HARDY AND HALF-HARDY GARDEN BULBS. 375 



DOG-TOOTH VIOLET (Eryihroniutn dens canis) ; a most 

 lovely flower, purple and white. It is very liable to die 

 out, and should not be disturbed after being planted. The 

 bulbs should never be kept long out of the ground. This 

 little bulb is worthy of every care ; its flowers are among 

 the most beautiful and graceful in the floral kingdom. 

 It may be imported for a few pennies per bulb, but 

 cannot, to our knowledge, be obtained in this country. 

 The loss on importations is about fifty per cent., from 

 rotting and drying. Our woods produce a pretty yellow 

 species, with beautiful foliage. It succeeds poorly in the 

 garden. 



THE LILY. This is a large family of ornamental bulbs ; 

 many of them are hardy, and indispensable in the flower 

 garden. 



The plants will grow in any garden soil, but a little 

 attention will be repaid by greater luxuriance and more 

 abundant bloom. 



The proper soil is a compost of one part loam, one 

 part peat, one part clean sand, and one part leaf mould. 

 Excavate the soil for about two feet in depth, and fill in 

 with the compost. The bulbs should be planted from 

 three to five inches deep, according to the size. Autumn 



