192 A Little Maryland Garden 
the fine, bold masses of colour they make in 
the spring. I set out the common dark blue 
variety, and also the delicate blue Lezcht- 
linit and Cusuki, and the white Leichtliniz. 
I have changed the lower division of the 
peach-tree bed into a lily bed, and transferred 
the sweet-williams to a new place between 
the altheas. The yuccas, tritomas, and 
yellow May tulips are left undisturbed, and 
the peach-tree bed has been sanded, spaded, 
and manured, with very old cow manure, to 
make it light and rich. There are already 
some tiger lilies in it, and to these have been 
added some auratum, Isabellinum, and spe- 
ciosum roseum, and also (rather an extra- 
vagant purchase for such a modest garden) 
two of Burbank’s hybrids, the parvum and 
Humboldttz. Lily bulbs at a dollar each are 
high priced, but if they fulfil the promises 
made for them of being perfectly hardy, and 
increasing rapidly, they will not be so ex- 
pensive as the yearly planting of other 
kinds. 
I have just put out two shrubs from an 
