118 P^ONIAS. [October. 



The finer kinds can be purchased at from two to four dollars 

 per dozen. 



Ins, or Fleur de luce. The English and Parisian irises 

 are coming into repute as showy garden flowers. They will 

 grow in any well-prepared soil, and require to be planted 

 in the same manner as the tulip. 



Jonquils. Double and single. Plant these in the same 

 soil as Tulips, six inches apart, and cover three inches deep. 

 They do not flower so well the first year as in the second 

 and third, therefore should only be lifted every third year. 



Lilium. The fomily of Lilies are all splendid, very inte- 

 resting, and easy of culture, requiring merely a good deep 

 loamy soil — nowise inclined to moisture. They are all 

 hardy, except L. japbnicum and L. longifiorum, which we 

 lift in November, and again plant them about the first of 

 March, keeping them through the winter in dry sand, in a 

 cellar free from frost. The hardy kinds, deserving most 

 attention, are L. Cdndidum (the double variety of it is not 

 worth growing), L. Chalcedonicum and its varieties, L. Ti- 

 grinum, L. Coiicolor and L. Mdrtagon ; these, with the 

 species indigenous to this country, are all very beautiful. 

 They should be planted from three to five inches deep, ac- 

 cording to the size of the bulb, and need not be taken up 

 oftener than once in every three or four years. None of the 

 species can be transplanted after they have grown, without 

 injuring their flowering. 



Narcissus require treatment similar to the Lily, except 

 the soil, which must be richer, and even then they do not 

 bloom so finely in a few years as they do when first import- 

 ed ; but they are cheap, and can annually be procured. 



Paonias are all magnificent in flower, and, for display, 

 are not surpassed by any spring-blooming plant; and we do 

 cheerfully urge our readers to cultivate the choice sorts, which 

 can scarcely be said to have a rival. Such are — 



P. Moutdn Bcinhsii, common double blush tree Paeonia. 

 P. Moutdn papaverdcea, single white tree Pffionia, with pur- 

 ple centre. 

 P. Moutdn rosea, large rose, semi-double tree Paeonia. 

 P. Moutdn odordta, sweet-scented, rose-colored tree Paionia. 

 P. Moutdn albida plcno, double white tree Pasonia. 



