variation in the prices of good bulbs of the really 

 reliable firms. 



ASPHODELS-EREMURI 



^ I have ju^ learned that eremuri roots are 

 almo^ unprocurable, and that only one or two 

 supply houses in America have any at all. I had 

 visions once upon a time of every fair garden 

 presenting these extraordinarily lovely eremuri to 

 wondering and admiring eyes but, as a well- 

 known enthusia^ remarked to me recently, 

 eremuri are only for millionaires, having now 

 reached the "insignificant " price of from eighteen 

 to twenty-four dollars for a dozen roots. We need 

 not be di^urbed over the co^t of eremuri, however, 

 when we have asphodels, which by the way are a 

 species of eremuri, and 1 have been told in some 

 countries asphodels are called eremuri, also, 

 King's Spear, Guardian of the Throne, Czar's 

 Staff 53 53 



^ I am going to tell you how to grow asphodels, 

 of two varieties, from seed sown in a greenhouse 

 or hot frame any time this Autumn. Of course I 

 can't promise you a peach-pink asphodel that is 



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