48 BULBOUS ROOTS. [MARCH. 



cloth of gold, and which have the merit of 

 opening when there is no sun, which is not the 

 case with the other sorts : after these, there is 

 a row of blue crocuses, then one of white ; 

 rows of the late flowering yellow and dark 

 blue, follow. 



Next to the crocuses, are three rows of hya- 

 cinths; and the middle its filled with early 

 tulips, which, though not of the finest kinds, 

 make a very good show when in blossom. 



You are, perhaps, surprised at my possessing 

 so many bulbs; I have but little money to 

 spend in purchases, and as I think the greatest 

 pleasure consists in raising plants one's-self, I did 

 not buy these, or at least only a few ; I have 

 been some time collecting them. 



The different sorts of crocuses, I have long 

 had ; and as they increase very rapidly, a good 

 stock is soon obtained. 



