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House & Garden’s 
A good example of tulip border planting. 
The plants are not too closely set, nor are 
they aggressively prominent in the general 
scheme of the surroundings 
In very heavy soil the sand layer may be 3" 
deep, and it should extend up around the 
sides of the bulbs as well as beneath them. 
The roots will reach out through this pro¬ 
tecting layer and reach the nourishing soil 
without as soon as the time for active growth 
arrives. 
Although it is true that bulbs will grow 
in almost any soil, it is also a fact that they 
(Right) An excellent example of bulbs used 
in a perennial border for early effect. 
Notice how their blossoms add character to 
the arrangement of the other plants 
In certain settings, bulbs are invaluable as 
contrasts to the rest of the planting. Here 
Ouida and Rev. Ewbank tulips have been 
used in connection with evergreens 
will do better if the earth around them is 
properly enriched. One of the best fertil¬ 
izers is well rotted manure, thoroughly dug 
into and incorporated with the soil. Bone 
meal also is excellent. Put a handful of it 
on the surface above each bulb, and let the 
rains carry it down gradually. The use of 
both bone meal and manure is seldom 
necessary, or even advisable. 
Another case of justifiable formal bedding, 
bearing about the same relation to front- 
lawn bidb stars that Georgian architecture 
does to houses of the jigsaw period 
