shall establish all through the land the kindergartens as I 

 proclaim them, and in the most advanced of them, Lilies will 

 array themselves to be loved and adored by those most fit to 

 understand their heavenly build. 



There is no Narcissus growing with flowers of average size 

 which is not a suitable object for our selection. The small 

 flowering Roman or Italian Hyacinths do well and increase 

 in size and number rapidly. Crocus of all description are 

 welcome to display their golden or silvery cloth in our beds. 

 Lilies of the Valley, with the most delightful odor of any 

 petal opening, the Amaryllis with their leafless stems, the 

 Crown Imperials with their leafy build, and the Trilliums 

 with their oddest association of foliage and flower, every 

 one of them is suited and should be considered. Also the 

 Dog-tooth-violets (Erythroniums), the Winter Aconite (Eran- 

 this) with its large golden cup, the Anemones in thousand- 

 fold glory, the Ranunculus in almost all hues of the rainbow, 

 the peculiar Salomon's Seal: indeed, it is difficult to limit the 

 enumeration. 



Of those flowering in later months, the Callas, Cyclamens, 

 Watsonias, some Crocus, the Red-hot-poker plant (Tritoma) 

 and especially the Tigridias are a noble lot of color and 

 shape. The pretty Colchicums we will have to omit on ac- 

 count of the injurious sap, but the large variety of Oxalis 

 shall safely furnish us with bloom and brightness. 



