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sown and thinly covered with fine soil, and sheets 

 of newspaper laid over all. Under this paper the 

 soil must be kept moist the whole of the time that 

 the seed is germinating, and herein is the whole 

 secret of success. As it entails constant trouble 

 and attention the results are generally disappoint- 

 ing, but given the necessary conditions, anemones 

 can be raised with the greatest ease by the most 

 ignorant gardener, and if anything in the whole 

 garden looks better in May than a bed of these, 

 under-planted with pansies, I should much like to 

 see it. 



One warning is necessary with regard to 

 anemones grown among roses. The beds must 

 not be manured in December, but in August, 

 when the tubers are at rest. If the operation is 

 delayed until the leaves are shooting up in late 

 autumn, they will die. 



April 22. Narcissus cynosure and N. Figaro, 

 some of the loveliest of the cheaper daffodils, have 

 lost their distinctive character this year through 

 the rough, cold weather. The calyx has come 

 pure yellow instead of red-tipped, and their full 

 beauty is lost. But they are "very plenty," as 

 Sterculus says, so there is not much cause for 

 complaint. In the wild garden I have these in 

 some quantity, as well as many other varieties 

 which are greatly increasing every year. 



I do not buy bulbs specially for the wild garden. 

 Every autumn I get them in large quantities for 

 culture in frames and greenhouse, and in spring, 

 when they have served their purpose there, they 

 are turned out into the orchard, being carefully 



