October, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



113 



lylra cticullaria) and blue myrtle {Vinca 

 minor) — the runners cut off to leave an 

 upright flowering dump. I use a little of 

 the native bloodroot {Sanguinaria Canaden- 

 sis), liverwort (Hepatica triloba), columbine 

 (Aquilegia Canadensis), and spring beauty 

 {Claytonia Virginica) also. For taller effects 

 the Iceland poppy (Pa /^ai'er nudicaule), Greek 

 valerian (Polemonium reptans), crown impe- 

 rial {Fritillaria imperialis) and bleeding 

 heart {Dielytra spedabilis) are sure to start 

 into bloom before the month is over. 



Then there are the primroses, that is to 

 say, the hardy primulas. I have more of 

 these than anything else in my April garden 

 and should be incHned to put them at the 

 head of the desirable flowers of the month. 

 I grow the true primrose (P. vulgaris), 

 the improved cowslip (P. veris siiperha), 

 the cowslip (P. officinalis), the oxlip (P. 

 elatior), the polyanthus (P. polyantha), the 

 Kashmir (P. Cachemiriana) and the auricula 

 (P. auricula) for April bloom, and Von Sie- 



bold's (P. cortusoides Sieholdi) is likely to join 

 them before May comes in; that is one of the 

 deHghtful things about certain April flowers 



The Sardinian glory-of-tlie-snow (Ckiojiodoxa Sar- 

 densis) Flowers both blue and white 



— some years they are, and some years they 

 are not. April brings me double primroses (P. 

 acaidis fl. pi.), too, but I care little for them. 



Tulips always lend their gaiety to the 

 latter half of April — that is the early 

 varieties do. I have a few of them and 

 some clumps of single hyacinths. Then — 

 to keep in my own garden, from which I 

 have wandered occasionally to name some- 

 thing that I have not tried but am sure of — 

 there are the CaUfornia violet {Viola odorata 

 Californica), the white violet (F. o. alba), the 

 coltsfoot (Tussilago Farfara), the guinea-hen 

 flower {Fritillaria Meleagris), blue and white 

 grape hyacinths and Johnny-jump-up {Viola 

 tricolor) . 



Everything mentioned is perfectly hardy 

 as far north as central Connecticut, can 

 be planted out in late September and 

 early October, is inexpensive and, barring 

 the Johnny-jump-up and forget-me-not — • 

 which are annual and biennial, respectively, 

 but self-sow freely ^ — will "stay put." 



.'VPRIL FLOWERS OF EASY CULTURE 

 Note: In a normal season all will bloom in April, though some of them not until the latter part of the month, 

 color in the garden before the first of May. 



WHITE TO CREAM PINK 



Baneberry 



Bugle 



Snowdrop windflower 



Rock cress 



English daisy 



Crocus 



Dutchman's breeches 



Guinea-hen flower 



Snowdrop 



Giant Snowdrop 



Hyacinth 



Babe-in-the-cradle 



Snow-flake 



Grape hyacinth 



Forget-me-not (biennial) 



Primrose Peerless daffodil 



Star-of -Bethlehem 



Iceland poppy 



Chickweed phlox 



Moss pink 



Bloodroot 



Tulip 



Violet 



Pansy 



YELLOW TO ORANGE 



Spring adonis 



Rock madwort 



Crocus 



Alpine wallflower 



Dog's tooth violet 



Golden bell 



Crown imperial 



Orange avens 



Barr's daffodil 



Hoop-petticoat daffodil 



Double daffodil 



Emperor daffodil 



Empress daffodil 



Iceland poppy 



Auricula 



Oxlip 



Cowslip 



Improved cowslip 



Polyanthus 



English Primrose 



Orange globe flower 



Tulip 



Coltsfoot 



Horned Violet 



Pansy 



PINK 



St. Brigid's anemone , 

 Rhodora 

 English daisy 

 Spring beauty 



Actaea alba 



Ajuga reptans, var. alba 



Anemone sylveslris 



Arabis alhida 



Bellis perennis 



Crocus vermis 



Dielytra cuctdlaria 



Fritillaria Meleagris 



Galanthus nivalis 



Galanthus Elwesii 



Hyacinthiis orientalis 



Lamium maculatum, var. album 



Leucojum vernuni 



Muscari botryoides, var. alba 



Myosotis dissitiflora 



Narcissus biflorus 



Ornithogalum nutans 



Papaver nudicaule 



Phlox stellaria 



Phlox subulata 



Sanguinaria Canadensis 



Tidipa suaveolens 



Viola odorata, var. alba 



Viola tricolor, imp. 



