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APKH- 
Aloft -where hends the ®tf^d swings; 
Watching the sun. the rohm sits an 
The amber Ught shines on his ruddy breast, 
And loud his carol rings. 
The Crocus-buds brealc rocks. 
And in the wind the sfgjoom 
And garrulous sparrows ch.atter in 
Of prim and rounded box. 
The meadows stretching from ^^g’^^ass. 
The fresh, cool green of “‘>‘■'5" fPf 
And bending Willows droop their bmnches low 
As "winds above them pass. 
A shimmering haze Ues ““ 
Of hills that rise against the Instious ’ 
The waveless sea seems bright with dawmn^ 
hopes 
Of summer's peace and rest. 
The south wind, singing through the pasture, 
bends 
The Fern’s low frond, crowning a mossy plintb; 
And Violet perfume in the g.irdcn blends 
With sweets of Hyacinth. 
The mellow sunlight, breaking through the r^s. 
Burns like a flame along the widening plain. 
And down the sloping vaUey slowly drifts 
The murmur of the rain. 
The yellow Cowslips toss their cups of gold. 
Where brooks go whispering through the reedy 
marsh; 
And crows, among the blooming Maples hold 
A coxmcil loud and harsh. 
The plowman, whistling down the furrow, sees. 
Above the thin and opal-tinted mist. 
The rounded cones of budding orebard-trees. 
Where bluebirds make their tryst. 
The massive monarchs of the forest now 
Are giant harps, melodious -with song 
That vibrates through each quaintlj' twisted 
bough. 
Swaying the hUls along. 
The fragrant mom, clad in soft robes of white. 
Flings wide day’s portal for the sunlit noon; 
And deep the purifle stillness of the night 
Clings round the narrow moon. 
And fair with blooms, and buds that tell of these. 
Through merry songs across the valleys blo-wn. 
Fresh from the sweetness of south-lying seas. 
Comes April to her own. 
—Century. 
seeds; indeed; it does not 
and over agaw. reacbly 
exhaust the _ ^11 these plants 
he increased in *^^i;sh names; hence 
described. growth, 
Altjsmu samU^ yellow flowers in 
blooms second j eai, or g y 
spring. Baise a ejo 
Anemone corona) la sow 1 ^ 
a few blooms in late summ 
full crop next spring. Mnlc^ i"^ 
are 
their 
SEASONABLE HINTS. 
Arrangement of Jflower-bcds .—In making 
plans for the planting and arrangement of 
prospective flower-beds, it is well to bear in 
mind that too much sameness and uniform¬ 
ity in design, as well as in the material 
^:;;;;;i«'(Colambine) - 
pica, ekrysarnm, 
very fine, and choicer than any ot , 
"'Sriiu,...... ; 
Blooms in spring and oaily summei. < , 
bunch habit. Good for edgings. Likes moist, , 
open, sunny places. i 
Aulrietia. A matted rock-plant, does finely , 
in border. Flowers purple, in early spring. 
Do not cover in winter. i 
Beilis (Double Daisies) come readily from 
seed. Grow in a moist, sheltered, and faintly 
shaded place. Cover with some di-y leaves, 
and an old \)ox in Tvinter. 
Callirlioe involucrata. Bright crimson flow¬ 
ers, all sumnier. Of straggling, spreading 
habit from a big Tiu'nip-like root. 
Campanula (Bell flowers). The Carpathian, 
blue and white ; the Peach-leaved, blue and 
white; also, alliariafolia, celticlifolia, glotn- 
erata, macrantlia, punctata, and tarlmata 
are good, easy-to-grow sorts. 
Coronilla varia. Lilac-purple, very profuse; 
all summer. Spreads considerably by un¬ 
derground shoots. Will grow anywhere. 
Delphinium (Larkspur). Lemoin’s garden 
hybrids, all shades of blue, are unsurpassed. 
Summer, and the second growth in fall. 
The scarlet ones, as nuclicaule and carclinale, 
thrive well in cold frames, and occasionally 
in light, sandy, sunny places in the garden, 
but as common garden plants they are un¬ 
certain. 
Dianihus (Pinks). Wo have sweet, garden, 
grass, fringed, and other Pinks, single and 
double. Carnations are barely hardy. 
Draeoccphalum Buyschiatiuvi Japoniciun. 
Large, showy, violet-blue. 
Mchinacca purpurea. Three to foim feet 
high, showy rose-purplo cone flowers 
employed, becomes monotonous and tedious. 1 summer iTul fnll i t,' -- 
No matter how pretty and becoming a cer- ^ in mrt 
Gaillardia aristata. 
tain dress may be, no one would like to wear 
tl^eriskof changing i copiousTall 
It lor one less bandsomo and coroelv ‘‘Vn ^ a . ' - 
riety is the spice of life” in flowibeds " 
well as in many other things. 
