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Show then lav out your bed. Beginning ix inches from "the outalde. make your first row of holej six inches apart, and so on until you have filled your bed. Make the holes with a dibjble from an old upado handle cut off ten inches below be-low the grip, and pointed- Mark the depth for uniformity. Plant in solid colors for the beet effects. If you must have variety, use not more than three kindi and never break row. Narcissi or Daffodil These bulbe are fine for naturalizing In the grass or even the lawn that can be left ror late cutting. There are four varieties of narciiai trumpet, pheasant eye or poet, jonquils and polyanthus. Of these there are doubles and bicolor. The most popular- and best for out door planting arp the trumpets and poets. They multiply rapidly from bulbiets, and on-e established last for years. Fill your annual border with them six inches apart, plant your annuals between be-tween them and they will never interfere inter-fere with one another. The doubles are fine for cutting and pot culture. Some good ones are emperor, golden spur; of the trumpets, empress; Madam Plemp and Victoria of the trumpet bicolors; of the poets and polyaotha there is very-little very-little choice. Von Zion is a good double. Hyacinths. These are water-loving bulb"; in fact, they will grow in water. Tf many are grown the bed should have at least one-fourth part of mountain clay mixed in with sandy soil. Hyacinths are considered con-sidered a luxury in our high altitude and light soils, and unless specially pre-pfirtjd pre-pfirtjd beds are made they are seldom good the second year; however, they are fine for individualizing and pot culture. The single blues and whites are best. Lilies. Hardy lilies, such as tigers, longi-florum," longi-florum," canadense, valley, plaintain, speciosum, and red and white super-bum, super-bum, do well If planted in groups. The Bermuda, or Easter lilies, are for pot culture only. Iris. English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese iris are separate and distinct dis-tinct varieties, but the finest of them all are the Japanese. These are better known probably as kaempferi. They require re-quire more water than the other va neties, but their blooms are much larger and finer. Hardy Perennials. These are available from dealers in the fall as individual plants or divisions. divis-ions. Most of them are herbaceous, and when once established last for years. Oare should be taken in preparing prepar-ing their permanent bed. Dig in and dig deeply plenty of well rotted manure. After planting and just before frost top-dress with more manure. Perennials Peren-nials always do better In groups, with the exception of those that form clumps such as peony and trie. Plant them two to three feet apart, which gives room for cultivation, and, like shrubbery, gives room for spring bulbs. Some good ones that do well in this climate, together with their height, color and length of bloom, are as follows! The following gives the name, height, color and time of bloom of'the respective flowers: Peony, two feet.' various; May, June. Anemone, one to two feet, white and pink; September, October. Golden-rod, four feet, yellow; June to August. Delphlnum, three to four feet, blue and purple; July, August. September. Columbine, two feet, various: April, May, June. Shasta daisy, two feet, whi te ; June. July, August. Oriental poppy, two feet, scarlet; June. Phlox, two to three feet, various; June, July, August. Golden-glow, five feet, yellow; August, September. , Foxglove, three feet, various ; June, July. Gaillardla, two feet, . orange and red; June to frost. n Pyrethrum, two feet, pink and red ; June to frost. Hollyhock, five to six feet, various; July, August. Bleeding heart, two feet, pink; May, June. July. pinks, one foot, pink and red ; June-, July. August. ' Candy tuft, one foot, white; March, April, May. Vlnca, one foot, purple; all season. CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS DESCRIBED roper Varieties for Spring Planting Listed by Former For-mer Sexton. SHOULD PREPARE NOW Best Results Obtained by Doing Preliminary Work in the Fail. By PEKLEY A. HILL, Secretary Amateur Gardener's association. associa-tion. The most appreciated flowers are those that come in the garden in early spring. To get theao the planting must be done in the fall. Among tho bulbs are snowdrops, crocus, daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, anemone, May flowering or Darwin ( ulips, buttercups, lilies, Japanese Ja-panese and Spanish iris and dogtooth dog-tooth violets. Among the herbaceous herba-ceous perennials plant peony, phlox, delphlnum Shasta daisy oriental POPpy gaillardia, Carpathian bell, gold-engjow, gold-engjow, coreopsis and bleeding heart. Hybrid perpetual rosea such as General Gen-eral .Faquemlnot. Captain Christy, Mrs. John Laing. THneh Bmnner, Frau Karl Druschki Margaret Dickson, Paul Ney-ron, Ney-ron, J. B. Clark, Camille De Rohan, Magna Charta, Clio Anna d Diesbach If planted In September are sure to bloom in .Tune. Single Early Tulips. These are easily grown and are popular popu-lar on account or their extensive range of color and uniform growth. They are fine for hedding and massing, but deteriorate rapidly in our light soils. UiyOM they are lifted and replanted every year they soon disappear, although al-though some varieties, like kaiser Kroon and the Poti.ihakera, last thfSo years; they increase from the bulblet or seed. It. takes three years to get perfect bloom from a seed or bulblet. After blooming pinch off all seed pods. Some good varieties are kaiser kroon, crimson and yellow, 9 inches high; rose gria de Hn, pink, 8 inches high; white-nawk, white-nawk, white 8 inches high; chrvsolora, yellow, 8 inches high; .Toost von Vondel, "white and red, 8 inches high; proser-pine, proser-pine, carmine, 8 inches high: Belle alliance, al-liance, scarlet, 7 inches high. Tulips in the foregoing list will bloom all at the samo time. Double Tulips. These are used almost entirely for pot culture on account of their rose-like rose-like bloom and fine lasting qualities. They are also fine for the garden, but cost more. Their habits out of doors are tho same as the single earlies, with the exception of shorter stems and a much longer time in bloom. The reds and scarlets are best. Darwin Tulips (May Flowering). These are the finest of all tulips, and, if planted In groups six inches apart, fifty in a group and four inches deep will last for years, supplanting perennials. peren-nials. They are fine between shrubs with their bold colors, large cups borne on stiff stems that are very often two feet high. They cost more In the beginning, be-ginning, but are cheapest in tho long run. They are heavy feeders, and, as they do not bloom until May, care has to be taken that they get plenty of water. Some fine ones are Franc o'rabe Sanders, scarlet; white queen, white; Pride of Haarlem, pink; la tulip Noire, dark purple; Zanzibar, maroon; Faust, purple; William Pitt, red. Prepare your bed at least, a week before be-fore plnnting. Dig in some bid well-rotted well-rotted manure (never use fresh manure abound bulbs), pulverize the soil well, |
