HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 
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Efficiency in the Flower Garden 
(Continued from page 25) 
blooming. If bulbs of the same variety 
and the same grade are used, care being- 
taken to plant them all the same depth, 
there will be hardly a day’s variation in 
the development of the flowers. Formal 
beds and formal effects have their use. 
Charming results can be achieved with 
them under conditions with which their 
presence will harmonize; but do not cut 
out beds in the middle of the lawn and 
plant in formal designs with hyacinths or 
tulips of contrasting colors. Where the 
treatment of the whole place is informal, 
it will be better to use hyacinths sparingly. 
The Roman hyacinths are quite distinct 
from the others in appearance, and with 
their beautiful little flower spikes are quite 
open and graceful. They may be used 
freely, even in the most informal gardens, 
and be in keeping. 
For general use, tulips are the most 
satisfactory of all the spring-blooming 
bulbs. By a careful selection of types and 
varieties, they will give a succession of 
bloom covering six or eight weeks. While 
they are sometimes used in solid or de¬ 
signed beds like the hyacinth—care being 
taken to select varieties of the same type 
and season of bloom and in making the 
color combinations which may be required 
—they are much more pleasing in informal 
or semi-formal planting, in groups or clus¬ 
ters in the hardy border, along the shrub¬ 
bery border, or alone in narrow beds or 
for edging, where they may be followed 
by other flowers after their season of 
bloom is over. The development which 
has taken place within the past several 
years has been truly phenomenal, particu¬ 
larly among the late-flowering sorts, in¬ 
cluding the Darwin, Dutch Breeder, Rem¬ 
brandt and Cottage Garden type. You 
have only to compare the catalogs of ten 
years ago with those of the present day 
to see the position of importance which 
the tulip now holds. If I had to be re¬ 
stricted to the use of a single kind of 
spring-blooming bulb, the tulip would be 
the last to be given up; and, were I fur¬ 
ther restricted to the use of but a single 
type, the Breeders would be my choice. 
They are like the Darwin, but the colors 
are distinctly different, including many soft 
colors, dull, “self-shaded” artistic tones 
that make them not only beautiful in the 
garden but also particularly valuable for 
cutting. All of the Darwins, in fact, are 
especially appropriate for use inside the 
house, because of their strong stems, long- 
lasting qualities and full, open flowers. 
For a long season of bloom, of course, the 
earlier types should be included in your 
order. 
The hardy lilies are, comparatively, the 
most neglected of all bulbs ; they cost more 
than the spring-blooming bulbs, but most 
of them, if planted under the proper condi- 
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