

R. M. Kellogg Co. 
Three Rivers, 


Cordell Hull 


How to Grow Them 

Tulips, Narcissi, 
Hyacinths 
Kind of Soil Required 
Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissi require little pamper- 
ing and will get along in most any soil, providing 
it is well-drained. That is the big essential. Some 
say that they like a rich, sandy loam, but most 
any soil will do with drainage. 
By well-drained soil, we do not mean soil which 
allows the water to run off readily at the sur- 
face. We do mean soil into which the water seeps 
readily. The soil should be porous, and the water 
should enter the ground. In other words, you 
should have sub-surface drainage. 
You will find full instructions for providing 
drainage in the following section. 
Soil Preparation and Drainage 
Some people will argue that Tulips and other 
Dutch bulbs are easy to plant, and that is true; 
yet there are few flowers that will not yield big 
dividends from extra care at planting time, and 
these are no exceptions. 
If you want Tulips, Hyacinths and Narcissi that 
will bring forth exclamations of delight from 
your friends, prepare your soil well. It is easy to 
do, and well worth the effort. 
But, where water stands on the surface any length 
of time after a rainfall, you should provide drain- 
age. This is important, as the bulbs will quickly 
rot if they are planted in a wet or soggy spot. 
Simply dig a trench for the bulbs about 4 or 5 
inches deeper than planned for planting depth. 
Then fill the trench up with clean, loose sand, un- 
til the level of the sand is proper planting depth 
below the normal surface of the soil. If you do 
not have the clean, loose sand, very fine gravel or 
cinders can be used. Peat moss is forbidden. 
Proper planting depth is 4 to 5 times the diam- 
eter of the buib, if you have a normal soil. If 
your soil is heavy, e.g. clay-like, do not plant 
more than 4 times the diameter. See scale, p. 31. 
And while you are at it, you might as well also 
provide another important factor: fertility. After 
digging the trench, add a layer of good fertiliz- 
ing material, such as well-rotted stable manure. 
Next, on top of the fertilizer, add a layer of sand 
or other separating material, and then set your 
bulbs on top of the sand. 
The old reliable stable manure is one of the best 
of fertilizers, but it must not be placed next to 
the bulbs; hence this method is particularly im- 
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{5} (How-to-Grow Index—page 22.) 
