HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 
1914 
213 
Make a hole with a dibble at the point where the scat¬ 
tered bulbs have fallen, and the naturalized planting will 
be completed 
had in regard to their 
short blooming season 
was due mainly to the 
fact that when used 
for bedding or de- 
the bulb buyer get 
over his habit of send¬ 
ing in an order for 
Collection A or Col¬ 
lection B to “be 
no other flowers are in 
bloom, to be overlooked. 
Before making out your 
bulb order, even though 
you take pains to select 
varieties that will give you 
a long season of bloom, 
careful consideration 
should be given the 
method in which the bulbs 
are to be used. There are 
three quite distinct gen¬ 
eral methods of planting: 
in formal or designed 
beds: in informal beds or 
in long borders, and in 
naturalizing either in sin¬ 
gle specimens or small 
groups, or in large col¬ 
onies. A great change in Narcissus poehcus 
,, ,1, r 1 ls simple in con- 
the method ot planting struction 
has taken place during the 
last decade or two — a change that 
proves a boon to the gardener. In pass¬ 
ing it may be noted that formal beds 
are no longer popular save in certain 
locations, and the bad reputation bulbs 
ing reversed and tulips 
and narcissi are being 
given more and more 
prominence. Practically 
every fall catalogue I have 
received this year makes 
a special feature of Dar¬ 
win tulips. Formal beds, 
and especially those laid 
out on the lawn to display 
geometrical designs, are, 
it is a pleasure to note, 
growing out of favor. In 
these days one seldom 
sees the old-fashioned 
anchor, ship or cartwheel 
that used to mar the ap¬ 
pearance of an otherwise 
pretty front lawn. Such 
abortions never did have 
any practical or artistic 
raison d’etre, although the 
legitimate, formal bed still has its place, 
either in the laying out of formal grounds 
or to supply a mass of color as part of some 
landscape scheme. 
I would urge most emphatically that 
A shady position is neces¬ 
sary for narcissus Orange 
Phoenix 
Early flowering double tulips start 
the succession in their kind 
signs, as they formerly 
were, the gardener had to 
select sorts that would be 
as uniform as possible in 
time of flowering, height, 
color and in habit of 
growth. It is rather in¬ 
teresting to note, too, that 
whereas the hyacinth for¬ 
merly occupied the chief 
position among these 
spring blooming bulbs, 
since they met these con¬ 
ditions most satisfactorily, 
this state of things is be- 
Dragon tulips are strong growers 
and have brilliant coloring 
Late flowering Darwin tulips will conclude the succession of this variety. They flower through 
May and are robust 
planted according to the 
diagram herewith.” Don't 
be tempted into buying a 
collection of bulbs just 
because, for the same 
money, you get a dozen 
or two more than you 
would by making your 
own collection of named 
varieties. What you are 
looking for for your 
money is not the largest 
number of bulbs, but the 
most satisfactory and 
