Show bulbs planted this fall give first spring g flowers flower spring months are almost purs pure joy for or garden lovers who bring to the tha feast of floral beauty an appreciation sharpe sharpened by the long monotony ol of winter in the spring their efforts show a higher average of success free irom from the disappointments which come later with the weeds the insects perhaps a drouth or other difficulties yet the average garden has little to offer compared with what it might present in the first month after the ground thaws because only one third of all garden owners plant the fall bulbs which bear the first spring flowers there are not many of these and you donot do not need many to delight you since silice they bloom when they have no rivals first to flower are the tiny white snowdrops snow drops which would hardly be noticed in a june garden butchen but when they peep through the melting snow they give us athrell which the most gorgeous peonies can hardly equal later in t the he season snowdrops Snow drops blossom when the ground first thaws in spring A small group visible from a window will richly reward you after blooming they soon disappear and if the bulbs are not disturbed they will bloom tor for many years without attention next otter after the snowdrops snow drops h how ow long depending upon the weather blue squalls and glory of the snow chlona doxas appear both blue and flowering so freely free IY they carpet the ground with color spread by self seeding weeks earlier artier e than violets they are far superior tor for gardens because their foliage quickly disappears after they flower and their tiny bulbs offer no competition to companion plants crocuses blossom after the with blue yellow and white flowers they come in white blue and purple and a mixture gives a pleasing effect V 1 q bellias bloom before the violets from the time snowdrops snow drops appear until the crocuses blossom may cover ir a period of thre eto six weeks depending on the weather they are called 41 minor bulbs because their flowers are small but ut they are procious precious because they are early soon after the crocuses come the tha daffodils first malor major flowers ot of spring and with them as a rule the earliest wild flowers begin to bloom and some garden perennials before the daffodils have laded faded early tulips begin to flower bring to the garden for the first time a complete rainbow range ot of colors they are arc followed in order by the tha darwin tulip hybrids ot of the triumph and mendel classes and finally tha th bulb season reaches a climax in the flowering of the tall late tulips oj cd the darwin cottage and breeden types which bring to the garden a color display that not be sur up passed in variety ety by t to follow s iii i i |