In 
as 
a certain 
is easily 
in 
Small Places, especially, it becomes 
desirable to produce as much diversity in 
colors, forms, and character of plants 
possible. Each bod should have 
individuality of its own, which 
imparted by using only one kind of plants ... 
each bed or by making one color predomi¬ 
nant. This will not only make the grounds 
appear much larger, but it produces a pleas- 
wberiB obtainable 
when the same kinds of plants and colors 
are used in a,ll beds alike, and are planted in 
the same beds year after year. 
^ ollow and brown, 
summer, useful for cutting. As 
mnial, the best of the genus 
^jpsophila panieulala. A profusion of 
whitish airy flowers well fitted tor bouquet 
Uelcnum TJoopesi. Two feet; large, yellow 
flowers, in summer. Anywhere. 
to (Evergreen Candy Lift), 
White lloworj 
Lathyriis latifolius. Rose-pmpie and 
everlasting Peas, Should be in every 
liatris (Blazing Star). Handsos^^^*^®®' 
flowers. Grow readily from seed and 
the second year. ’ “*ooia 
Ditidelofia speciaUlis. Blue, in 
A vigorous but neat border plant. 
linimi. The perennial Flaxes, blue wh' 
and yellow; are very pretty in the foren 
As out flowers they are useless. 
Lohelia. Our native Cardinal Flower is th 
prettiest of all, and no country garden shorn 
]je without it and a good form of the hi * 
Lobelia (" syphilitica). Seeds sown outside 
fall germinate in spring; if sown out-of.doo^ 
in spring they are not likely to grow, but^i; 
in boxes or pots inside all should he well 
L. splendens and its varieties are not hardy ' 
Lychnis Chalcedonica, Eaageana, fidgets 
Sieboldii, and Senno, and their varieties and 
hybrids, are showy and hardy, and most of 
them bloom well the first year. 
(Etiolhera fniUcosa and Missourie)isis,yo\- 
low; the last has very large, brilliant flowers. 
Papaver pilosum and Oriental Poppies, 
They make a gay show in early summer, but 
are soon past. 
Pentstemon Digitalis, ’ovatus, harlatus, wA 
often grandifloriis; but the other handsome 
species, as Murryanus, Cobcea, and seem- 
diflorus have not been hardy -with me. P. 
Hartwegi, the one that gives us so many fine 
garden varieties, is not hardy either, hut if 
sown early it blooms freely in the fall. 
Phyterima Charmeti. Pretty violet-blue 
flower-heads. Anywhere. 
Platycodon grandijlorum. Blue and white. 
Broad-flowered bell-worts; late summer and 
fall. Showy. Anywhere. 
Polemonium cceruleimi (Jacob’s Ladder), 
i Blue and white. Not showy, hut veiy easily 
' grown. P. septatis, a small spring blooming 
i sort, is pretty. 
j Potentilla. Double garden varieties give a 
good show. 
[ Prini'da capitata, violet; cortusoides, 
' purple; Sieboldii, various, fine; and the or- 
! diiiary’ Cowslips, Polyanthuses, and Prim¬ 
roses of gardens. Like a cool, moist place, 
I sheltered and somewhat shaded in siunmei, 
I and a thin mulching in winter. 
Pyre thrum roseum, single and double. 
Pretty garden plants; bloom the first year. 
Prunella grandiflora, bluish and whitCi 
and Pyrenaica, purple. Neat, free-blooming- 
Open or shady place, 
Jludbcchia Californica, laciniata, sperios"' 
Strong-growing, showy, yellow flowers, ^ 
Salvia pratensis, purple, blue, or wbi 
froo-blooming. Some other fine sorts, 
.farinacca and FUehcri, said to be hardy, s” 
not hardy hero, ,, 
Statice latifolia, the best of the » 
ones. Late summer and fall. ,, 
T'erotiica (Spoodwell). All, as 
spicaia, taarica, rupcstris, and 
Beautifnl, neat, froe-bloomiugi.ine®*'^^ 
Liko rich, moist ground. ^ ^j,(| 
mgs. GibraUarln.n 
they bloom nfoely. ’ ‘"'“’'als 
'.iSrjrZ'i 
V.V o..,„ ,»•; 
r. cornuta, blue or 
'V 
Viola ., _ 
Pansios. Shade from strong sim® 
summor, and shelter from winds in 
yucca jilnmentosa. Very easily 
Showy -white suminor flowers. Any" 
not shaded or wot. 
WM. FALCONBB’^ 
[This list is not compiled from jj, 
hut embodies the writer’s extensive 
oneo as superintendent of the Cam 
Botanic Gardens.— Ed.] 
