. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE. Add 6 baits io e<5ck sacc- essive circle Fig. 89.—Diagram for use in estimating num- ber of bulbs required for planting a circular bed TroiTN cenier 9/^ ted nsark tKe general care ixumber/circka bed xs bcouUm The protection of herbaceous perennials has already been dis- cussed, but if one is to have a successful flower border or gar- den some attention is necessary during the growing season. The soil should be constantly worked so that the surface is kept loose and neat. Some kinds of plants spread rap
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE. Add 6 baits io e<5ck sacc- essive circle Fig. 89.—Diagram for use in estimating num- ber of bulbs required for planting a circular bed TroiTN cenier 9/^ ted nsark tKe general care ixumber/circka bed xs bcouUm The protection of herbaceous perennials has already been dis- cussed, but if one is to have a successful flower border or gar- den some attention is necessary during the growing season. The soil should be constantly worked so that the surface is kept loose and neat. Some kinds of plants spread rapidly and must be kept in check by division, which can be done either in Autumn or early Spring, The heavy, tall flower spikes should be staked—before the plant actually needs sup- port—and the spike supported as it grows. Then there are always some garden pests to fight, and the sooner they are killed the better will the plants thrive. Bulbs In the informal flower border, it is advisable to omit all stiff growing sorts such as Hyacinths; but some Spring- and Summer- flowering bulbs should certainly be included in the plan. Narcissi and Crocus can be treated as perennials—being left in the ground from year to year. Sometimes this treatment can be suc- cessfully apphed to Tulips, but any choice varieties should be taken up and stored in a cool, dry place. While these bulbs are really the basis of the Spring floral season, the Summer flowering kinds are no less useful. As an example, the Gladiolus and the Montbretia can be cited—they bloom at a time when the display of flowers in the border is at a low ebb. Such bulbs can be interspersed throughout the border, clumping them around the particular perennials that will be through blooming by the time these bulbs are coming along. treatment of bulbs As intimated above, bulbs can be divided into separate classes for specific treatment. The following table indicates by letter to which class each bulb belongs, and the treatment
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