THE AMERICAN GARDENER. HfT 



COWSLIP. 



It is of a delicate yellow color, and sends forth many 

 blossoms from llie same stem, which rises about sir 

 inches from the ground. It may easily be propagated 

 from seed, which it bears in great abundance, but, when 

 you once have a plant, the easiest way is to propagate 

 from ofTsets. The plants raised from seed do not blow 

 till the second year. The plant is perennial. The 

 flower has a delicate sweet smell, and also sweet taste. 



CROCUS. 



A bulbous rooted plant. It is recommended by its 

 earliness. It is perfectly hardy. The only thing to do 

 when it is once planted, is to take care that it does not 

 fill all the ground near it. There are yellow, blue, and 

 white Crocuses. 



DAISY. 



It is a most beautiful little flower, and blows without 

 ceasing- at all times when the grass grows. Their colors 

 present an endless variety ; and those grown in gardens 

 are double, l^ere is one sort called the Hen-and-chicken 

 Daisy, that has a ring of little flowers surrounding the 

 main flower. This plant may be raised from ofl^sets or 

 seed, in which last case it blows the second year. It is 

 perennial. 



GERANIUM 



Wants hardiness only to make it the finest flower-plant. 

 The Geranium has a beautiful leaf, beautiful flower, 

 flagrant smell from leaf as well as from flower, and these 

 it has in never-ceasing abundance ; and as to variety of 

 sorts, as well in leaf as in flower, it surpasses almost 

 every plant. The geranium is propagated from seed, or 

 from cuttings. 



