. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. 202 THE BEGINNER'S GARDEN BOOK. are planted They are hardy. space. Even the largest of them, the lilies, cover when in full growth scarcely more than a square foot of ground. Of the small bulbs, such as the crocus, several can be set in this space. There- fore bulbs can be set among other plants and will scarcely be in the way. Fall-planted bulbs will have finished their blooming, and begun to die down, by the time other plants are getting ready to flower. Bulbs can be planted singly, or in Fig. 105. âLily bulbs
. The beginner's garden book; a textbook for the upper grammar grades. Gardening. 202 THE BEGINNER'S GARDEN BOOK. are planted They are hardy. space. Even the largest of them, the lilies, cover when in full growth scarcely more than a square foot of ground. Of the small bulbs, such as the crocus, several can be set in this space. There- fore bulbs can be set among other plants and will scarcely be in the way. Fall-planted bulbs will have finished their blooming, and begun to die down, by the time other plants are getting ready to flower. Bulbs can be planted singly, or in Fig. 105. âLily bulbs groups, or in masses. They do well 'â '""'â in lines in the border, in clumps among other plants or under the shrubs (the very earliest bulbs only), or irregularly but thickly spaced in the grass. Let me speak of those which are to be planted in spring or summer. For all of them the ground should be prepared at least a foot deep; for the golden-banded lily, eigh- teen inches. The gladiolus provides large spikes of beautiful blossoms which open one after another. They are to be had in all colors, in the most delicate hues, and flower in August and Septem- ber. Cover four or five inches ; distances, six inches or more. Gladiolus is tender, and the bulbs should be lifted and stored as soon as the tops are killed by frost. The little bulbs which form near the big ones will, if nursed for a couple of years, yield good flowers. Plant early in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original French, Allen, 1870-1946. New York, The Macmillan Co.
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