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CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Editor's Note | [x] |
| Concerning Bulbs | [xi] |
| Introductory | [1] |
| Value of Bulbs — Bulbs in Grass — Arrangement in Borders — Bulbsfor Cutting — Propagating Bulbs — Diseases of Bulbs. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [7] |
| Aconitums — Alliums — Alstrœmerias — Anemones. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [15] |
| Amaryllises — Anthericums — Antholyzas — Apios — Arisæ — Arums — Asphodelines — Asphodeluses — Belamcanda — Bloomerias — Brodiæas — Bulbocodiums. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [21] |
| Calochorti and Cyclobothras — Camassias — Colchicums — Convallarias — Forcing Lily of the Valley — Corydalises — Crinums — Crocosmias and Montbretias — Crocuses. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [29] |
| Cyclamens — Dicentras — Dieramas — Eranthis — Eremuruses — Erythroniums — Eucomises. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [35] |
| Fritillarias — Funkias — Galanthuses — Galtonias — Gladioli — Hemerocallises. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [42] |
| Hyacinths — Hyacinths in Pots — Scillas — Puschkinias — Chionodoxas — Chionoscillas — Muscaris. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [48] |
| Irises — Kniphofias — Lapeyrousias — Leucojums. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [54] |
| Liliums — Liliums in Pots — Malvastrum — Merenderas — Millas — Narcissi — Narcissi in Pots. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [60] |
| Ornithogalums — Oxalises — Pæonias — Ranunculuses — Romuleas — Sanguinarias — Sternbergias — Schizostylis — Tecophilæas — Trilliums. | |
| Hardy Bulbs | [65] |
| Tulips — Zephyranthes. | |
| Half-hardy Bulbs | [72] |
| Acidantheras — Albucas — Alstrœmerias — Androstephiums — Besseras — Boussingaultias — Bravoas — Cypellas — Dahlias — Galaxias — Geissorhizas and Hesperanthas. | |
| Half-hardy Bulbs | [77] |
| Gladioli — Ixias — Sparaxises — Babianas — Morphixias — Tritonias. | |
| Half-hardy Bulbs | [83] |
| Ixiolirions — Moræas — Ornithogalums — Oxalises — Phædranassas — Pancratiums — Tigridias — Zephyranthes — Cooperias. | |
| Greenhouse and Stove Bulbs | [90] |
| Achimenes — Alocasias — Amorphophalluses — Arisæmas — Arums — Begonias — Bomareas — Caladiums. | |
| Greenhouse and Stove Bulbs | [97] |
| Clivias — Colocasias — Crinums — Cyclamens — Cyrtanthuses — Eucharises and Urceocharis — Eurycles. | |
| Greenhouse and Stove Bulbs | [102] |
| Freesias — Gloxinias — Hæmanthuses — Hippeastrums. | |
| Greenhouse and Stove Bulbs | [109] |
| Lachenalias — Nerines and Lycorises — Pancratiums andHymenocallises — Richardias — Sprekelias — Tuberoses — Vallotas — Watsonias — Zephyranthes. | |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| Early Tulips (from a drawing by Ethel Roskruge) | [Frontispiece] |
| Snowdrops in Grass | [3] |
| Allium Triquetrum | [9] |
| White Crocuses in Grass | [25] |
| Eremurus Robustus | [31] |
| Gladiolus, "The Bride" | [39] |
| Snowflakes | [51] |
| Tulips Carpeted by Arabis | [67] |
| Lilium Auratum | [85] |
| Lilium Candidum | [93] |
| White Scillas | [103] |
EDITOR'S NOTE
Like many another distinguished gardener, Mr Arnott is a Scotsman, being a native of Dumfries, and now living in the adjoining county of Kirkcudbright. For the last fourteen years his name has been a familiar one to readers of the leading journals devoted to gardening, for he has been a very frequent contributor to The Gardener's Chronicle, The Gardener's Magazine, The Garden, The Journal of Horticulture, and other papers. Although not a professional gardener, Mr Arnott is a practical one, for he manages at least the flower department of his beautiful garden almost without assistance; and having spent most of his life amongst flowers—his mother being a great gardener—he is a successful plant grower, as well as an interested one.
Mr Arnott takes an active part in the work of encouraging the gardening spirit among his countrymen, and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society, as well as a member of other leading associations with similar aims.