PARTI-COLORED, VARIOUS 
MARCH 
: Botanical Height 
English ee 
Color Name: eas Ae Description Pe 
Cream & SCOTCH **Crocus Stemless  funnel-form yellowish | 6-8 in. 
42 out- {|CROCUS, biflorus white flowers, tinged and striped with ;Sun or 
side, 44 (CLOTH OF purple. Variegated grass-like leaves ‘half 
inside |SILVER rise above the flowers. Pretty in the |shade 
CROCUS grass, in borders, or under trees. 
Bulbous. Prop. by seed and offsets. 
Plant in late Sept. or Oct. in deep, 
well-drained soil. S. Europe. 
Parti- (EASTERN __|*Helléborus Large cup-shaped flowers, rose-pur- | 12-15 in. 
colored /HELLEBORE jorientalis ple outside, and greenish, streaked /Halj 
FRAU var. and dotted, within. Good for cutting. |shade 
IRENE “Frau Irene | Evergreen foliage. Slightly protect best 
HEINEMANN Heinemann” | in winter. Should not be disturbed. 
Plant in border or edge of hat 
Prop. by division. Any rich well- 
drained soil. Hort. 
Green |PURPLISH |*Helléborus Drooping green flowers purple | 12-18 in. 
& 35 GREEN viridis tinted, and grayish foliage. Needs Half 
HELLEBORE var. pur- slight protection in winter. Should |shade 
\purdscens not be disturbed. Plant in border or best 
edge of shrubbery. Prop. by division. 
Any rich well-drained soil. Hungary. 
Various CROCUS **Crécus Large funnel-shaped stemless flow-| 6-8 in. 
vars. ers. Stiff grass-like leaves. Natural- 'Sun or 
ize in masses in the grass and under /half 
trees, or plant in clumps in the border. |shbade 
Bulbous. Prop. by offsets. Plant in 
light well-drained soil in late Sept. or 
Oct. The following are some of the 
best garden vars. :— 
White vars.—Caroline Chisholm; 
free bloomer. Mammoth White; very 
large. Mont Blanc, large and snow 
white. 
Yellow vars.—Golden Yellow, (color 
no. 6), deep yellow. 
Purple vars.— King of the Blues; 
deep purple blue, very large. Pur- 
purea grandiflora, large deep purple 
flowers. 
Parti-colored vars.— Albion; deep 
violet striped with white. Cloth of 
Silver; silvery white lilac-striped. 
La Majestueuse; large lilac flowers 
striped white. Sir Walter Scott, white 
striped with lilac; large and free 
blooming. See Plate, page 6. 
White or/SPRING **Crdocus The commonest species. Large} 4-5 in. 
46 (CROCUS vérnus stemless funnel-shaped flowers, white |Sun or 
or lilac, sometimes striped with pur- jbalf 
ple. Stiff grass-like leaves. Mass in |shade 
border or scatter in the grass or under 
trees. Bulbous. Prop. by offsets. 
Plant in late Sept. or Oct. in light, 
well-drained soil. Europe. 
Time of 
Bloom 
Mid. 
Mar. 
to late 
Apr. 
Mar. 
to 
early 
Apr. 
“ 
Mid. 
Mar. 
to late 
Apr. 
