Camera Snapshots 



By W. H. Waite. 



10. Hyacinth La Gradesse. 



Among pure white Hyacinths this variety certainly 

 stands in the front rank. The truss is large and well 

 formed, the individual flowers, of extra size anil of the 

 purest white. It is not every day that we get bulbs that 

 will produce Cjuite such good specimens as we see here, 

 but sometimes we do, and they are greatly appreciated. 



11. Spray of Exochorda grandiflora. 



This is one of our best hardy eariy flowering shrubs. 

 The flowers, which are a dazzling white, are borne in 

 g'reat profusion, and make a most effective sight. It is a 

 native of central China, and will thrive in any good gar- 

 den soil. 



12. Basket of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. 



The accompanying illustration shows well the adapta- 

 bility of this subject as a basket plant. This basket was 

 not made up for a social occasion, but the plants were 

 grown in il, five jilants out of four inch pots being put in 



FIG. 11. 



the basket early in July, after the branches were large 

 enough ; they were pegged to the sides of the basket, 

 and no other tying or training was found necessary. We 

 have about a dozen of these baskets, which hang down 

 the center of a house in which we make a show entirely 



