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growing 
season, and after they show flower they may be kept cool; but upon 
no consideration must external air be admitted too freely. I am not acquainted 
with any plant that is more impatient of draughts than the Achimenes.” 
M. 
CHRONICLES OF A TOWN GARDEN.—No. XYI. 
.The much-desired “milder gales” and “warmer beams” have comeat 
last, and what a change has resulted therefrom! “With verdure clad,” and 
that in its newest and brightest form, the earth smiles as it unfolds its wondrous 
treasures. The most surprising activity everywhere prevails, the long-pent- 
up forces (for the spring is unusually late) are hastening forth to furnish their 
quota to the beauty of the landscape. What just now was so much prized 
within when all outward objects were bound in the gloomy fastness of winter— 
the window occupants, that were a cherished link between the past of winter 
and the future of spring, cannot now stand in rivalry with the beautiful forms 
that have emerged from their earthy prison-house at the bidding of the beni- 
ficent angel Spring. 
The last of the Hyacinths are now in the fulness of their bloom. They are 
Mont Blanc, single white; La Dame du Lac, single red, a very beautiful shade 
of pink; Comble de Glorie, single blue, pale azure blue, changing almost to 
white with age; Veronica, a high-coloured single red, very free blooming, 
one bulb in a glass had five spikes of flower; Prince Albert, single blue, and 
Grandeur a Merveille, blush white, a flower that has been very fine this 
season. In pots I have had Keizer Alexander, and L’Abbe de Verac, double 
blues, the former in the way of Laurens Koster, but not so good, the last with 
pale blue, well-formed flower, but a poor spike; Gen. Havelock, single blue, 
very dark, rich, and fine ; L’Etincillante, single red, deep bright red,' very 
showy; Alba Maxima, single white, a very fine flower when grown with liberal 
treatment; and La Grandeur, and La Pine d’Or, double yellow, two expensive 
but worthless representatives of this useless class. Double yellow flowers are 
not worthy of cultivation, and but a select few of the single flowers. The 
latter are well represented in Ida, a splendid flower that has been produced hi 
fine form this season; San Francisco, deeper in colour, but very scarce ; Due 
de Malakoff, nankeen with reddish stripes, but of which there appear to be 
two forms in cultivation, one of them being almost destitute of the stripes. 
Of older, but yet good flowers, there are Heroine, Alida Jacoba, Anna Caro¬ 
lina, and King of Holland. 
Tulips, both double and single, in pots, of which I have a good collection 
are, as yet, very partially in bloom. Superintendent, a single flower, white 
and rosy violet, is still fine and showy, though rough on the edges and deficient 
in form; the rose, yellow, and gold-striped Van Thols are also in bloom; the 
last being a deep scarlet flower with yellow stripes, but very small. I have 
also White Eagle, a small single white, which I take to be the same as White 
Swan. Tournesol double is also showing colour. In another fortnight I shall 
have a collection of some twenty varieties of double and single Tulips in bloom, 
all of which promise to form a grand display. 
Some varieties of Narcissi will also bear them company as they come in 
in gaudy attire to celebrate the May Day festivals. Already I have the 
magnificent Bazelman Major, a large white flower with golden cup, re¬ 
markably fine; and B. minor (which is but the smaller bulbs sent under that 
name), is expanding its first flowers in company with Sulphurine, bright 
yellow with deep orange cup, which will also be very fine. Trumpet Major 