Adonis vernalis 



Alyssutn saxatile 



Crocus vernus 



Erysimum ochrolenchrum. 



Erythronium Americanum 



Forsyth ia suspensa 



Fritillaria imperialis 



Geum miniatum 



Narcissus Barrii conspicuus 



Narcissus Bulbocodium 



Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus, var. Van Sion 



Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus, var. Emperor 



Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus, var. En, press 



Papaver nudicaule 



Primula auricula 



Primula elatior 



Primida ofpxinalis 



Primula veris, var. superba 



Primula polyantha 



Primula vidgaris 



Trollius Asiaticus 



Tulipa suaveolens 



Tussilago Farfara 



Viola cornuta 



Viola tricolor, imp. 



Anemone coronaria, var. St. Brigid 

 Azalea Canaderise 

 Bellis perennis 

 Claytonia Virginica 



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ft. 



Garland flower 



2 



in. 



Bleeding heart 



I 



ft. 



Hyacinth 



6 



in. 



Babe-in-the-cradle 



4 



in. 



Hairy phlox 



4 



in. 



Crawling phlox 



6 



in. 



Moss pink 



8 



in. 



Von Siebold's primrose 



4 



in. 



Herrt-leaved saxifrage 



8 



in. 



Thick-leaved saxifrage 



8 



in. 



Wild pink 



6 



in. 



Tulip 



12 



in. 



BLUE 



9 

 8 



I 



in. 



Blue winter windflower 



m. 



ft. 



Glory-of-the-snow 



8 





Innocence 



m. 

 ft. 



Hyacinth 



I 



Dwarf iris 



5 

 3 

 8 

 8 



in. 

 in. 

 in. 



Virginian cowslip 

 Grape hyacinth 



in. 



Forget-me-not (biennial) 



Wild sweet william 



5 

 6 



in. 



Greek valerian 



in. 



Lungwort 







Two-leaved squill 



10 



in. 



Siberian squill 



I 



ft. 



Gentian-leaved speedwell 



3 



lO 



in. 



Blue myrtle 



in. 



Common Violet 



8 



in. 



MAUVE TO PURPLE 



4 



ft. 



ft. 

 ft. 



St. Brigid's anemone 



Basque flower 



2 



Alpine thrift 



lO 



in. 



Purple rock cress 



4 



m. 



Crocus 



lO 



in. 



Guinea-hen flower 



lO 



in. 



Crane's bill 



lO 



in. 

 ft. 



Liverwort 



I 

 8 

 6 

 6 



8 



Hyacinth 



in. 



Netted iris 



in. 



Moss pink 



in. 



Auricula 



in. 



Kashmir primrose 



5 



m. 



Canada violet 



4 



in. 

 ft. 



Horned violet 



2 



8 

 6 



California violet 



in. 



Johnny-jump-up 



m. 



Pansy 



6 



in. 





6 



in. 



RED 



St. Brigid's anemone 

 Columbine 



6 



in. 



Crown Imperial 



3 



ft. 



Cowslip 



4 



in. 



Polyanthus 



8 



in. 



Tulip 



Now is the last chance to make sure of having 



Daphne Cneorum 



Dielytra spedabilis 



Hyacinthus orientalis 



Lamitim maculatum 



Phlox amoena 



Phlox reptans 



PhloX subulata 



Primula cortusoides, var. Sieboldi 



Saxijraga cordijolia 



Saxifraga crassijolia 



Silene Pennsylvanica 



Tulipa suaveolens 



Anemone blanda 

 Chionodoxa Liiciliae 

 Houstonia coeridea 

 Hyacinthus orientalis 

 Iris pumila 



Mertensia ptdmonarioides 

 Muscari botryoides 

 Myosotis dissitiflora 

 Phlox divaricata 

 Polemonium, reptans 

 Pulmonaria officinalis 

 Scilla bijolia 

 Scilla Sibirica 

 Veronica gentianoides 

 Vinca mi-nor 

 Viola cucullata 



A. coronaria, var. St. Brigid 



Anemone Pulsatilla 



Armeria alpina 



Aubrietia deltoidea 



Crocus vernus 



Fritillaria Meleagris 



Geranium maculatum 



Hepatica triloba 



Hyacinthus orientalis 



Iris reticulata 



Phlox subulata, var. lilacina 



Primula auricula 



Primula Cachemiriana 



Viola Canadensis 



Viola cornuta 



Viola odorata, var. Californica 



Viola tricolor 



Viola tricolor, imp. 



A. coronaria, var. St. Brigid 

 Aquilegia Canadensis 

 Fritillaria imperialis 

 Primula officinalis, imp. 

 Primula polyantha 

 Tulipa suaveolens 



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