Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . iums, etc., followed in April witli brilliant hya-cinths, tulips, narcissus and hosts of others. In Aprilappear the unapproachable late tulips, poets daffodils,dicentras, etc., followed in succession until frost, notablywith peonies, irises, hemerocallis, lilies, montbretias,tritomas
Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . iums, etc., followed in April witli brilliant hya-cinths, tulips, narcissus and hosts of others. In Aprilappear the unapproachable late tulips, poets daffodils,dicentras, etc., followed in succession until frost, notablywith peonies, irises, hemerocallis, lilies, montbretias,tritomas, etc. All these are useful for gardens, lawns,and parks. Gardeners usually think of bulbs as divided into twoclasses, —hardy and tender, or those which stand freez-ing and those which do not. There is a class from SouthAfrica known as Cape bulbs, which usually bloom inthe fall. There are now so many improved hybrids andbreeds that are crowding out the types, that the term 190 BULBS BULBS Cape bulb has lost its significance in this country. Inthe present article, bulbs are treated under the follow-ing general heads : hardy spring bulbs for design bed-ding ; hardy bulbs in the herbaceous garden, mixedflower border or lawn ; summer- and autumn-floweringtender bulbs for spring planting ; bulbs for flowering. in the house and greenhouse ; keeping dormant bulbs,tubers, etc.; hints on buying and selecting bulbs;catalogue of bulbs. Hardy Spring-flowering Bulbs for Design Bed-ding.—The only bulbs adapted for geometrical beds areDutch hyacinths and tulips. It is not best to use bothin the same bed for really fine effects. While there arehundreds of varieties in both hyacinths and tulips withcolors, gradations and variegations innumerable, ynt forthis style of bedding only solid, bright, cniitrnstini;colors should be used. This limits the in hya-cinths to dark crimson, rose-red, pink, pnri>h, , white and yellow (the latter is seldom satis-factory), and in
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