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and are found in shades of blue and white 

 only ; the Spanish are often yellow as well as 

 blue, white, and other shades, and have 

 comparatively narrow petals; they also 

 bloom two weeks earlier. They are quite 

 susceptible to a certain disease and to lessen 

 its damage it is advised to take up the bulbs 

 soon after their leaves have died down to 

 the ground; they could then be planted 

 again in September. 



Lilies. (See Contents.) 



MuscARi (Grape Hyacinth). Species: botry- 

 oides and plumosus var. monstrosum. Here 

 is a Httle gem for the garden. The blue and 

 white miniature bells, when seen in mass, 

 are most attractive either in the border or 

 when naturalized in grass or woodland. 

 There are several other forms which are in- 

 tensely interesting, especially the plumed or 

 feathery Grape Hyacinth (Muscari plumosum 

 var. monstrosum). In this the flgral parts 



Narcissus poeticus, naturalized . / ^ 

 Does not this lovely scene stir you to emulation? 



This represents a typical 

 flower of a single Daffodil 

 often, but wrongly, called 

 Jonquil. The Jonquil 

 much more resembles the 

 Paperwhite, except that 

 it is yellow. Daffodils are 

 a large study in themselves 



are much elongat- 

 ed and appear very 

 feathery. It grows 

 only six or eight 

 inches tall and 

 needs to be plant- 

 ed in front of bor- 

 der or in rockery. 



Narcissus. There are 

 a great many 

 types and species 

 of Narcissus. So 

 great is the differ- 

 ence of opinion 

 concerning them, 

 even by botanists, 

 that we will not 

 try to present any 

 complete outline 

 of them, except to 

 say that the fol- 

 lowing may help 

 to classify the va- 

 rious types: 

 Long Trumpet. To 

 this class belong 

 all varieties with 

 distinct tubular 

 centers which are 

 as long as the 

 outer parts of the 

 flower. There are 



