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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 AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



Amaryllis, comprising the au- 

 tumnal yellow Narcissus 

 Spring ditto 



Crocus vernus, or spring- flow- 

 ering crocus 

 Common yellow 

 Large yellow 

 Yellow, with black stripes 

 White 



White, with blue stripes 

 Blue 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 



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 



Double 



Leucojum, or great sTfnrmer 

 snowdrop 



Great summer snowdrop, 

 with angular stalks; a 

 foot high, and two or 

 three flowers in each 

 sheath 



Taller great snowdrop? 

 with many flowers 



