tDljen Daffobils begin to peer. 



In the flower-garden especial observance ought to be taken 

 of the choicest roots of the Asian Ranunculi^ Aulmoneys, ten- 

 der Narcissi, and divers others of the like Tendernesse, and 

 strangers to such Entertainments as our Northern Countries 

 afford. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SO- 

 CIETY, ARTICLE LXXXIX. 



Devotion to Flora as a queen among us is as yet a living 

 truth, and among or around the heart of all true gardeners 

 there is woven a thread of twisted gold. F. W. BURBIDGE. 



