil. They may be had in every color, 
and for practically every season, and 
are equally desirable for both outdoor 
and indoor decoration. One who de¬ 
sires a gorgeous display of color may 
plant thousands of the inexpensive spe¬ 
cies, or the collector may have his cul¬ 
tured taste gratified at greater cost. 
When placed in direct competition 
with the showy tulips and daffodils, 
some of the more unusual bulbs are 
eclipsed. For these there may be re¬ 
served a sunny corner, possibly by the 
entrance where they will attract greater 
notice, and create an intimacy which 
would be denied them in the plan of a 
larger garden. They will also thrive 
better if the tops are allowed to die un¬ 
disturbed instead of being removed to 
make way for annuals, as is necessary 
in conspicuous places. 
Another distinct use for bulbs is in 
formal bedding. The day has gone by 
when our ideal of beauty was a fanci¬ 
fully shaped bed carved in the middle 
of the lawn and filled with a red and 
yellow mixture. However, a well-de¬ 
signed parterre has its appropriate 
place, preferably the terrace next the 
house, or perhaps the entire space at 
the rear of a small city lot. 
A very different kind of bulb plant¬ 
ing is that of naturalizing in colonies 
or drifts. Since their beauty consists 
in the massing of large quantities to¬ 
gether, usually any mixture of kinds is 
to be avoided. In this case the bulbs 
are allowed to multiply undisturbed 
year after year. They succeed best 
PLANTS 
1. Tsuga canadensis, American hemlock. 
Hedge, 85 plants, 2' apart, 1)4' high. 
Specimens outside garden, 5 plants 4'-4)4'. 
2. Spiraea Van Houttei, 2 plants, 3'-3)4' high, 
Van Houtte’s spiraea, white. 
3. Deutzia Lemoinei, 4 plants, 2'-3' high, 
Lemoine’s deutzia, white for contrast. 
BULBS 
4. Early tulips: 
A. Yellow: 
*3. Primrose Queen, primrose edged 
canary. 
2. Chrysolora, clear golden yellow. 
B. Pink, in harmonizing tones: 
3. Pink Beauty, vivid cherry rose, cen¬ 
ter of petal striped white, yellow base. 
4. Rose Luisante, brilliant deep rose 
pink. 
2. Queen of the Netherlands, soft pale 
rose flushed white, yellow base. 
1. Queen of Pinks, deep pink, white 
flush on outer petals. 
4. Rose Gris-de-lin, carmine rose shaded 
fawn, margin creamy white. 
1. Prosperine, rosy carmine, white base 
marked slate blue, striking. 
C. White: 
2. White Hawk, pure white, large globu¬ 
lar flower. 
4. White Swan, pure white, oval flower. 
5. May-flowering (Cottage and Darwin) tulips: 
A. Yellow: 
2. Bouton d’Or, deep chrome yellow, 
black anthers, cup-shaped flower. 
1. Moonlight, luminous canary yellow, 
long oval flower. 
LANTS 
. Forsythia intermedia. Golden bell, for yellow bloom at 
time of bulbs. 10 plants, 3' apart, 2'-3' high. 
Evonymus radicans, climbing evergreen evonymus. 22 
plants, 2' apart, 2 years. 
Taxus canadensis, American yew, evergreen with red ber¬ 
ries in Tulv. Shade. 7 plants, 3' apart, 12" spread. 
LTLBS 
Galantus nivalis, snowdrops, white, green spot, 4"-6", 
March-April. Sun or )4 shade. 
. Crocus, mammoth' goldeiv yellow, 6"-8", mid-March-late 
April, sun or )4 shade. 
Scilla sibirica, Siberian squill, deep blue, 2"-6", mid-March- 
early May, sun or shade. 
Eranthus hyemalis, winter aconite, yellow, 3"-8", March- 
April, )4 shade. 
. Muscari botryuides, var. Heavenly Blue, grape hyacinth, 
deep blue, 6"-8", April-May, sun or )4 shade. 
. FritiUaria meleagns, pure white, checkered fritillary, 
10"-12", late April-late May, sun or shade. 
. Leucojnm vernum, snowflake, bell-shaped white flowers, 
green tips, 6"-12", April-May, J4 shade. 
Narcissus bulbocodium, hoop petticoat, delicate yellow', 
5"-8", late April-late May, )4 shade best, not very hardy. 
