February 1. 1908 
_THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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up into offsets altogether and in this way 
become lost. 
Outdoor planting ot Dutch bulbs in 
America is ‘nereasing every year and 
they certainly deserve to be more liberally 
planted stiil. 
Where beds are to be solidly planted 
with spring flowering bulbs, the soil 
should be well prepared in the first place 
A rich, sandy loam is undoubtedly pre- 
ferable, but perhars the most essential 
part of all is that the beds have perfect 
drainage, so that there will be no danger 
of water standing during the winter to 
rot or weaken many of the bulbs. The 
soil should if not naturally sandy, have 
a good coating of sand and should be dug 
to a depth of at least fifteen inches, Well 
rotted cow manure is the best fertilizer - 
that can be used, but a liberal sprinkling 
of fine ground bone willalso be beneficial, 
The beds are better if raised a few inches 
higher then the surrounding ground. 'The 
depth at which bulbs should be planted 
depends mainly on the variety, but a 
simple method is to put the bulbs down 
at least twice their own depth, 
In the hardy border, bulos may be plant- 
ed to great advantage in patches among 
the hardy plants. ‘They will not only 
look well and make the border look showy 
from earliest Spring, put they have a 
thorough chance «f ripening the bulbs 
and need not be disturbed from year to 
year for this purpose. I would recom- 
mend especially the late flowering class 
of tulips suchas Gesueriana, Bouton VOr 
and the Darwin class. 
There is another plan of pianting spring 
flowering bulbs, which, to the lover of 
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natural effect, is perhaps the most pleasing. 
This is planting in the law or in semt- 
wild places. In many places no better 
effect can be gained than from large 
patches of narcissus above the green sward 
In a closely kept lawm only such small 
and early flowering varieties as crocuses 
and scillas may be planted, but what can 
be more pleasing ina semi-wild place 
than patches of the different narcissus 
and in shady places the erythroniums, 
trilliums, etc / When this style of plant- 
ing is adopted each variety or color should 
be in large patches, if space will permit 
the larger the better. Nature always 
plants ia this way. 
For planting outside. or inside I would 
always recommend the use of named hya- 
cinths and only single varieties. For 
the best list of named hyacinths I cannot 
do better than give the following :— 
Charles Dickens, beautiful pink, fine 
formed large spike, one of the finest pink 
hyacinths. 
British Queen, pure white, grand spike. 
King of the Blues, deep glossey blue,, 
large compact spike, the finest dark blue 
hyacinth in cultivation. 
The following are among what I would 
consider the best early tulips for bedding: 
Artus. scarlet with yellow base. 
Belle Allirnce, beautiful pure scarlet. 
Cottage Maid, rose pink shaded white. 
In addition to the forgeoing we must 
not forget the late flowering, which are 
thought by many to be the finest tulips 
of all; they are certainly being more - 
freely planted as their merits become 
better known, but there is still room for 
improvement. The following are among 
the best :— 
Major, scarlet with blueish black base. 
Golden Crown, yellow streaked red. 
Picotee or Maiden’s Blush, white mar- 
gined rose. 
I must also say an especial wor for the 
Darwins. These I consider the finest of 
the late-flowering class. ‘Their stems are 
long and stiff, often two and one-half feet 
high in good garden soil Once planted 
in a favourable location they will come 
up each year for four or five years. Of 
these the named sorts are still rather ex- 
pensive, but the following can be had at 
reasonable prices and are certainly worth 
growing ; Glow, Gretchen, Salmon King, 
White Queen, Clara Butt. 
Parrot tulips are also to be mentioned 
in the late flowering class of tulips, and 
while some objection to them may be 
raised on account of the stem being too 
weak to hold the flower erect, still their 
peculiarly toothed petals and brillant 
combinations in colorings make a wel- 
come addition to the late spring flowers 
List of narcissus for bedding: — 
Yellow trumpets, Glory of Leyden, 
Emperor, Henry Irving, Golden Spur, 
Victoria, Empress White Trumpets. 
Incomparabilis section—Sir Watkin, 
Double Orange Pheenix. In single var- 
ieties Poeticus probably is the best and 
most satisfactory of all narcissi for out- 
door plantings. © 
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