28 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



flowers early, white or pale violet; A. eletjams, purple and 

 white, useful to cut from ; A. grandifloru*, violet, late, very 

 handsome; A. lonyif alias, purple-blue, showy; A. mulli- 

 fionus, small white flowers in elegant bouquets, most valu- 

 able to cut from; A. nova-anglue, late flowering 1 , very tall, 

 flowers violet and purple; A. obliquws, late flowering, white 

 with purple disc, coarse, but in its way superb. 



A score or even fifty more may be found by those who 

 need them, but the foregoing will suffice to stock a large 

 garden with the most distinct and handsome kinds that 

 need no special care when once they have been properly 



planted. 



" Last smile of the departing year, 



Thy sister sweets are flown ! 

 Thy pensive wreath is far more dear 

 From blooming thus alone. 



" Thy tender blush, thy simple frame, 



Unnoticed might have passed ; 

 But now thou com'st with softer claim, 

 The loveliest and the last. 



' ' Sweet are the charms in thee we find 



Emblem of hope's gay wing ; 

 'Tis thine to call past bloom to mind, 

 To promise future spring." 



