BULBOUS PLANTS. 



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vcntum, fig. 405) : succeeding this, at a later period of the year, the 

 Summer Snow-flake (Leucojum cestiviim, fig. 406), of equal merit, takes 



FIG. 404. Fritillary. 



FIG. 405. Spring Snow-flake. FIG. 406.- Summer Snow-flake. 



its place. The grand secret of cultivation with these, as with other 

 bulbs, is to plant them and then to leave them alone. 



The Dog-tooth Violet (Erythronium Dens cants, fig. 407) is another 

 pleasing early spring flower, from Southern Europe. It does not grow 



FIG. 407. - Dog-tooth Violet. FIG. 408. Winter Aconite. FIG. 409. Garden Anemone 



very well with me, but what interferes with it I do not know. It 

 likes plenty of sand. 



The Winter Aconite (fig. 408) may be sparingly used in shady 

 places ; it has a yellow flower early in spring : a small quantity only 

 is grown in my garden. 



There are many species of Anemone, which I restrict to my 

 alpineries and wild gardens, but the varieties of A. coronaria (fig. 409) 

 are flowers which give us colour in early spring, when the ground is 

 otherwise bare. They have never done well with me, and perish in a 

 year or two, although, at times, I have tried considerable quantities. 

 Some of the florists' varieties are single and some double ; and though 



