THE GARDEN IN SPRING 



bably the medicinal G. liitea, which is not very valuable 

 for garden decoration. 



Candytuft, Violets, Doronicums, Aubrietia, Alyssum, 

 Adonis vernalis, Double Daisies, Thrifts, Lilies of the 

 Valley, Wallflowers, Dog's-tooth Violets, Asphodels, 

 Trilliums, Dodecathons, Veronica prostrata, Saponaria 

 ocymoides, Lithospermum prostratum and some of the 

 species of Troilius are but a few of the very many 

 beautiful spring flowers which may be grown in the 

 open borders of English gardens. 



To give the names of trees, shrubs and climbing 

 plants which flower in spring is unnecessary, for every- 

 one must be well acquainted with the blossoms of Apple, 

 Pear, Plum and Cherry, of Hawthorn, Wistaria, Guelder 

 Rose, Syringa, Lilac and Laburnum. There are, how- 

 ever, a few good shrubs which are not grown nearly as 

 much as they should be. Those who can afford warm 

 and sheltered sites should certainly try to grow the 

 magnificent Magnolias, especially M. conspicua and M. 

 stellata ; and everyone may grow Forsythia suspensa, with 

 long sprays of yellow flowers in April and May, Spiraea 

 Thimhergiiy the leaves of which turn a crimson in 

 autumn, as also do the leaves of S» prunifolia, which 

 is covered with white double - daisy - like flowers in 

 spring, and Exochorda grandiflora (The Pearl Bush), 

 which likes plenty of sun and hates being cramped 

 or cut. 



