ILLUSTRATIONS 



{For English Names of Flowers^ see Index) 



A GARDEN OF FLOWERS IN FULL BLOOM Frontispiece 



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EARLIEST SPRING FLOWERS: GALANTHUS NIVALIS AND ERANTHIS HYEMALIS . 2 

 Photograph by John L. Gardner 



A. GALANTHUS PLICATUS. B. GALANTHUS ELWESII 5 



Photographs by John L. Gardner 



A. HELLEBORUS NIGER. B. CROCUS VARS. ... ... . . .6 



A. IRIS RETICULATA VAR. KRELAGI. B. CHIONADOXA LUCILI^). C. SCILLA 



SIBIRICA. Photographs by John L. Gardner . . . . . . .9 



AN APRIL LANDSCAPE. Photograph by John L. Gardner 10 



A. ANEMONE SYLVESTRIS. B. ARABIS ALBIDA. Photographs by John L. Gardner . 13 



A. FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS. VAR ALBA. B. DICENTRA CUCULLARIA . . 14 

 Photographs by John L. Gardner 



LEUCOJUM VERNUM. ORNITHOGALUM NUTANS. Photographs by John L. Gardner. 17 



PHLOX SUBULATA VAR. ALBA . . , ,; 18 



SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS . . ... * 21 



VIOLA CANADENSIS. Photograph by John L. Gardner 22 



ALYSSUM SAXATILE. Photograph by John L. Gardner > 25 



ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM. Photograph by John L. Gardner . . . .26 



NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS "SIR WATKIN". Photograph by John L. Gardner . 29 



A. NARCISSUS LEEDSII. B. NARCISSUS JONQUILLA * 30 



Photographs by John L. Gardner 



NARCISSUS PSEUDO-NARCISSUS, DOUBLE VAR. Photograph by John L. Gardner . 33 



A. PRIMULA OFFICINALIS. B. TROLLIUS ASIATICUS 34 



Photograph by John L. Gardner 



AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS. Photograph by John L. Gardner 37 



TULIPA GREIGI. Photograph by John L. Gardner 38 



BELLIS PERENNIS AND NARCISSUS POETICUS. Photograph by John L. Gardner . 41 



ARMERIA ALPINA. Photograph by John L. Gardner 42 



ERYTHRONIUM DENS-CANIS 45 



PHLOX PROCUMBENS. Photograph by John L. Gardner 46 



SAXIFRAGA CORDIFOLIA. Photograph by John L. Gardner 49 



MERTENSIA PULMONARIOIDES 50 



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