Evening star., 1941-09-27

and other triandrus hybrids, bulbo-
codium and cyclamineus hybrids. in
cluding February gold, and the JON
quils; trout Lilies (erythronium) ,
dwarf albums (flowering onions)
puschkinia, the smaller trilliums,
and the smaller Camassia.
Nearly all of these will do well in
places that are more or less shaded
by trees and shrubs that leaf out
later on. However, the trout-lilies,
camassia, and trilliums need more
moist place and at least half shade.
The more sun received and the more
protected from cold winds the
earlier these lowgrowing hardy
flowers will bloom. Many of them,
such as snow-drops, glory-o the
snow, winter-aconite, crocus cloth
of gold" and iris reticulata offer
flowers while there is snow on the
ground if protected from cold winds.
Too much shade will reduce the
vigor and vitality of the tulips.
For the perennial border we may
select from the following: Tulips,
daffodils, Dutch and English iris,
Leucojum, wood-hyacinth (scilla
campanulata), crown-imperial (fril
tillatia imperialis), allium, trillium,
and camassia. OF these, the wood
hyacinth, trillium leucojum and
camassia prefer a semi-shady situ-
alton, camassias need moist shady
place.
For naturalizing in grass the daffo-
dis are widely used, as are crocus,
muscari, guinear hen flower and the
Siberian squills. For naturalizing
in wild flower gardens we may add
to the above wood hyacinth, trout
lilies, trillium, camassia, puschkinia,
winter aconite, snowdrops, glory of
the snow and the guinea hen flower.
For cutting purposes the most
commonly used, besides tulips and
daffodils, bulbous iris-Dutch, Eng
lish and Spanish-are the snow
fakes Geucojum) wood hyacinth,
camassia and the albums. We
might add that certain species of
the trout lilies and the anemones
are also used, as they are snowy
in spite of their size.
The albums, better known as
Towering onions, are not nearly as
widely used as they should be. They
are perfectly hardy and need no
especial care. Perhaps they would
be more widely planted were it not
for the fact that they flower in
June and July. The flower heads
are rather snowy and are borne on
stems ranging from s inches on A.
acuminatum to feet on A. coeru-
leum, which is one of the best. They
will thrive in light shade or full sun.
The anemones that come within
this category are the ST. Brigid and
the De Caen. While widely used
as florists flowers in this area, they
are not often planted out of doors.
If you would try them, delay plant
ing as long as you dare and put
them in protected place. They
are perfectly hardy. but when they
insist on making top growth in the
fall they suffer and soon disappear.
Try planting late Early planting
usually results in top growth, which
suffers from freezing, and conse-
ouently the bulbs vitality is soon
lost.
Very few local gardeners have
attempted growing the Brodiaeas,
since they need rather dry situa-
ton during the summer. However,
one may grow them as far as win
ter hardness is concerned in this
area. If dug as soon as the foliage
is mature in the spring and re-
planted in the fall one should have
very little difficulty with them.
They are probably more satisfactory
than the Mariposa tulip (Calach-
ortis).
The camassias vary in height
from 10 to SO inches, are perfectly
hardy but need light shade and
prefer a slightly moist situation
They should be dug and replanted
at two or three year intervals.
Glory of the snow tChionodoxa)
is well named, for it frequently
flowers while snow is on the ground.
Most local gardeners plant C. lu-
ciliae, but there are a number of
others that merit attention.
The crocus family is large and
diverse Plant at least a part of
the bulbs in a protected situation
so that you may have some real
early bloom. The species c. susi-
anus, usually sold as cloth of gold,
should be in every collection, as it
is prolific, early and free Towering
There are so many varieties that
most of us gasp in bewilderment.
In addition to cloth of gold I like
C. imperati, purpurea grandihora
Mont Blanc and mammoth yellow.
The mixtures are less expensive and
usually give sufficient range of
colors to make a pleasing display.