


cissi in spots where you want a wilderness effect, 
and do not mow the grass. 
The method is simple. Simply dig a hole large 
enough and deep enough to set the bulb, place 
the bulb in the hole, fill up with dirt, replace 
sod, and that is all. 
The best way to fertilize a naturalized planting 
is to apply fertilizer on top of the soil after plant- 
ing. Apply in the fall if animal manure is used, 
and in the spring if commercial fertilizer. 
With a little practice, you can often develop the 
ability to use a trowel, and with it cut out a coni- 
cal piece of soil topped by a round disk of sod. 
You then put the bulb in the hole, and replace 
the cone, and there you are, all set for bloom in 
the spring. 
Always try to avoid air pockets when planting. 
The hole should be big enough at the bottom to 
allow the bottom of the bulb to rest on soil, not 
on an airhole. 
It is even advisable to make the hole larger at 
the bottom than at the top. You have then 
loosened the soil, and this loose soil makes a 
better home for the bulb. 
In any event, in naturalizing, do not ever follow 
a pattern. Set the bulbs in a haphazard arrange- 
ment just as if they grew there of their own ac- 
cord. 
Others methods of naturalizing are to plant the 
bulbs around the bases of trees or stumps, or 
along old fences. 
Cultivation and Watering 
The nice thing about growing flowers from bulbs 
is that they do not require much hoeing or cul- 
tivation. In any event, do not hoe deeply. Just 
stir the very top layer of soil gently, and keep 
it loose. 
The frequency of hoeing is determined by the 
frequency of rainfall or watering. 
In watering, it is better to soak the ground 
thoroughly each time you water, and not water so 
often, rather than water only briefly at frequent 
intervals. These brief waterings will not soak in- 
to the ground far enough, but the heavy water- 
ings will. They will reach a depth that will do 
the bulb some good. 
Now allow time for the soil to dry sufficiently, 
then hoe. Usually you can hoe the next day. 
Some hoe as soon as a crust forms, Crusts should 
be kept broken up. 
If you wait too long after watering, your bulbs 
will suffer from loss of moisture which will evap- 
orate from the soil surface. Keeping the surface 
stirred and loose serves to prevent this evapora- 
tion, 
Winter Care 
Bulbs are very hardy, and often will come 
through the most severe winters without injury, 
but nevertheless it is advisable to give them pro- 
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