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FAMILIJM GAVnEX FLnWEES. 



gn-ovvn on the rockery, and to lie tlirre " pot-liound/'' if 

 such an expression mav be used. A peat bed in which it 

 can o-rnw t'veel\' is not the best place for it; but a rather 

 starvino- " pocket," with a good deptli of po(jr sandy soil, 

 will satisfy its wants and persuade it to Hower, whereas a 

 position favouralile to growth will result in a pro.liiofion of 

 maijy leaves and few tlowers. 



The erythroniunis are well adapted for jilanting (lut on 

 grass slojtes, in the same way that snowdrojis, crocuses, 

 hardv cyclamens, winter aconites, and coleliicums arc grown 

 in gardens where a tender hand liears sway — a hand, namely, 

 that recognises that every plant which j^roduces leaves and 

 flowers must be allowed to make a free leaf-growth to be 

 enabled to produce its flowers. Erythrcjninms show their 

 beauties advantag-eously where they dot the green herliage, 

 and the effect is very different to the appearance of the 

 flowers above dark mould. 



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