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Show Fall Bulb Planting Best, Expert Says Spring flowering bulbs shorten the long winter devastation of the garden by giving us flowers at the first glimpse of spring. Their culture is the easiest and simplest of all flow-:is. flow-:is. The bulbs are usually imported from Holland by large seed firms in luly and delivered to the purchasing public in the fall, says J. C. Hogen-son, Hogen-son, U. S. A. C. extension agronomist. The autumn months and not spring is the proper time to plant hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, daffodils, crocus and other spring-flowering bulbs. Any good, fairly rich, soil which is well drained is suitable for most bulbs. Do not use heavy and boggy soils as poor drainage is fatal to bulbous plants. If your soil is clayey, supply a small quantity of . sand or :cal ashes at the base of each bu'.b, mid enrich the soil with very- well-rotted well-rotted manure, but do not use fresh ; able manure under any conditions. Both hyacinths and tulips can be placed in pots, bowls or bulb pans, iu separate colors or in mixtures, and kept in a cool dark place until they have made good root growth, when they may be brought out to light and heat as wanted to bloom. Prepare the bulb bed by digging md pulverizing to a depth of from !2 to 18 inches, and mixing in a liberal lib-eral quantity of well-rotted manure. Hyacin'.hs and crocus should be plant-id plant-id quite early in the fall. Tulips should net be planted until the leaves fall or a slight frost has occurred, j Hyacinths should be planted five to six inches deep and four to six inches inch-es apart. Tulips should be planted five to six inches deep and the same number of inches apart. Crocus should be planted two inches deep and four to six inches apart. Care should bn taken to see that the beds are well drained, as the bulbs will rot if planted plant-ed where water will stand. |