NECESSARY FOR BULBS. 



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Bulbs of the more choice varieties are better at 

 tended to if they can be placed in beds or compart 

 ments by themselves; for they are more easily 

 sheltered from frost and rain when in a body. 

 The eye, also, is more delighted by the beautiful 

 variety en masse. Their favorite soil, too, can be 

 composed and preserved for them more exclusively, 

 unexhausted by the roots of larger plants around 

 them. Some of the commoner sorts can be plant 

 ed out in patches, to add to the gay appearance of 

 the borders, among the spring flowers. 



Martagons, orange lilies, and bulbs of tall growth, 

 should never be planted among the smaller tribe ; 

 their large bulbs would exhaust, the soil, and weak 

 en the smaller flowers. They look very handsome 

 in borders and plots, placed near or in their centre. 



LIST OF BULBOUS ASD TUBEROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



Amaryllis, comprising the an- \ 

 tumnal yellow Karcissus i 



Spring ditto 



Crocus vernus, or spring-flow- | 

 ering crocus 



Common yellow 



Large yellow 



Yellow, with black stripes 



White 



White, with blue ^tripes 



Bhre with white stripes 



Deep blue 



Light blue 



White, with purple bottom 



Scotch, or black and white 

 striped 



Cream-colored 

 Autumnal flowering Crocus, 

 of the following varie 

 ties: 



True saffron crocus, with 

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bluish flower and golden 

 stigma, which is the saf 

 fron 



Common autumnal crocus, 

 with deep blue flowers 



With light blue flowers 



Many flowered 

 Snowdrop, the small spring 

 flowering 



Common single 



Doulile 



Leucojum, or great smirmer 

 snowdrop 



Great summer snowdrop, 

 with angular stalks; a 

 foot high, and two or 

 three flowers in each 

 sheath 



Taller great snowdrop, 

 with many flowers 



