SPRING GARDENING. 363 



Of annuals and biennials to be sown in summer and 

 autumn, or purchased at a low price in the seedling state, 

 there is a rich and varied store. Of these, Lunaria or 

 Honesty (purple), Wallflower (three varieties, yellow, dark, 

 and brown), Silene (three varieties, white, pink, and red), 

 Myosotis (two varieties, blue and white), and Saponaria 

 calabrica (red), are among the most effective. There are 

 also Candytufts, Clarkias, Calliopsis, Collinsias, Erysimums, 

 Eschscholtzias, Gilias, Godetias, Leptosiphons, Limnan- 

 thes, Nemophilas, Venus 1 Looking-Glass, Virginian Stock, 

 &c., but these, according to my experience, do not succeed 

 after transplantation with that certainty which is necessary 

 to insure a complete and perfect garden, They are best 

 sown on the spot where they are required to bloom. 



Spring-flowering perennials are also numerous and good. 

 Alyssum (yellow), Anemone nemorosa plena (white), 

 Anemone apennina (blue), Arabis alpina (white and varie- 

 gated), Aubretias, of sorts (lilac), Bellis or Daisies (white, 

 red, and rose), Hepaticas (red, white, and blue), Iberis 

 (white), Pansies (various), Phloxes (various), Primroses 

 (crimson, lilac, white, and yellow), Polyanthuses (various), 

 Alpine Auriculas (various), Saxifraga granulata plena 

 (white), these are a few only of the most showy perennials, 

 the number being almost without end. 



In these brief remarks, intended to be merely sugges- 

 tive, the endeavour has been to bring into prominent view 

 a few of the best things only, but with these alone a rich, 

 massive, and perfect display of flowers may be had at small 

 cost in March and April. A more elaborate and beautiful 

 garden may be built up with rarer and more costly things, 

 not, however, to the exclusion of these, but in addition to 

 them, if the taste of the proprietor should pronounce this 

 to be desirable. 