Allium, onionwort: 
a. Aureum, yellow, 1', mid-April-June. 
b. Azureum, azure blue, l'-2', June-July. Sun or shade. 
. Puschkinia scilloides, striped squill, bluish white, 4"-12", 
April-May, sun. 
Camassia esculenta, camass, purplish blue, l'-2'. May, sun 
or )4 shade. 
. Monbretia crocosmtc flora, monbretia, orange-scarlet, glad¬ 
iolus-like flowers, 2', July-August. 
. Colchicum autumnale major, lavender. 
Colchicum autumnale album, white. 
Autumn crocus, 6", September-October, )4 shade. 
B. Pink, in harmonizing tones: 
4. Clara Butt, pink, flushed salmon rcse. 
4. Edrnee, vivid cherry rose, edged with 
soft old rose. 
2. Madame Krelage, bright lilac-rose, 
edged paler rose. 
1. Mattia, clear carmine rose, blue base. 
3. Professor Rauwenhof, bright cherry 
red, scarlet glow inside, blue base. 
2. Suzon, soft buff rose, blush margin. 
3. Picotee, white margined deep rose. 
2. Inglescombe Pink, rosy, salmon flush. 
where the grass is not too thick and is 
not cut too soon after the bulbs have 
bloomed. The cultivated soil around 
the bases of shrubs, or the edges of 
woodland in partial shade, are good 
places for naturalizing. 
The majority of bulbs are, so to 
speak, children of the spring, but the 
lilies nod and beck the whole summer 
through. Some of them are expensive 
and die after a year or two, but the fol¬ 
lowing are worthy of general use: 
Littum elegans, deep orange red, sun 
or half shade, 2', June and July. 
LiUum candidum, madonna lily, fra¬ 
grant, pure white, sun, 3'-5', July. 
Lilium Hansom, yellow, sun or 
shade, 3'-4', June and July. 
Lilium tigrinum, tiger lily, orange 
purple-spotted, sun or half shade, mid- 
July to September, 2’-S'. 
LiUum speciosum, spotted Japanese 
lily, white, reflexed petals spotted crim¬ 
son-pink, fragrant, 2'-4', sun or shade, 
August-September. 
Unlike most lilies, the madonna does 
best in full sun. It is often used in 
combination with larkspur. One secret 
of success is to cover the bulb with but 
a scant 2" of soil. The intense color of 
elegans looks best with the white of 
syringas. The golden yellow of Han¬ 
soni is an addition to any picture. The 
tiger lily looks particularly well with 
the porcelain blue of platycodons or 
early monkshood. The speciosum lilies 
are attractive in the garden with gypso- 
phila or pink phlox, but are particu¬ 
larly suited to rhododendron soil. 
The actual planting of bulbs is not a 
matter to be gone into hit-or-miss. Few 
if any of them can stand wet soil before 
their roots develop, so if the location is 
one with heavy soil it is advisable to 
bed each bulb in sand, making the 
planting hole somewhat deeper than is 
actually needed for the bulb itself and 
using the sand to fill up this difference. 
C. White: 
2. La Candeur, pure white, tinged pale 
rose when opening. 
3. Painted Lady, cream white, tinged 
heliotrope when opening. 
D. Lavender: 
2. Dream, pale heliotrope with darker 
stripe. 
1. Erguste, violet, flushed silvery white. 
2. Reverend Ewbank, lavender violet 
silvery gray flush, white base. 
E. Dark tones: 
1. The Sultan, maroon-black, blue base. 
3. King Harold, ox-blood red, purple- 
black base. 
2. Zulu, velvety purple-black. 
6. Rembrandt tulips: 
3. Mixed varieties, striped and feathered in 
shades of violet, rose, maroon, and white. 
7. Bybloem tulips: 
3 & 4. Striped and feathered rose and 
violet on white ground. 
8. Bizarre tulips: 
3 & 4. Striped and feathered dark brown 
and red on yellow ground. 
9. Breeder tulips, dark rich colors, dull toned 
or bronze-shaded, some sweet-scented: 
4. Cardinal Manning, dark rosy violet, 
flushed rose-brown. 
3. Chestnut, real chestnut brown. 
10. Farrot tulips: 
3. Mixed varieties, laciniated edges, feath¬ 
ered and striped yellow, crimson, brown. 
11. Double tulips: 
3. Murille, light pink. 
2. Tea Rose, saffron yellow. 
*Numbers before each name refer to the rela¬ 
tive time of bloom. All appear in April and May. 
