Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . ts woundaround the handle and draped it all old brown basket brought out thecolors beautifully. I have 3 of them now. Near (he ceiling I have hooks to whichstrings run from brackets on each side of thewindow, which support a Cobjca Scaiiiienson one side, a German Ivy on the are now racing to meet each other atthe top, and pretty sooit will tie themselvesinto a true lovers knot. Over this window is the text O ye greenthings upon earth, bless ye the Lord. POPULAR GARD
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . ts woundaround the handle and draped it all old brown basket brought out thecolors beautifully. I have 3 of them now. Near (he ceiling I have hooks to whichstrings run from brackets on each side of thewindow, which support a Cobjca Scaiiiienson one side, a German Ivy on the are now racing to meet each other atthe top, and pretty sooit will tie themselvesinto a true lovers knot. Over this window is the text O ye greenthings upon earth, bless ye the Lord. POPULAR GARDENING. October, The Sprlngr Garden of Holland-Bulbs. The garden that is without an abundanceof spring flowers of the Tulip, Hyacinth,Daffodil and Crocus class is far from beingcomplete. And yet throughout our landthere are many gardens, some of consider-able pretense in the way of costly summerbedding, that wholly lack these sweet earlyflowers. The old-fashioned gardens of ourmothers are better oS even, for here, if any-where, may usually be seen plenty of earlybulbous flowers. If the improved varieties. said of their running out, if the groundis made very rich with old manure and leafmold from the woods there will be butlittle cause for complaint here. Along withplenty of enriching material it is well to addsome portion of sand to any soil for bulbsthat may be deficient in this element. In planting Dutch bulbs there is moredanger of planting not deep enough than toodeep. For the larger kinds, such as Tulips,Hyacinths, Narcissuses and Jonquils, to beburied beneath five inches of soil is none toomuch, while small kinds, like Crocuses andSnowdrops, should be covered twoinches deep at least. For the formersized ones a good distance apart forthe bulte is from six to eight inches,while the latter may be put at fromfour to six inches apart. GROUP OF DOUBLE HYACINTHS. may be absent, this lack Is often made upby the abundance of what there are, delight-ing the eye and nose in the merry
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