Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . now wherever summer bedding prevails. this it may be put in place again, as the bulbgrowth readily penetrates it. Because Hyacinths and some of the more deli-cate varieties of other bulbs do not thrive wellunder this neglected culture system, thisamounts to but little against it. Such shouldhave the benefit of border treatment with richsoil, but the border may even then well bemade in these partly shadc-d situations. OfTulips I prefer to plant only the single, free-growing kinds in the
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . now wherever summer bedding prevails. this it may be put in place again, as the bulbgrowth readily penetrates it. Because Hyacinths and some of the more deli-cate varieties of other bulbs do not thrive wellunder this neglected culture system, thisamounts to but little against it. Such shouldhave the benefit of border treatment with richsoil, but the border may even then well bemade in these partly shadc-d situations. OfTulips I prefer to plant only the single, free-growing kinds in the neglected spots, placing1 the double and delicat<? ones in clumps on awell prepared border instead. Crocuses and Snowdrops are only seen inperfection when left undisturbed for years inthe soil. Single lines of these look meaning-less, compared with a sheet of blossom. Ifthere is any plant that shows to poor advau- tage by the frequent lifting and planting planI it is this same chaste and delicate Snowdrop,for when set in fresh soil the blossoms are cer-tain to be splashefl and soiled in a way that is. AN EFFECTIVE ARRANGEMENT OF A LAWN. (See article on opposite page.) each flower in place as the construction wenton, and it was some years later that the centre-stick was used to steady the structure. Thewire-design man did not appear until 20 yearslater, and when a cross or wreath of flowers hadto be made, pieces of lath or old barrel hoopsfurnished the foundation. The bouquet wasusually a one-sided affair, the ground-workbeing a flat bunch of ArborVitae, through whichthe flowers were rlrawn. Forty jears ago Camellia flowers freely re-tailed at each, while Roses were goinga-begging at one-tenth of that .sum. Now theRose is Queen indeed, and the poor Camelliafinds none so poor as to do her homage. Tube-roses were quoted in November, , at 100. That year my receipts from a house(10x100 feet) sold for Sl,-500 in November; nowthey are rarely sold at all in New Y
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