PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 83 
Proceedings of the Society, 
LECTURE BY MR. WM. PAUL ON SPRING 
FLOWERS 
Delivered at the Moreh 21. one Meeting, held 
Mar 
“The subject nir id E een ы for my 
Lecture, and whic " I readily accept, is the Сотлт- 
VATION ‘or SPRIN LOWERS. ere is so much 
i timental 
first др of the garden and the 
ling: е grove are inspiring themes 
b: the dullest ney, and to the least sensible of the 
irring of the poet 
this undaunted ета mourist, 
d in his m » Spring, prefacing it 
and Horatio in their 
pre id ne on the neruis before the € Castle 
‘ HAMLET. The air bites shrewdl so E very cold. 
Horatio. It is a nipping and ing А 
* Come, gentle Spring; ethereal mildness, com 
Oh! Thomson, void of rhyme as well as mad 
How Ree thou 2 m human nature ason, 
о suc! ves sea. 
* * * 
‘Let ws se her floral sh 
ep cannot win a single stanza $ 
I know bed 75 are in full bio, —and so's 
s va ‚ Stocks, and ДА of the Vale, 
Hen Е Бае hose that you hear the bees at, 
‚ Daffodils, Pri ose pale— 
= things to raa at. Len 
* * * 
*In short, id egyrics li 
т pan на 
= ye pente: ré 
ess of Sprin 
And that is Hii. p my oe 
and halls pur 
ear might have a garden o 
Say spring flowers exclusively, 1 ag e in which 
ined wi 
spring 
why 
оца sre not = abundantly ct табаа, They 
may) ba туге! in the ordinary beds of н» flower 
and removed Р the season ves at 
to plant ү "Pelargoniums, 
Verbenas, and other summer and a n-flowering 
plants. Or ч. у! - planted in n front of the 
pen n b exist in most 
whi 
flower gardens, and thus the general garden will be 
made gay and interesting in spri ing as well as 
during the other seasons of the yea 
“For the sake of convenience in res discussion 
piste dec tiu, or pa as газды 
doors in the months 
hoy May. Г 2n E 
pring Fio owers, or fv) as bloom naturall 
same season, but 
They should be set so far bene e ground, sa 
from four to six inches, as to be beyond the к 
of the rg frost; and if the weather prove more 
Bulbs or bulbous plants thrive best 
this peculiarity м culture ; ag A should be 
taken from the groun er во аз. the 
owers and leaves are completely decayed, dried in 
storehouse, and 
to that 
rocuses and early ч ай been 
greatly pons of late. райе not ac- 
quainted with the modern o 
and delighted with iid inerease in Lad — the 
lours are now ly varied, rich, and 
splendid. e M know Gloriosa 
a valuable addition to sp: flowers on 
account of the large me heads of white and 
ye ellow POR which it pum: and the Nar- 
cissus mino ;H are also beautiful 
plants of ra growth. 
* Another important variety of spring flowers 
monly termed ‘ peren- 
nthus Marshallii, Iberis, Primrose, 
Pansy, Daisy, Violet, Forget me Non geni 
and others too numero ention, are of this 
class. These plants are = generally ра ieular 
as to soil, provided it be not too moist. They are 
usually allowed to rmanently in 
und unless it is wished to increase their number, 
when the r up and divided shortly 
of the most i won- 
derfully from in spring, on a bed of 
light earth, the seeds barely соуе th sandy 
peat, a gorgeous crop of Зоти? f rich, brilliant, 
and varied hues will adorn the garden in the fol- 
The Alpine Jn the Poly- 
