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time. This plant will grow in any common garden soil ; 

 the seed should be sown in April, and be transplanted either 

 when small or in September, to where intended to flower, 

 and will withstand the rigor of the winter without injury, 

 and in June and July will exhibit their beautiful flowers. 

 This plant will do well if cultivated in a pot, and show to 

 great advantage in the parlor. 



CROWN IMPERIAL. 



(FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS.) 



" Meantime, the grandeur of thy lofty dome, 



- For splendor seizes on the ravished eye 

 New beauties rise, with each revolving Spring find 

 New plants to quicken, and new groves to green." 



This is a bulbous rooted plant of a majestic appearance, 

 bearing large flowers in March and April, throwing up a 

 stem two feet high, naked below ; the leaves entire, with a 

 whorl of flowers near the top. This is one of the early 

 flowers commissioned to grace the appearance of the flower 

 garden early in the spring ; embellishments like these are 

 truly acceptable. There are several varieties graceful and 

 majestic in appearance, serving to heighten our sanguine 

 expectations at the approach of spring. The most common 

 is the red ; the yellow most showy, exhibiting its beautiful 

 corollas at a distance, creating our applause by its embel- 

 lishment and pomp. The common variety has but one 



