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The Spkixg Flowek Garden'. — The spring flowers are ahvaj'3 the most •welcome. How 

 pleasant tlie sight of brilliant beds of the Crocus and Snow Drop early in April, giving us 

 assurance that dreary winter is over. Then close upon them, May brings us Hyacinths, 

 •with their delicate and beautiful hues and fragrance that fills tlie air. With them we have 

 the gaudy Crown Imperials and the more humble variety of Frittilaria, with the Narcissus, 

 the Paiisies, Yiolets, and Polyanthus, and early Tulips. These all we have enjoyed before 

 the trees have ventured to put forth a leaf or blossom. All these charming spring flowers 

 we have named are of the easiest cultivation, and may decorate every garden large or 

 small at a cost so trifling as to be within the reach of all. But they arc sadly neglected ; 

 not because people do not admii-e them, or desire to have them, but because they forget to 

 make timely preparation for them. How common it is for people to go about planting 

 them just at the moment when they are coming into blossom, or quite as likely in full 

 bloom. They are told, " this is not the time ;" " well," the reply is, " if we do not plant 

 now we shall iiecer^ for we forget them at the proper time." Now let us remind those who 

 have been admii'iug their neighbor's gay spring flower garden, to make note of it at once, 

 that next September and October they may provide for the spring of 1854. 



The Hyacinth is the queen of all spring flowers, and deserves not only for this, but for 

 the ease with which it is bloomed in the house during winter, to be an especial favorite 

 with every lover of flowers. It U not a plant that demands years of care and culture 

 before it yields a return ; for if i)lanted in autumn, next April or May shows all its beauty 

 in the highest perfection. We have made note of a few good varieties that beginners may 

 do well to remember : 



Single red varieties : Diebits Sabal KansMe, the most brilliant of aU the reds ; Mars, 

 next to it; tTniiyiie, a distinct purple red — very fine; Mada/me Ventenon; Felicitas ; and 

 Johanna Christina. 



Single blue varieties: William /., very dark, almost black; Lord Nelson, also very 

 dark; Procelain Scepter, very light and beautiful; Staat General, azure; Franklin, light; 

 Grand Vedette, light ; and Blucher, dark. 



Single white varieties : Grand Monarque, Helena, Vesta, Voltaire, Grand Blanche, 

 Hercules, and Victoria Eegia. 



All the above force exceedingly well. 



Double red varieties : Bocpiet Royal, Eindracht, Perruque Eoyal, Panorama. 



Double blue varieties : La Majesteuse, Prince Saxe Weimar, Dryshoot, and Lord Wel- 

 lington. , 



Double white varieties : A la mode, La tour d'' Auvergne, Prince of Waterloo, and 



Anna Maria. 



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Fixe Early Sprixg Flowering SuRirBS. — Among shrubs that make an early display on 

 the lawn, we must call especial attention of young planters to the following, while 

 impressions are fresh on our minds. 1. The well known Japan Quince {Pyrm Japonicd 



