Volume XIII. 
MAY, 1884. 
No. 5. 
THE GARDEN IN MAY. 
Gardening should commence in earnest now, al¬ 
though the garden has been a source of pleasure to us 
for a month at least; not for what we have done this 
Our Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus and Scillas, 
are, or have been, all that we could desire. From many 
a friend we have received warm thanks for our advice 
Oxalis Cornua. (See page 143). 
spring, but as the reward of our labors in the many springs 
gone by, when we filled our borders with hardy peren¬ 
nials that are now loaded with flowers and promises 
that will surely be honored before the summer ends. 
to plant small instead of large Hyacinth bulbs, for 
now they are in bloom, giving strong spikes of blossoms 
instead bf numerous weak ones, as is usually the case 
the second year after planting large bulbs. We find, 
