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thick and fleshy divided roots, are the better for being ripened, by 
exposure to the sun and air ; but they ought not to be taken 
up until they are matured and their growth has completely 
ceased. As they are all hardy, and some of them but little 
changed by that simple culture which they require, it is not abso¬ 
lutely necessary to take them up and dry them ; though even the 
hardiest of the bulbous ones, even those which grow beneath the 
snow, and occasionally bloom up through it, are all the better for 
being dried. 
The great charm consists in their being in full bloom wdien 
there is scarcely another bloom in the garden, or even in the 
fields ; and considering this, one feels a little astonished that they 
have not been planted in masses, whereby full effect would be 
given to their beauty. When once in the ground, almost the 
only treatment they require is to have the ground beneath them 
lightly forked and neatly trimmed, and the dead leaves carefully 
picked off early in the Spring. Generally speaking, their flower¬ 
ing and growth are completely gone before the summer flowers 
come into action ; and thus they make a complete succession. 
They are exceedingly numerous ; so that the following List, which 
is rather a copious one, contains merely a selection. 
LIST OF HARDY SPRING FLOWERS. 
Those marked b have bulbous roots, the others uot. The colour of the flower and average 
time of blooming are given at the end of each line. 
Pulsatilla vernalis, purple ; April 
cernus, blue ; April 
Halleri, blue; April 
Anemone pavonia, led ; April, May 
varieties, variegated; ditto 
Canonata, blue ; April 
Uralensis, ditto 
Caerulea, ditto 
trif'olia, white ; ditto 
Richavdsonii, yellow; April 
Hepatica triloba, variegated; March, April 
Adonis vernalis, yellow; March, April 
Siberia ditto 
Evanthi hyematis, yellow ; Jan. to April 
Helleborus niger, white ; Jan. to March 
purpurea, purple ; March, April 
atrorubris, dark red; Jan. to April 
Epimedium Macranthum, white ; Mar.Apr. 
biolaceum, violet; March, April 
Musschianum, white; ditto 
Sanguinaria Canadensis, white; Mar. Apr. 
Aubrietia deltoidea, purple ; ditto 
purpurea, purple; ditto 
Fersicaria reticulata, yellow; ditto 
Draba brachystemon, yellow; Feb. March 
aizoides, yellow; ditto 
Orobus vernus, purple ; March to April 
Gentiana verna, blue ; March to May 
Polemonium Mexicanum, blue; Mar. April 
reptans, blue ; April to May 
Omphalodes verna, blue ; March to May 
Chertensia pulmonaeoides, blue ; ditto 
Cyclamen corn flower, red; Jan. to May 
vernum, red; Feb. to May 
sepaudum, red; March to April 
Dodecatheon Sheadia, lilac; April to July 
integrifolium, violet ditto 
Primula marginata, rose ; March to April 
longifolia, lilac; April 
Attaica, lilac ; March to May 
longiflora, lilac; April to May 
longiscapa, lilac; March to April 
nivalis, purple ; April to May 
carmatica, violet; ditto 
glutinosa, violet; Match to May 
nivea, white ; March to April 
acaulis, striped; ditto 
Soldanella montana, blue; April 
clusia, blue ; March to April 
Alpina, do.; April, 
Cortusa Matthioli, lilac ; April to May 
Iris susiana, brown and black; Mar. to Apr. 
livida, purple and blue; ditto 
subbiflora, blue; April to May 
lurida, dark purple ; ditto 
biflora, purple, violet; ditto 
furcata, blue; March to May 
lutescer.s,yellow; April to May 
veina, blue; ditto 
hcematophy 11a, blue; ditto 
leerigata, ditto ditto 
Nertchinskia, ditto ditto 
Nerthenica, ditto ditto 
tenax, purple, ditto ditto 
