58 FLOWERING LILIES, &c [APRIL, 



LETTER IV. 



April 6th. 



You complain of the garden being dreary, 

 and expect a flourishing account of mine. This 

 is a bad sign : it seems that you are not con- 

 tented with your own, and begin to covet that 

 of your neighbour. 



I am almost inclined to send you a long 

 letter on this subject. Do you, then, suppose 

 I have a secret method of flowering lilies 

 and roses, in the open ground, in April ? As 

 your crocuses, hepaticas, and violets are in 

 bloom, your garden must be nearly as gay as 

 mine is ; for, besides those I have named, I can 

 only boast of a few anemonies, and snowdrops, 

 and the yellow aconite. 



