PLANTS WORTH GROWING ^y 
white berries ; those of A. spicata are black, and 
spicata rubra, red. The plant likes moisture, and 
when once established should be left undisturbed 
for several years. When it is desired to increase 
stock a clump may be lifted and carefully divided 
in early Spring. 
Adonis. — ' The Flower of Adonis ' or Flower of 
the Gods ranks among the earliest of our Spring 
flowers. Yellow as the Buttercup, the large open 
flowers are backed by green bracts and supported 
on graceful stems clothed with foliage as dainty and 
elegant as fern fronds. The Adonis likes a rather 
sandy soil, and blooming as it does in early Spring, 
should be planted in a position where it will be 
protected from rough winds and storms. A. vemalis, 
A. amuriensis and its double variety are the earliest 
and best, but there are several other varieties 
well worth growing. They may be raised from seed 
sown in pans, and given the protection of a frame 
during the early stages of development. 
Alstroemeria. — Like miniature lilies, individually, 
the flowers of Alstroemeria are borne in umbels of 
a size that makes them conspicuous objects in the 
garden, but not too cumbersome to be decorative 
in a cut state. Their beauty is akin to that of the 
brightest of the Liliums, but their remarkable and 
almost indescribable combinations of bright and 
contrasting colours make them distinct from any 
other plant. The roots of Alstroemeria are fleshy 
white tubers, several of which are suspended from a 
