SPRING-FLOWERING BULBS 



are well worth the money. The single va- 

 rieties are generally preferred, while, of all 

 kinds, the white and pale blue are the 

 loveliest. 



Nothing in the garden gives so much 

 pleasure as the early spring flowers. Per- 

 haps this is because tliey are the first to 

 bloom. Every one knows how beautiful the 

 first lovely Dandelion seems, gold -starring 

 the new grass. Many bulbs can be had for 

 little money, and I would say to all, plant 

 as many as you can squeeze in. From April 

 fifteenth to JMay fifteenth I receive in town, 

 twice a week, great boxes of spring flowers 

 from my garden, enough each time to fill 

 sixteen to twenty vases; yet my orders to 

 the men are to cut always so that the flow- 

 ers cannot be missed from the garden. 



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