BULBOUS PLANTS. 



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vernum, fig. 405) ; succeeding this, at a later period of the year, the 

 Summer Snow-flake {Leucojum CBstiviim, fig. 406), of equal merit, takes 



Fig. 404.— Fritillary. 



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Fig. 405.— Spring SnoA'-riake. 



Fig. 406. — Summer Snow-flake. 



its place. The grand secret of cultivation with these, as with other 

 bulbs, is to plant them and then to leave them alone. 



The D,og-tooth Violet (Erythroninm Dens cams, fig. 407) is another 

 pleasing early .spring flower, from Southern Europe. It docs not grow 



Fig. 407.— Dog-todth Violet. 



Fic. 408.— Winter Aconite. Fig. 409.— Garden Anemone 



very well with me, but vsrhat interferes with it I do not know. It 

 likes plenty of sand. 



• The Winter Aconite (fig. 408) may be sparingly used in shady 

 places ; it has a yellow flower early in spring : a small quantity only 

 is grown in my garden. 



There are many species ot Anemone, which I restrict to my 

 alpineries and wild gardens, but the varieties of A. coronaria (fig. 409) 

 are flowers vi^hich give us colour in early spring, when the ground is 

 otherwise bare. They have never done well with me, and perish in a 

 year or two, although, at times, I have tried considerable quantities. 

 Sorne of the florists' varieties are single and some. double; and though. 



