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Scillas are very charming. Good groups of these are 

 effective. Scilla sibirica and 5. s. alba, S. bifolia, S. verna y and 

 the late variety, S. italica, are most useful. These do well in 

 towns and smoky places, and endure many hardships. Grape 

 Hyacinths are also effective. The earliest is Muscari botryoides 

 azureus. M. botryoides albus, M. b. cceruleus Heavenly Blue, 

 and M. Heldreichii are among the best to grow. A few of the 

 ordinary Hyacinths may be used in borders on the top sur- 

 rounding, but not among stones or rocks. Anemones may 

 be largely used with distinct advantage and success. Among 

 the earliest to bloom is A. blanda. A. sulpkurea, A. Pulsatilla, 

 A. sylvestris, A. narcissiflora, A. Allenii, A.fulgens, A.apennina, 

 and A. alpina are all beautiful and make a fine succession, 

 and, if there is plenty of room, some St. Brigid might also be 

 planted. Adonis amurensis is very showy. It has deep green 

 fern-like foliage and yellow flowers. A. pyrenaica is also a 

 fine type. A. amurensis and A. vernalis flower in early spring, 

 and A. pyrenaica in early summer. Chionodoxa sardensis } 

 C. Lucilice, and C. gigantea are all pretty and effective, and 

 should be grown by everybody. Leucojums are also very 

 handsome, and flower in spring, summer, and autumn. These 

 are like monster Snowdrops, and sometimes have stems 2 feet 

 long, which make them valuable for furnishing a vase of lovely 

 flowers. They grow in any garden soil. L. astivum is the 

 summer-flowering variety ; the others flower in early spring, 

 except L. autumnalis. Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodwort), a 

 very pretty white flower, requires a little protection in winter 

 a covering of peat will suffice. When cut, red juice exudes 

 from the flower-stem or leaf ; hence its name of Bloodwort. 



Trillium grandiflorum, with lovely choice white flowers, 

 requires a moist, shady, and well-drained position. It is very 

 pretty when among ferns and alpines which are grown in 

 shady nooks. Uvularia amplexicaulis, golden yellow, after the 

 habit of Convallaria polygonatum, is fine for cool, shady spots. 

 All spring and early summer flowering bulbs are best planted 

 as early as possible in the autumn. 



HOW TO MAKE A MORAINE GARDEN 



Recently considerable attention has been given to that 

 adjunct of the rock-garden, the moraine ; and where it is 

 possible to devote the space (if only a square yard or two) in 

 some fully-exposed position it would, I think, be well to pro- 



