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large  or  small,  of  one 
colour  only.  The 
bulbs  can  be  planted 
in  October,  well  dig¬ 
ging  but  not  too 
freely  manuring  the 
beds. 
Narcissi  take  rank 
as  the  best  of  all 
bulbs  for  bedding  dis¬ 
plays.  They  not  only 
make  an  imposing 
and  attractive  feature 
in  the  garden,  but 
the  blooms  c  n  be 
cut  and  employed  lor 
various  decorative 
purposes  in  embellish¬ 
ing  vases,  bowls,  and 
glasses  indoors.  In 
the  beds  the  blooms 
have  a  light  and 
graceful  appearance, 
while  when  cut,  with 
a  little  of  their  own 
foliage  arranged  with 
them,  they  are  ex¬ 
tremely  useful.  Beds 
occupied  solely  with 
any  of  the  following 
varieties  are  specially 
good  : — Golden  Spur, 
Johnstoni,  Queen  of 
Spain,  m  a  x  i  m  u  s, 
Bicolor  Empress,  Bi¬ 
color  Horsfieldi,  W.  P. 
Milner,  Incompara- 
bilis  Sir  Watkin  and 
•Queen  Bess,  LeedBi 
Mrs.  Langtry  and 
Minnie  Hume,  Nel¬ 
son  i  Mrs.  Backhouse, 
Burbidgei  John  Bain, 
and  Poeticus  Poet- 
arum.  A  bed  of  the 
double  English  Daffo¬ 
dil  may  be  planted, 
but  it  is  ready  the 
best  to  plant  the 
choicer  varieties  in 
beds  and  leave  the 
commoner  sorts  for 
wild  positions. 
Tulips  may  be  used 
freely  in  beds.  They 
are  later  in  blooming 
than  Hyacinths  and 
the  majority  of  Nar¬ 
cissi,  but  they  make 
a  specially  welcome 
feature  in  the  flower 
garden,  and  the 
blooms,  like  Narcissi, 
are  useful  in  the 
flower  bowls  for 
general  decoration  in¬ 
doors.  Place  the  bulbs 
4-  to  6  inches  apart 
in  deeply  dug  beds, 
using  one  colour  only, 
or  several  in  combi¬ 
nation.  The  following 
are  varieties  which 
bloom  at  about  the 
same  time,  all  being 
single: — Artus,  bril¬ 
liant  scarlet;  Bacchus, 
dark  scarlet ;  Golden 
Standard,  scarlet, 
flaked  yellow;  Keizers 
Kroon,  scarlet  and 
yellow  ;  Li  Heine, 
White  Swan,  Comte 
de  Mirabeau,  pure 
NARCISSUS  STELL1  SUPERB  A.  (See  iage2J7.) 
white  ;  Canary  Bird, 
<  ’hrysolora,  Yellow 
Prince,  yellow;  Cot¬ 
tage  Maid,  white  and 
rose  ;  Couleur  Pon¬ 
ceau,  crimson  and 
white ;  Silver  Stan¬ 
dard,  crimson  and 
white  ;  Proserpine, 
salmon  pink;  ThomaB 
Moore,  apricot  ;  and 
Van  der  Neer,  pur* 
plish  violet. 
Crocuses  for  beds 
need  only  be  employed 
as  edging  in  broad 
or  narrow  bands  or 
single  lines.  In  the 
latter  case  the  bulbs 
may  be  planted  per¬ 
manently  close  to  the 
i  dge  of  bed,  where 
they  need  not  be  dis¬ 
turbed  by  digging  the 
beds.  The  yellow, 
blue,  white  and 
striped,  are  the  best  in 
a  general  way,  though 
some  may  prefer  the 
named  varieties.  For 
small  beds  the  spaces 
can  be  filled  with 
S cilia  siberica  or  S. 
prsecox,  both  bearing 
rich  blue  flowers. 
Similarly  can  jbe  em¬ 
ployed  Chionodoxa 
Luciliae  (Glory  of  the 
Snow)  which  has  blue 
flowers  with  a  white 
centre.  They  are  all 
dwarf  growers.  The 
spikes  of  flowers  are 
small,  but  a  mass  of 
them  produces  a 
lovely  effect.  Beds, 
too,  may  be  filled  with 
Anemones  in  October, 
following  with  another 
batch  in  March. 
Piant  Ranunculus  in 
February. — S. 
[Bulbs  In  Shrub¬ 
beries.  —  A  grand 
effect  may  be  produced 
from  March  to  May 
with  Daffodils  alone. 
Hyacinths  may  be 
employed  in  limited 
quantity  unless  they 
are  specially  required, 
in  which  case  the 
choice  named  varie¬ 
ties  may  be  grown. 
An  attractive  display 
may  be  had  with 
masses  of  separate 
coloured  Hyacinths, 
employing  the  (three 
principal  colours — red, 
white,  and  blue.  The 
bulbs  of  these  are 
cheap,  and  may  re¬ 
main  some  time  in  the 
ground,  throwing  up 
blooms  annually.  In 
growing  Tulips  in 
these  positions  the 
test  are  those  known 
as  May  -  flowering 
Tulips,  which  include 
Parrots  and  Darwins. 
