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purple, May. The two former are liable to spread rapidly. 

 Plant the bulbs in early autumn. 



Anemone (Windflower). Some of the Anemones 

 are the loveliest flowers of spring, and deserve to be freely 

 planted in the rock garden. A. apennina, bright blue, 

 March ; A. blanda, pale blue, February ; A. nemorosa, 

 our native Wood Anemone, pink-white, April ; A. Robin- 

 soniana, a charming blue variety of nemorosa these 

 are the choicest for the amateur's rock garden. They 

 like moist soil and a sheltered situation, and the tubers 

 should be put in the ground in September. For later 

 flowering tr^ere are the brilliant scarlet-blossomed Anemone 

 fulgens, and the Poppy Anemones (A. coronaria) ; the 

 former should be planted in a warm sunny spot in early 

 autumn, while the latter may be put in at any time 

 between September and early March, according to the 

 time the flowers are wanted. 



Brodiaea. Brodiaea (better known, perhaps, as 

 Triteleia) uniflora (Spring Star Flower) is the chief 

 favourite ; it is a charming little flower of April, lilac- 

 purple, and the stems are only five or six inches high. 

 It thrives well under trees. Brodiaea laxa, eighteen 

 inches, pale purple, April ; B. grandiflora, fifteen inches, 

 purple-blue, May ; and B. ixioides, eighteen inches, 

 yellow, April, are other attractive sorts. The bulbs are 

 planted in early autumn. 



Bulbocodium vernum. This is an early spring bulb, 

 of which the rosy-purple blooms are similar to those of 

 the Crocus ; the flowers come before the leaves, and the 



