WINDOW-GARDEN 



No window-garden can be considered com- 

 plete if it does not include a few of the most 

 prominent varieties. Among the best, for 

 forcing, are: 



PAPER WHITE. Early and sweet. 



TRUMPET MAJOR. Yellow and white. 

 Large. Superb in every way 



VAN SIGN. Rich, luminous yellow. A 

 most magnificent kind. 



HORSFIELDII. Golden yellow and creamy 

 white. Perhaps the most popular of all. Any- 

 way, a most lovely flower, and one you will 

 never willingly be without after you have 

 given it one season's trial. 



A favorite flower of all lands is the Lily, and 

 the variety we force so extensively, nowadays, 

 is quite the peer of any, with its large, trumpet- 

 shaped blossoms of purest waxen white and 

 most exquisite fragrance. If I could have but 

 two bulbs for winter use these two would be 

 the Narcissus and the Lily. If I had to re- 

 strict my choice to one, I presume the Lily 

 would be chosen; but I would have both, if 

 possible. Lilium candidum is used to a con- 

 siderable extent for forcing by the florists, also 

 L. longiflorum, but for amateur culture neither 

 of these is as desirable as L. Plarrisii, which 



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