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Flowers of May. 



CerastiuJK tomentosiim grows about six inches high, and, in the course of one 

 or two seasons, spreads into a broad circular bed or cushion, which, towards 

 the end of May, seems transformed into a patch of snow by its thousands 

 of white blossoms. It is hardy, easy of culture in common garden-soil, 

 and readily increased by dividing the roots. Ccrastium Biebersteini has 

 been more recently introduced, and is remarkable for the silvery tint of its 

 foliage. The flowers are said to be larger than those of C. tomejitosum, 

 equally numerous, and of the purest white. It has stood two winters here 

 without protection, and will no doubt blossom next month, when we shall 

 be able to report with more assurance of its quality. 



AnemoTie narcissiflora, a native of the Alps, is pretty enough to de- 

 serve a place in every herbaceous garden. Paradoxical as it may appear, 

 many plants which are of an uncertain hardiness in our climate would bear 

 the winter better if it were more severe ; that is, if there were more snow. 

 Many herbaceous plants which bear the climate of Canada uninjured are 



