ILL USTRA TIONS. vii 



PACE 



SPRING MEADOW SAFFRON {Bulbocodimn vernuni) 165 



POET'S NARCISSUS (Narcissus poetic us) 166 



TRUMPET MAJOR (Narcissus major) 166 



DAFFODIL (Narcissus pseudo-narcissus) ........ 167 



FRAGRANT JONQUIL (A T arcissus odorus) 167 



CROCUS VERNUS iGS 



WINTER ACONITES (Eranthis hyemalix) 168 



SNOWDROP (Galanthus nivalis) 169 



SCARLET TURBAN LILY (Lilium pomponiuni) 169 



CRUCIANELLA STYLOSA . . .170 



LILY OF THE VALLEY 171 



MAIDEN'S PINK (Dianlhus deltoides), AND THE NIEREMBERGIA RIVULARIS . .172 



HERBACEOUS PEONY (Pxonia officinalis) 173 



SLENDER-LEAVED PEONY (Paonia tenuifolia, Jl. pi.) 174 



SEA LAVENDER (Slatice lati folia) 174 



ROCK TUNICA ( Tunica saxifraga) 175 



ACHII.LEA PTARMICA 176 



YELLOW ASPHODEL (A sphodelus lutetis) 176 



YELLOW CHAMOMILE (Anthemis tinctoria) 177 



AMERICAN SENNA (Cassia Marylandicd) 179 



GAS PLANT (Diclamnus fraxinelld) 180 



GAILLARDIA GRANDIFLORA 181 



GERANIUM SANGUINEUM 182 



BOWMAN'S ROOT (Gillenia trifoliata) 182 



PLANTAIN LILY (Funkia ovata) 183 



GERMAN IRIS (Iris Germanicd) 184 



LILIUM AURATUM 184 



LILIUM SPECIOSUM 185 



TURK'S-CAP LILY (Lilium superbum} 185 



BUTTON SNAKEROOT (Liatris spicata) 186 



DOUBLE SCARLKT LYCHNIS (Lychnis Chalcedonica, fl.pl.) 186 



PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE (Lythrum salicaria) 187 



PURPLE FLOWERING RASPBERRY (Rubus odoratus) 188 



PENTSTEMON BARBATUS (var. Torreyi) 189 



LARGE BELLFLOWER (Platycodon grandiflorum) 189 



MEADOW SWEET (Spircca ulmaria) 190 



GENTIAN-LEAVED SPEEDWELL (Veronica genlianoides) 190 



RED-HOT POKER (Triloma uvaria) 192 



CARDINAL FLOWER (Lobelia cardinalis) 193 



LEADWORT (Plumbago Larpenta-) 194 



STONE CROP (Sedum acre) 195 



SEDUM SPECTABILE 195 



COMPASS PLANT (Silphium laciniatum) 196 



GOLDEN-ROD (Solidago Canadensis) 197 



NEW YORK IRON-WEED ( Vernonia Noveboracensis) ...... 197 



CHRISTMAS ROSE (Helleborus niger) 198 



COBWEB HOUSE-LEEK (Sempervivum arachnoideunt) ..... 198 



