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brought into notice, they sold at from one to two thousand 

 guilders a root (about from four to eight hundred dollars). 

 The finer kinds can be purchased at from two to four dollars 

 per dozen. 



Iris, or Flew de luce. The English and Parisian Irises 

 are coming into repute as showy garden-flowers. They will 

 grow in any well-prepared soil, and require to be planted in 

 the same manner as the tulip. 



Jonquils. Double and single. Plant these in the same 

 soil as Tulips, six inches apart, and cover three inches deep. 

 They do not flower so well the first year as in the second and 

 third, therefore should only be lifted every third year. 



Lilium. The family of Lilies are all splendid, very inte- 

 resting, and easy of culture, requiring merely a good deep 

 loamy soil nowise inclined to moisture. They are all 

 hardy, except L. japbnicum and L. longiflbrum, which we 

 lift in November, and again plant them about the first of 

 March, keeping them through the winter in dry sand, in a 

 cellar free from frost. The hardy kinds, deserving most 

 attention, are L, Cdndidum (the double variety of it is not 

 worth growing), L. Oludceddnicum and its varieties, L. 7V- 

 gr\num, L. Concolor, and L. Mdrtagon ; these, with the 

 species indigenous to this country, are all very beautiful. 

 They should be planted from three to five inches deep, accord- 

 ing to the size of the bulb, and need not be taken up oftener 

 than once in every three or four years. None of the species 

 can be transplanted after they have grown, without injuring 

 their flowering. 



Narcissus require treatment similar to the Lily, except the 

 soil, which must be richer, and even then they do not bloom 

 so finely in a few years as they do when first imported ; but 

 they are cheap, and can annually be procured. 



Pcebnias are all magnificent in flower, and, for display, are 

 not surpassed by any spring-blooming plant ; and we do cheer- 

 fully urge our readers to cultivate the choice sorts, which can 

 scarcely be said to have a rival. Such are 



P. Moutdn Bdnksii, common double blush tree Paeonia. 

 P. Moutdn papaveracea, single white tree Paeonia, with pur- 

 ple centre. 



P. Moutdn rbsea, large rose, semi-double tree Paeonia 

 P. Moutdn odordta, sweet-scented, rose-coloured tree Paeonia. 

 P. Moutdn albida pleno, double white tree Paxmia. 



