110 FLOWERS IN BLOSSOM. [JUNE. 



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ing: and this I do to my fine pinks. I also slit 

 the flower cup a little lengthwise, at every 

 notch, to make it open evenly, and form a fine 

 round flower. My garden now fully repays 

 me for all my trouble : it is extremely gay, the 

 roses are beginning to flower. 



The Phlox ovata, the Iris Germanica, (or 

 common blue iris,) the Papaver Orientale, (or 

 fine scarlet herbaceous poppy,) the Fumaria 

 nobilis, the Geum coccineum, (or avens,) a 

 beautiful new plant, but now getting common; 

 the double and single yellow Welsh poppy, and 

 a very pretty blue flower, called Lithospermum 

 Orientale, are among those in blossom at pre- 

 sent, in my common borders, which I most 

 admire. 



The border is still more shewy than it was 

 last month, as the azaleas and rhododendrons 

 are in full bloom : there is, besides, in flower in 



