1 72 GARDENING BY M YSELF. 



bit of imprisoned spring. And the scillas 

 might be the spring sky, and the crocuses 

 the spring sunshine — that is, the yellow 

 ones. Anything more exquisite than m}^ 

 crocus Gold Lac last winter, could not be 

 imagined of the sort. Six bright gold blos- 

 soms, striped and dashed and touched with 

 the richest dark brown, came up like fairy- 

 rockets — two together, three together, one 

 alone. And all from one small bulb. Fan- 

 ny Keinble, on the other hand, following 

 slowly and with dignified steps, was of a 

 beauty hard to describe : the shape, the 

 whiteness, the purple marking must be 

 seen. 



Sir Waiter Scott is another grand crocus, 

 — very large, beautifully striped. 



Do not try to grow the large show tulips 

 in the house, but take instead the little Dice 

 Van Thols, — pretty sure to do well, very 

 sure to giv^e pleasure. Especially (just this 

 one bit of counsel) the rose-colored, — have 

 that by all means. The bud comes up quite 

 white. 



