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red ; C. cilicicum, rose ; and C. Variegatum, in which the 

 blooms are rose marked with purple. All these blossom 

 in September. The bulbs should be planted in summer, 

 during July or early August. 



Crocus. There is no need to say much about the 

 showy spring Crocuses, in white, yellow, or violet-blue, 

 though those who care to go to the extra expense will 

 find that some of the named varieties are finer than 

 the common sorts. But in the rock garden one ought 

 really to plant a few bulbs of the Crocus species, the 

 wild types from other lands. Some of them are very 

 beautiful: for example, C. biflorus, pale lilac; C. chrysan- 

 thus, yellow ; C. Imperati, pale purple ; C. Sieberi, deep 

 lavender ; and C. tommasinianus, pale lilac. They 

 should be planted in August. Then there are some 

 attractive autumn-blooming Crocuses, of which the rock 

 gardener would do well to plant a few ; bulbs of these 

 should be put in the ground in July. Among the best 

 may be mentioned C. speciosus, purple-blue ; C. pulchellus, 

 lilac-blue ; and C. laevigatus, white with purplish marking. 



Cyclamen. The hardy Cyclamens are very dainty 

 little flowers for the rock garden, and a description of 

 the chief kinds, together with notes on their cultivation, 

 will be found on another page. 



Daffodil. Of the many Narcissi suitable for planting 

 in the rock garden none are so pleasing as the miniature 

 kinds. The Hoop Petticoat (Narcissus Bulbocodium), 

 Angels' Tears (N. triandrus), Cyclamen Flowered Daffodil 

 (N. cyclamineus) ; the small trumpet variety, Queen 



