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Vol. XLIY. No. 1837 
NEW YORK, APRIL II, 1885 
PRICE FI VIC CENTS 
$2.00 PER YEAR. 
I Entered according to Act of Congress, la the year 1335. by the Rural New-Yorker In the ottcs of the Librarian of Confess at WashmKton.l 
and cordifolia, and Himalayan ciliata, though 
somewhat coarse-appearing plants, bear mass¬ 
ive bunches of rose-purple and red flo wers from 
April into May. 
Grape-Hyacinths, blue, white, purplish, 
yellowish, in variety, add to the interest of 
Spriog Snowflakes, Oriental Hyacinths, 
and early Tulips contribute largely to the 
show, andthecom- 
g m °n purple, gold- 
portaut additions 
to our garden flow- 
| like a ridge of 
. -og Forget-me not 
runs and blooms in 
ft borders; the Spring 
r?}?:, Orobus—one uf the 
kS . * neatest and most 
floriferuus of pea 
.| flowers—in copious 
JF i clumps is gay in 
r jppp purple and rose; 
' centras.eximia and 
f '1 * eaves show forth 
scapes; the Blotch- 
«t 4 ed-Leaved Lung- 
¥ mm I worts, earliest of 
^Br j mats of Aubrietias 
JB flowers respond to 
U 1ML ' Spring. We have 
i M r \ % Wood Anemones, 
(■R Jflir § single or double. 
| 
P “ -.1 ft . 3plj§| the little Isopy rum 
’Jjl of the West; the 
j : 3 Yellow Wood Ane- 
1 moues from South- 
jflL 3 que-Flower, Nut- 
-^Pi a L‘° include Trilli- 
F ' Y S 4 '"' ^ ltms of sorts, Crowu 
Imperials, Guinea 
SPRING FLOWERS. 
The early flowers of Spring have a charm 
and interest that those of later months do not 
possess, and we watch eagerly for their com¬ 
ing in the meadow, 
field, and wood, as____ _ 
well as in the gar- vY Ya- F -- B 
den. These flowers 
are of the hardiest v j 
race, pereuuial iu 
their nature, and vj 
make themselves . 
at home almost 
them the Winter 
has no terrors. J ust , £ ^ * 
so soon as the sur- 
face of the ground , ; 
is unlocked from ,&0| 
frost, so soon shall 
the modest Snow- 
drop, the cheerful 
Crocus, and the ■ '® 
yellow Winter 
Aconite emerge v>K 
from their icy bed, ,75**! pw 
and, heedltssof the 
frost and snow, the 
Christmas Roses £H“. ‘'^3®''* ; 
labor to display ^ 
day, be it at Christ- 
mas or in March, By 
come the Blue 8i- 
berian and bifolia »w5 
Squills, the purple 
of its kind; tbeu $$ 
appear the Euro- V' r 
pean species in its 
different varieties, 
and after them our 
native Adder's _ 
Tongue. But the 
brightest of our 
yellow flowers is 1 
Wpriug Adonis, and 
of white ones, the X _w 
Blood-root. The **7^^ 
flowers of both /? y 4%i s 
open wide iu sun- . fj'i ■ •. | F ,1 
light, luit close up 1 \ / 'p J 
at uight. Clumps IvA /ml'; 
of yellow Daffodils | 
single and double, 
• iiliven our bor- 
ders, and survive '•' 
anywhere where 
the ground is good, 
moist, and shelter- 
t( i. The Siberian '''^1111 
saxifrages, as ligu- 
lata, crassifolia, 
SPRING FLOWERS. (After The Queen.) Fig. 129 
