BULBOUS ROOTS. 47 



LETTER UL 



March. 



I MUST now give a description of my succes- 

 sion bed, as I name the .border into which I 

 have collected all my Spring flowering bulbs. 

 It is diamond shaped ; at each corner are plac- 

 ed anemonies, and hepaticas, of the last of 

 which I possess five varieties ; the double and 

 single blue, double and single pink, and single 

 white; but as the single white is not very 

 showy, and does not grow freely, I have not 

 given it so distinguished a place as the others. 



Entirely round this diamond, and close to 

 the box edging, is a row of yellow aconite, the 

 seed of which was sown last June ; and next 

 to that one of double snowdrops : then comes 

 a row of the early crocuses, which are called 



