THE SNOWDROPS. 



SNOWDROPS are one of the easiest 

 bulbs to grow. All they require is 

 to be planted and left alone ; they 

 will grow stronger from year to year and 

 make a fine show if planted in a mass in 

 some corner of the lawn or amongst de- 

 ciduous shrubs where hardly anything 

 else will grow. They are also charming 

 if planted near the house where they can 

 be seen from the windows ; in this way 

 they can be associated with other bulbs 

 that flower about the same time, namely 

 the winter aconite, Scilla siberica, crocus 

 and chionodoxas or planted in the 

 hyacinth or tulip beds ; in this way beds 

 in the vicinity of the house are kept gay 



a longer period, and the foliage of the 

 snowdrops makes a nice groundwork 

 for the hyacinths or tulips. But these 

 early spring flowers are not much seen 

 in gardens. They are noticeably absent 

 from the grounds of the country homes 

 of those who live in the city in winter, 

 but the gardener in charge should see 

 that there is a patch of snowdrops, for 

 in March, when the greenhouses are full 

 of bedding plants and flowers are scarce, 

 a colony of snowdrops will help to swell 

 the flower basket and may be more 

 prized than the choicest rose or orchid 

 the greenhouse can produce. — American 

 Florist. 



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Fig. 1715. — Rustic Lamp Posts asd Tkellis.sks. 



Rustic Lamp Posjs and Trellises. 

 — In Tuxedo Park.^along the drive bor- 

 dering the lake, is a handsome rustic 

 fence, of which not the least interesting 

 feature is that at appropriate distances 

 the posts of the fence extend above the 

 rail several feet to form lamp rests. 

 Our illustration presents a modified form 

 of this method, showing how other posts 



may be run up and used as trellises for 

 clematis and other climbing vines. We 

 don't believe in fences except as safe- 

 guards against positive danger or real 

 encroachment, and where necessary we 

 do believe in making them as useful or 

 beautiful, or both, as the case will per- 

 mit. — American Gardening. 



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