Vick's catalogue : bulbs plants and seeds . provides a bed for the roots to run in freely, and enables them to make a 3 4 BULBS FOR WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERS vigorous growth from the start; providing a bed of sand is not absolutely necessary, but if it is convenient todo so it is an advantage. The bulbs, Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Crocus, etc., are now set on the bed, thelargest bulbs from four to six inches apart, and Crocus, Snowdrop, and Snowflake about two inches apart,and when all are in place the surface soil that was removed is gently spread over them without disturbing them,and they
Vick's catalogue : bulbs plants and seeds . provides a bed for the roots to run in freely, and enables them to make a 3 4 BULBS FOR WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERS vigorous growth from the start; providing a bed of sand is not absolutely necessary, but if it is convenient todo so it is an advantage. The bulbs, Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus, Crocus, etc., are now set on the bed, thelargest bulbs from four to six inches apart, and Crocus, Snowdrop, and Snowflake about two inches apart,and when all are in place the surface soil that was removed is gently spread over them without disturbing them,and they thus get covered some three or four inches in depth. At the north bulbs should by preference, beplanted from the last of September and up to November, while at the south November will be early but a few dozen bulbs are to be planted, they can be set by removing the soil with a trowel to theproper depth, and dropping a little sand into the hole before placing in the bulb is also a good practice,though ordinarily it is not VASE OF HYACINTHS When the bulbs are set and covered, then before hard freezing weather comes they willAfter need to be covered with leaves or litter, enough to prevent the ground from freezing Planting much, for the bulbs are injured by the movement of the soil about them that takes placewhen the ground thaws, tearing or straining the roots and enfeebling the plants. Earlyin spring the most of the covering can be removed, leaving a little to remain over the bed until the leavesbegin to push, and then clearing it all off. Bulbs in a shrubbery border may be left after blooming without disturbance and eachAfter spring they will renew their growth and bloom. At the last of Mayor early in June Blooming summer blooming plants can be set in between the bulbous plants whose ripening foliagewill soon after wither and disappear. When bulb beds are in a conspicuous place andit is desirable that they should be set early with summer flowering plants, th
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