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ULKMATId JACKMANNI IN HUMBOLDT PARK, CHICAGO. 



I'artly shaded by an old hemlock a 

 small bed of Primula auriculala produces 

 anniiallv its beautiful flowers in various 

 shades.' 



The fragant blossoms of the lily of the 

 valley are beginning to open. Anemone 

 sylvestris is in full bloom. It is a dwarf 

 plant and has beautiful large white 

 flowers considering the size and height of 

 the plant. 



Ihcris sempervircns is crowned with 

 \vh tc, broad flat clusters of white flowers. 

 This is a g( od plant in an open position 

 where it will get plenty of light and in 

 light soil. 



The following violas are in bloom, 

 namely: V. puhcscens, hitea, striata. 

 Canadensis, hianda. palmata, Munhyana 

 palmata var. cuculhita and declinata. 



Erysimum pulcbellum is well worth 

 growing. It is a dwarf plant which 

 grows nicely in the rock garden and it 

 sows its seed, which germinates in the 

 crevices of the rocks, and thev make the 



best plants. It makes a good display 

 now with its bright yellow flowers. 

 Cambridge, Mass. K. Came:k()N. 



SPRING FLOWBRS, MAY 4, 1896. 



Since my last notes of the 20th of 

 April quite a lot of interesting spring 

 flowers have m de their appearance. We 

 have got now in flower a choice lot of 

 narcissus, tulips, hyacinths, anemones, 

 fritillarias and crown imperials, and a 

 host of other fine things. Among the 

 finer narcissus in flower and which have 

 opened their flowers since my last notes are 

 Santa Maria, orange yellow with a 

 nicely twisted perianth. Her Majesty, a 

 lovely narcissus of dwarf habit with light 

 yellow trumpets; Minnie Hume, a hand- 

 some large flower with pure white 

 perianth and yellow cup; Emperor, one 

 of the largest flowered narcissus we have 

 in the garden and a beauty with its large 

 deep yellow trumpet flowers, it and Sir 

 Watkin are two of the largest and finest 



narcissus we have. All these opened on 

 the 21st of April. N. incomparahilis 

 Autocrat is another lovely flower, its 

 trumpet is much expanded, and the color 

 is a lovely shade of yellow. We have a 

 nice showing of N, Jolinstoni, (Juecn of 

 Spain a fine variety which opened the 22nd 

 o) April, it has large clear yellow flowers. 

 Conspicuus is one of the most showy 

 narcissus we have, its flowers are large 

 and of a clear yellow color, with the edge 

 of cup orange scarlet. J. B. M. Camm is 

 a very fine variety with broad white 

 spreading perianth and yellow cup; it is 

 called the queen of trumpets. I he flow- 

 ers of Maximus are yellow and of large 

 size and the perianth is nicely twisted. 

 These came into flower on the 23rd. 

 Hume's Concolor h s pure yellow flowers 

 of good size. Moschatus of Haworth 

 (the snow white N. of Spain) is a grand 

 dwarf variety with pure white flowers 

 and it makes a nice edging. It opened on 

 the 23rd of April. Burbidgei has a white 

 perianth and a cup edged with pink, it is 

 a very pretty flower. Nelsoni Major, 

 very large, perianth white, cup yellow, 

 opened on the 25th; Abscissus, flowers 

 yellow, opened on the 26th; General 

 Murraj', fine, large, perianth white, cup 

 yellow, opened 2Sth; John Bain, large, 

 perianth white, cup deep yellow, very 

 showy, opened on the 28th; Vanessa is a 

 small variety, but it has very pretty 

 yellow flowers; Cynosure has a yellow 

 perianth changing to white, the cup is 

 faintly marked with scarlet; it is a nice 

 variety and opened on the 28th; bicolor 

 Grandee is truly a grand variety, its 

 perianth is pure white and finely imbri- 

 cated, the trumpet is very large and deep 

 yellow; it opened on the 28th; Incom- 

 parabilis Magog is a large deep yellow 

 flower. All of the above have flowered 

 up to the 3rd of May and there are still a 

 few varieties to come yet. We grow them 

 in clumps of six bulbs each and by leav- 

 ing them to stay there they soon form a 

 large clump. Some ot the clumps of six 

 bulbs planted three and four years ago 

 . now bear from twenty to sixty flowers to 

 a clump; we never lift any of them to dry 

 them oil" and ripen them and one could 

 not have better success than what we" 

 have had in the cottage garden here and 

 all of the bulbs are equally good. We 

 keep adding all the newer and choicer 

 varieties of bulbs, and by doing this 

 always have something new to look at 

 every spring. 



Amongst the choice tulips in flower one 

 of the most conspicuous in the garden is 

 Pottebakker scarlet, it is a lovely tulip 

 with fine, bold flowers; it is fine lor cutting. 

 Orphanidea is a rather rare tulip with 

 bright yellow flowers with a black center, 

 it is a very pretty Hower, and first opened 

 on the 24-th. Greigii is a very nice tulip, 

 with beautiful y spotted leaves; its fl wers 

 are yellow to orange scarlet with black 

 spotted center. Leichtlini (the coral 

 tulip) is a lovel3' flower having the inside 

 of the bloom white and the outside bright 

 red. Sylvestris is also a grand species 

 with sweet scented, graceful yellow 

 flowers, it is one of the nicest tulips we 

 have. It is sometimes called the water 

 lily tulip; it opened its flowers the 3rd 

 inst. There is still a lot of choice tulips to 

 flower, although the garden is quite gay 

 with the commoner sorts, these don't 

 have so much interest in them as there is 

 in the rarer ones. 



The Hvaci.n'THS are at their best, but 

 there is nothing new in them. 



The Fritillarias opened their first 

 flowers the 26th of April and oh, how 

 lovely they are. F. Meleagris and its 

 checkered varieties are very fine and such 



