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renew them every three or four years. The 
main colors are purple, white, and yellow. 
The prettiest blue flower of April for 
naturalizing is the grape hyacinth (Muscari 
botryoides). 
If you want a purple one try the camass 
(Camassia esculenta). 
But the best bulbs of any kind or season 
for naturalizing are daffodils. They are 
more permanent and give more for the money 
than any others. The only ones I know 
that cost $15 a thousand or less are as 
follows: 
The only trumpet daffodils are Trumpet 
. Major, yellow, and Princeps, sulphur. 
Of the cup-shaped daffodils, you can get 
either Stella, Figaro, or Cynosure, all of the 
incomparabilis type. The showiest is Sir 
Watkin, but it costs more than Tallow. You 
can also have, Barrii conspicuus and Leedsii. 
Of the saucer-shaped narcissus the only 
April-bloomer you can have is the single 
jonquil (Narcissus Jonquilla) and the giant 
jonquil (Campernelle or Rugulosus.) 
’ The poet’s narcissus is the cheapest and 
surest species of the genus. It bloomsin May. 
THE MAY-BLOOMERS 
The poet’s narcissus is the only May- 
bloomer which an estate owner cares to plant 
by the ton, but there are two others that are 
unbeatable in their respective styles. 
Large clumps of lily-of-the-valley suitable 
for naturalizing cost about $3 a dozen, 
but as you can doubtless get a thousand 
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pips for $15 or less I believe I am justified 
in including this. 
The English have bluebells by the acre. 
You can find these in every catalogue under 
Scilla nutans. ‘They ought to be called wood 
hyacinths. 
Bluebells and _ lily-of-the-valley demand 
partial shade. Poet’s narcissus will thrive 
either in sun or partial shade. 
THE JUNE-BLOOMERS 
The best cheap June blooming bulb for 
wild gardening that I know is the common 
star of Bethlehem (Oriithogalum umbella- 
tum) which has run wild in this country. 
It is a starry white flower with a green back. 
I have seen it carpeting several acres of 
woods with fine effect on Long Island. 
I wish some one would try Allium Moly 
in a meadow. If I remember rightly the 
foliage does not have any objectionable odor. 
It has a large flat cluster of small yellow 
flowers. The bulbs cost $6 a thousand. 
THE COSTLIER BULBS 
The only March-bloomer of this group 
is the crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis). 
The favorite April-bloomers are Emperor 
and Empress daffodils, which are certainly 
less gardenesque than many others, but even 
these seem too gardenesque for this purpose. 
There can be no question as to which is the 
showiest spring flower in America up to the 
middle of May. It is the wood lily (Trillium 
grandiflorum) which has flowers three or 
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four inches across. The English import 
endless quantities of it but we can always 
beat them on trillium effects, because trillium 
will not multiply there as here. 
The showiest exotic flowers of May suitable 
for wild gardening are the wild and run-wild 
tulips of Europe, which were fully described 
in THE GARDEN MaGazinE for September, 
1908. They are Twulipa Gesneriana, var. 
major, scarlet; var. rosea, pinkish; T. Didieri, 
red, with blue eye; 7. Didieri, var. alba, pure 
white; and 7. Billietiana, yellow. Garden 
tulips will not hold their own in grass. 
Darwins are so cheap that many people will 
be tempted to plant them by the thousand, 
but in my opinion they are too gardenesque 
because they have rounded petals. Only 
sharp-petalled tulips look like wild flowers. 
The checkered lily (Fritillaria Meleagris) 
multiplies wonderfully in English meadows. 
I wish some American would try it in wet 
and dry meadows and let us know the results. 
The loveliest plant of the Solomon’s seal 
type for May bloom in woods is Polygona- 
tum giganteum. 
The best June-bloomers in this class are 
lemon lily (Hemerocallis flava) and the 
Canada wood lily (Lilium Canadense) a 
bell-shaped flower in yellow or red. 
The best July-bloomer is the American 
turk’s cap lily (Lilium superbum). This 
lily and the previous one demand woods, or 
else peat and partial shade. ‘The roots like 
to be in water but the bulbs must be well 
drained. 
More than a million daffodils have been planted in this orchard at Greystone, Yonkers, N. Y., the estate of Mr. Samuel Untermyer 
