Contents:
  • Introduction: the cabin
  • A little red tulip
  • People are like crinums
  • Lilies and bulbs that are called lilies
  • Rain lilies
  • Spider lilies say "Louisiana," and oxbloods say "Texas"
  • Our most valuable bulbs: Roman hyacinths, Byzantine gladiolus, and hardy amaryllis
  • Irises, rock garden, and Fischer
  • Seasons filled with daffodils
  • The cabin becomes a home
  • The bulb hunter's bulbs: a primer / by William C. Welch
  • Bulbs in the evolution of a garden / by William C. Welch
  • A Louisiana country garden: Mangham
  • A Texas city garden: Pebble Creek.