88 Bulbous -roofed and Rock Plants. 



suitable for pots and window boxes. The follow- 

 ing are the best for the purpose. Plant at the same 

 time as you plant your Hyacinths j the double Tulips 

 are best. Equal parts of turfy loam, leaf mould and 

 sand, form the proper soil. Double Due Van Thol. 

 and single Due Van Thol. s. Ardennus, s. Queen 

 Victoria, s. Duchess de Parma, s. Pax Alba, d. La 

 Candeur, d. Duke of York, d. Rex Rubrorum, d. 

 Purple crown, d. Yellow Rose, d. Tournesol, d. 

 Tournesol Yellow. 



Grocus. — This and the Snowdrop are the first 

 heralds of spring. Nothing is so suitable for window 

 gardening as the lovely Crocus. In boxes and pots 

 they should be planted pretty close. The best are the 

 following, in diflferent shades of white, blue; yellow, 

 and purple j soil same as for Tulips : — Albion, Charles 

 Dickens, Florence Nightingale, Prince Albert, Mont 

 Blanc, Sir "Walter Scott, Lilacinus superba, Othello, 

 Barr's new golden yellow. Yellow Dutch, Yellow 

 Scotch. 



Snowdrop, the Harbinger of Spring. — Beautiful in 

 pots and boxes. Treat them the same as the crocus. 

 There are both double and single bulbs. 



Muscaria, or the Grape Hyacinth, are charming 

 subjects for pots or boxes to mix with Hyacinths and 

 Tulips. The same treatment as for Crocus or Snow- 

 drops. The best are M. botryoides cceruleum, Album, 

 and pallidum, and M. racemosum, and M. race- 

 palleus. 



Amarylis. — Here we have a magnificent class of 

 plants for pot culture. Pot them in six- or seven-inch 



