PARK AND 
erect, slender, i to 2 feet tall ; stem leaves scattered, 
alternate, narrowly linear or linear-lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate erect or oppressed, i to 3 inches long, 
1-12 to 1-4 of an inch wide; flower always (?) soli- 
tary, much larger than any heretofore mentioned, 
erect ; periants segments, scarlet with a purple spotted 
yellow base, ovate lanceolate, with a slender claw 
and long acuminate apex, wavy margined, 3-5 inches 
CEMETERY. 8i 
long, )/2 to I inch wide ; capsule oval, tapering at 
both ends, i inch or less high. This large-flowered 
and beautiful native lily inhabits moist pine barrens. 
North Carolina to Florida, and Alabama, also re- 
ported from Kentucky and Missouri. July and 
August. Said not to thrive when cultivated out- 
doors, north, but would undoubtedU" force well in 
house or greenhouse. 
THe Spring* 
6— A much smaller group in its North American 
representation is the Iris group. What it lacks in 
native plants, however, is more than compensated 
cypripedium humile. 
for by the magnificent array of species and varietie.T 
from central and southern Europe — manv of them 
entirely hardy. Such are the snowdrops, the Leuco- 
jum vernum, some Narcissus, the crocus, and the 
early Iris in a host of varieties. 
NARCISSUS PSEUDO-NARCISSUS. 
Garden II. 
It is not necessary to go into detail as to how these 
should be planted and cared for, most plant lovers 
know, but their arrangement in and out among the 
bays and promontories of a ])ine-tree will furnish 
fascinating and instructive work for any gardener, 
partly hiding away such as the crocuses whose foli- 
age soon becomes unsightly, or giving more prom- 
inence to such Irises as keep longer in good condition. 
As a grpu]), however, the spring flowering species 
are not for enduring foliage, and if they can be ar- 
ranged m bays or openings of the fir plantations, the 
yellowing foliage will be better hidden later in the 
season. 
IRIS GERMANKW. 
8 — There may possibly be an opportunity in a sim- 
ilar position to reserve a piece of ground of various 
aspects and conditions of moisture in which to trv 
and grow for a time such native orchids as can be 
collected with sufficient care. The whole sod in 
which they grow with all the accompanying plants 
should be lifted carefully and transplanted to sur- 
roundings as nearly like those of their natural local- 
ities as possible. It is next to impossible to keep 
them long, much less to naturalize them. 
James MacPherson. 
