A Magnificent Bed of Hyacinths 
It is merely a suggestion as many people have their own ideas as to the color combinations 
they prefer. For a bed like this, six feet across you need 91 Bulbs in the larger sizes, and an at¬ 
tractive showing is made with the outer row blue, then white, with the center red; or dark blue, 
pink, and center of light blue. There are many effective arrangements of color. If you plant 
such a bed with the small size Bulbs you will need 100, better have 125. You can make your own 
selections of varieties and color but we suggest that your order from our COLLECTIONS IN 
COLOR on page 10. This will enable us to use whatever sorts we can best spare, of the colors 
you wish, will give you fine bulbs and will save you some money. 
Some people prefer to use the mixed colors, planting without knowing how the colors will 
come. This costs still a little less and presents an odd effect at least. 
Another suggestion for a circular bed is to divide it in four equal parts planting each quarter 
with a different color. 
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Such a bed as this can be made as long or 
short as you wish. Only three rows need be 
used for a narrow spot. The combination of 
color can be decided by your individual fancy. 
Set the bulbs in all beds four to six inches 
apart according to size selected. 
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This shaped bed sometimes fits a spot incon¬ 
venient for planting anything else. It can be 
easily enlarged or decreased to suit your ideas 
and space. 
The Five-Pointed Star Design 
It is not difficult to make and is very much 
admired. One of the great advantages of setting 
your Bulb beds in designs is that you do not 
have to reset them every year as you do if plant¬ 
ing with Annuals, and you can enjoy your Hy¬ 
acinths, Tulips or Crocuses in the early spring 
and then have your beds all ready shaped up 
for Annuals for all summer. (Page 9 ) 
