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plant so suitable for pot culture, Dielytra sjpectahilis, with its 

 graceful drooping spikes of rosy pink flowers. These are the 

 standard spring flowering hardy plants so fashionable now for spring 

 gardening. They flower in conjunction with the grand display of 

 spring flowering bulbs. 



Among spring bulbs we have first the noble Hyacinth, with its 

 magnificent spikes of fragrant waxy-looking bells, of nearly every 

 shade of colour. Tou need not purchase the new or costly named 



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sorts of this charming flower. Older sorts for spring display in 

 masses can be had very cheap, and flower just as well and sometimes 

 better than the costly sorts. The Tulip is the Queen of Spring 

 flowers, and the grandest of all for balcony display. Nothing can 

 excel the effectiveness of a mass of its magnificent blooms. They 

 can be had for a few pence per dozen. The Tulip is closely followed 

 iu the order of merit by the Crocus. Every one knows and loves 

 the charming little Crocus, with its yellow, blue, white, and variously 



