CONTENTS PART I HARDY BULBS CHAP. PAGE I ALL ABOUT BULBS 15 II HYACINTHS ....... 21 III THE TULIP 33 IV DAFFODILS, AND OTHER NARCISSI ... 45 V IRISES . 56 VI SNOWDROPS, CROCUSES, BLUEBELLS, CHIONODOXAS, ETC 67 VII HARDY LILIES, THE GALTONIA, AND HARDY GLADIOLI 77 VIII ANEMONES, FRITILLARIES, TURBAN RANUNCULUSES, TRITELIAS, MUSCARI, ETC. .... 89 ....... IX KNIPHOFIAS, EREMURI, MONTBRETIAS, SCHIZOS- TYLIS, ETC. IOO X ALLIUMS, ORNITHAGALUMS, MEADOW SAFFRONS, SPIDERWORTS, DOGS TOOTH VIOLETS, HARDY CYCLAMEN, HARDY ORCHIS, SOLOMONS SEAL, DICENTRAS, CHRISTMAS ROSES, ETC. . . . 107 9