THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



Crocus-collecting, judging from what Mr. E. 

 Augustus Bowles writes of it, must have charms 

 indeed. I confess to the germ of the fever in the 

 shape of several of Mr. Bowles's delightfully read- 

 able articles safely put away in a letter-file. Each 

 time I take these out to reread them, I grow a 

 little weaker; and by next July when fresh lists 

 of crocus species lay their fatal hand upon me, I 

 expect to be a crocus-bed-ridden invalid indeed ! 



