HARDY FLOWERS 



DESCRIPTIONS OF .UPWARDS OP THIRTEEN HUNDRED OF THE 

 MOST ORNAMENTAL SPECIES, 



DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR ARRANGEMENT, CULTURE, ETC 



" Daffodils 



That come before the swallow dares, and take 

 The winds of March with beauty : violets dim, 

 But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes 

 Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, 

 That die unmarried, ere they can behold 

 Bright Phcebus in his strength: .... 



bold oxlips and 



The crown-imperial; lilies of all kinds." 



SHAKESPEARE. 



BY 



W. KOBINSON, F.L.S., 



FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF "HIE GARDEN ;" 

 AUTHOR OF "ALP1ME FLOWERS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS," "THE WILD GARDEN." 



THIRD AND CHEAPER EDITION. 



LONDON: 

 MACMILLAN AND CO. 



1878. 



