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Show Lovely Summer Flowers Can Be Grown from Bulbs Beginners in gardening find bulbs often easier to grow than seeds. A bulb is a "package deal" containing not only an embryo plant, as the seed also does, but food to nourish it until it flowers. There are many summer flowering flow-ering bulbs which, like the gladiolus, gladio-lus, are easy to grow and can be lilted before frost comes, and saved over winter to plant again next year. They are all attractive subjects to plant in groups near a patio or terrace, where they can be admired at leisure. They also contribute interesting flowers to the garden border, and cut flowers flow-ers for home decoration. Montbretias, cousins of the gladiolus and in a way resembling a miniature of that plant, have spikes of orange, yellow and scarlet scar-let flowers. The newer named varieties are double the size of the old timers. They show rapid increase and a few bulbs will give a fine stock for another year. The three-cornered blooms of the tigridia or tiger flower in brilliant bril-liant red, yellow or white with striking spots in the center of the flower always attract attention with their dazzling display. They are an easily grown bulb that will provide much beauty during the 'iM on. , bs' PERUVIAN V I DAFFODIL. , Aatfi 2.EPHYRAMTHUS OR FAIRY LILIES, i MONTpRETIft, summer. The summer hyacinth with its huge spike or drooping white bells, catalogued as hyacinthus candicans, is another striking subject of very easy culture that will always attract attention and " serve as a focal point. Another is the Peruvian daffodil, daffo-dil, Ismene calathina. It really is not a daflodil at all but is a white lily-like bloom with a green trimmed cup in the center of the flower, the stalk bearing the cluster clus-ter of big snowy blooms coming from an ornamental fountain of strap-shaped foliage that is attractive at-tractive when the plant is not in bloom. The little fairy lilies that send up 6 to 8-inch stems bearing rose and white blooms can be planted in clumps and furnish a beautiful display all summer. These in the catalogue are zephyranthes, relatives rela-tives of the amaryllis. For the finest and most powerful power-ful fragrance a few bulbs of the old favorite tuberose should be planted for autumn bloom. This is an easily grown bulb that is always al-ways admired and loved for its odor. The gorgeous tuberous begonias are fine subjects for a sheltered shady corner that you can keep well watered. They give an astonishing aston-ishing display. They are even finer fin-er for pots or boxes on a porch but they can't stand hot sun. They come in both double and 'single forms. |