protecfted over their fir^ Winter with several inches of leaves, 

 straw, barn-manure, or meadow hay. The good soil of the 

 perennial garden will delight the ,St. Bruno, while the 

 St. Bruno or Anthericum will delight all amateur gar- 

 deners who love the fine, the sweet, the beautiful and the 

 unusual 33 33 



^ Once you have grown St. Bruno lilies you will understand 

 why the English bridal bouquet " The Elizabethan Ruff " 

 is so highly esteemed and is preferred to the customary nuptial 

 nosegay of white orchids. 



^ The Elizabethan Ruff is composed of St. Bruno lilies 

 and Gypsophila Grandiflora Alba which is the fine^ and 

 be^ variety of the lace-like, annual Gypsophila. Is n't it 

 appalling? — these tongue-trying names inflicted on our fairy 

 flowers? It seems as if in time pa^ some one had been hard 

 pressed for names, and had heeded the wise one's advice to 

 " never let a woman see that you don't know. If, for in^ance, 

 she asks you the name of a plant and you don't know it, say 

 something in Latin. You mu^ keep your end up." Perhaps 

 this accounts for Baby's Breath being called Gypsophila 33 

 The seed of the Gypsophila should be thinly sown in early 

 May-time in the cutting bed. This I think is the be^ place 

 for it, and if it is sown at intervals of three weeks right through 

 to September all Summer long you will have this bijou filling 

 flower to soften and lend grace to the differ Stalked flowers 

 of every variety. Plant the roots of St. Bruno in the Spring. 

 ^ When the St. Bruno lilies have passed their" season of bloom 

 replace them with the new, pure white gladiolus Lily White. 

 Plant the Lily White corms in groups back of the St. Brunos, 

 the slender foliage of which will enhance the Stiff Stalks of 

 the gladiolus, which blooms earlier than any other of the 



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