HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, 
1914 
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Etna, dark rose; Queen of the Pink, pink. 
Almost all above are old standard single 
sorts; the new named sorts show improve¬ 
ment in size and color. 
While most of the bulbs do well in any 
kind of soil, for the best success it should 
be made rich; you should not, however, 
use fresh manure for this purpose, as por¬ 
tions of it are quite sure to come in con¬ 
tact with the bulbs and injure them. 
Bone meal, prepared sheep manure or very 
thoroughly rotted and fine stable manure 
may be used, or nothing at all added if 
the ground is in fairly good shape from 
manuring of previous plantings. 
While the bulbs may be set any time 
until the ground freezes, the best results 
are to be had if they are planted imme¬ 
diately after the first hard, killing frost, 
as this gives them a longer period in which 
to take root growth in the fall before the 
ground is frozen so hard that all growth 
stops. If put in too early, however, they 
will make some top growth, which should 
be avoided. If you have not yet ordered 
your bulbs for this year you should send 
in your order immediately. Get the bulb 
bed or border ready now, and plant as 
soon as you receive the bulbs from the 
seedsman. 
As to the depth at which they should be 
planted, place them down far enough, be¬ 
ing sure to get them right side up, so that 
the top of the bulb is about one-and one- 
half times as far below the surface as the 
bulb is thick through. This will give a 
depth of from three to four inches for the 
average size hyacinth and two to five 
inches for tulips, and two to four inches 
for the various sized narcissi. Where 
bulbs are naturalized in a sod they need 
not be put in quite so deep, as the sod 
and grass form part of the covering and 
also form some protection from freezing. 
In planting lay out carefully all 
the bulbs first on the surface of the 
soil and then plant them. Or, if several 
different sorts are to be put in one 
bed, you can remove part of the surface 
of the soil and plant them in layers, put¬ 
ting in first those that grow, say, four 
inches deep, covering them with an inch 
of soil, then putting in the three-inch 
depth ones, covering another inch, and 
then the two-inch deep ones. 
As well as the bulbs which have been 
mentioned in detail in the preceding para¬ 
graphs there are a number of others valu¬ 
able for fall planting for spring flowers, 
particularly where the longest possible 
succession of flowers is wanted — snow¬ 
drops, scillas and chionodoxas — all 
of which are suitable for naturalizing in 
the grass and are the first to come into 
bloom. These are followed by the cro¬ 
cuses, and these, in turn, by the hyacinths, 
tulips and narcissi, with the hardy lilies 
completing the programme and carrying 
the succession of flowers in the garden 
from early April through July into 
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