166 
the AMERICAN 
garden- 
[Sepjj 
POEaET-ME-lSrOT. 
I set a slip out in tlio brook, 
xVufl lo! it grow, and spread and giw, 
Till, by the sun and moisture fed. 
It filled each winding curve and crook, 
And blossomed into heavenly blue. 
Out through the bridge it wandered then, 
And filled with bloom the road-side stream, 
Who now behold its wondrous hue. 
And gaze into its starry ken, 
Enraptiu-cd with its beauty seem. 
“ Forgot mo not! ” the lover cried, 
“ For thee I meet a watery death.” 
Ho throw the blossoms to her side. 
And, slnldng, with his latest breath, 
Cried still, “0 love, forget mo not!” 
Thus christened was my lovely flower; 
Baptized -n-ith love’s delicious breath; 
Albeit de.arly sought and won— 
And two fond hc.irts were from that hour 
Asunder riven imtU death. 
O precious flower! 0 sweet and rare! 
Nurtured by stream and sun and wind, 
And fed by grateful dews and showers. 
Is this the secret of yoiu- power, 
lyhich charms alike all human kind! 
I watch the children come and go. 
And older ones my blossoms seek. 
Enchanted -with their loveliness: 
And as I see their faces glow, 
I feel a joy I may not speak. 
3fy tiny slip was planted well; 
Its harvest hath been full of bliss; 
So a kind word or deed m.ay prove 
A blessing unawares, and swell 
The stream of hmuan haijpiness. 
Our lives are fraught with weal 
and woe— 
As gold is tempered with alloy; 
And this is true, what else is false: 
The sweetest joy that one c.an know 
Is that of giving others joy. 
[The author—whose name is not 
known to ms—some years ago 
planted a few slips in a stream of 
running water. Tliese grew and 
increa.sed so rapidly that in three 
years they had followed the water¬ 
course for a con.siderabIe distance- 
“ ^Vs I watch the children,” he says, 
‘‘gathering these incomparable 
blossoms, and see older persons 
coming from long distances to ob¬ 
tain plants for their gardens, and 
leinemberthat all the plants which 
now give pleasure to so many 
came from the few slijis set out by 
myself, I realize how much enjoy¬ 
ment one may find in contributing 
to the enjoyment of others.”] 
NAEOISSUS. 
There are in all ®^ostly in 
Narcissus found m a wild s , ^gj-y few 
in Afi'ica and Asia, ar variety 
and cultivated Narcissus 
and beauty foimd lu _ result of 
careful and manifold by bn 
TUe prinolp.1 typ» ot 
tvell shown in the accompany ® 
Messrs. Woolso,,. .J- Co., who make a spetia 
of this class of plants. rtnifodil — 
N. maximus, the Largo Trumpet DnHocliK 
Large bright yellow, very early; 
best single varieties. 
N. Pscudo-mircissus, Lent Lily, the com- 
one 
of fclio 
Ije prepared to compete in these bulk 
European growers. , 
Narcissus succeed best in a rich 
soil, planted four to six inches 
the crown covered with three inch 
earth. They may be planted at anv^r 
from September till the ground freeze 
it is best to let the bulbs remain in the*’ 
place for several years, to become^ w"?' 
established clumps; in fact, they need ' 
be taken up at all, so long as the flowers*'** 
produced abundantly. Keeping the gto 
clean, and applying a good coat of 
rotted manure each fall, is all the care 
require. 
They are also excellently adapted f 
forcing, and may bo planted in pots and 
placed in a cold frame or cool cellar, and 
brought into the house as need, 
ed for flowering. In potting, the 
neck of the bulb should not he 
entirely covered with soil, so as 
to admit suflfleient room for 
abundant root-growth; other, 
wise the treatment does notvary 
from that of the Hyacinth and 
other Dutch bulbs. 
M- 
they 
NARCISSUS MAXIMUS, 
moil Daffodil, 
SEASONABLE HINTS, 
Ulies may bo planted in spring or autumn, 
but m our experience wo have found tho 
latter season decidedly preferable, with tho 
exception of L. tmralum, perhaps, which, un- 
less the ground is very congenial, is apt to 
N. JUNCIFOLIUS 
or Daffodowndiily.— Yellow 
rot. Tlio bulbs start so carlv 
., ^ , - lu spring that 
they cannot always be planted soon enough. 
and''L‘”‘*t'f “"‘J are so variod 
and beautiful, that we could never fullv un 
derstand why a collection is not found in 
every garden. They thrive in any good 
gulden SOI, among perennial plants, in^tlio 
mixed border, or in separate beds. The only 
condition winch is essential to their success 
IS never to have any standing water at tlioir 
roots, especially during winter. 
trumpet, sulphur perianth ; fouiul both siiinlo 
and double. 
N-incomparahUis, SingloDrango Vlicouix - 
Flowers largo, primrose, with Hiili.liiircrown 
M. jxvneijolins, Kiish-leavod I'yroiiiuan Daf. 
lodil.—flowers small, golden-yellow 
N. pofjtios, Foot’s Narcissus—h’lowcrs 
pure white, with a distinct red crown. 
Nearly all Uio species and varioties are of 
easy ciiltivatio.i and hardy l,„,.o i,, tlu, 
giouiKl; and It IS a notal.lo fact that, with 
the exeep ion of yy. /Inlhoeodinm ai d ts 
varieties, the Imll.s growii in this coiinl.- 
oiiltiviitioii has been inider- 
_ roooiitly — ai .,1 alroiidv 
the imported ones. It is, 
probable that, as 
MT0S0TI8, 
The Myosotis, or Porget-iM. 
not, is an old plant, and a favor¬ 
ite when grown well. But, like 
many other meritorious plants, 
we do not meet with it in the 
garden as frequently as we ought 
to. Its delicate blue color—a 
color somewhat rare among 
summer flowers—ought to give 
it a place in every collection. 
It is a hardy perennial, and 
the seed can be sown in fall 
with perfect safety. If sown 
then, the plants wiU come into 
bloom early in spring, when 
we have few other border 
flowers. 
It likes considerable shade, 
and on that account can ho used 
whore many other flowers would 
not flourish. I like it best when 
grown in beds by itself. H 
not grow to any great heigMi" 
gonorally from six tonincinchu^i 
— spreads considerably, auilis* 
constant and profuse blooinei i 
kept somewhat moist. In ® 
posed situations, during ‘■'I 
siimmors, 1 have never suocecii- 
od with it very satistaetow; 
But given sorno slnido, and water if * '■ 
•spoil comes on, it will please ovovy 
I’oiil hoauty. It is not a showy lloweii 
llio flowers which mako tho most skoa 
not always tho best ones. The flowevs 
borne in cUistovs, are star-shapod, anil a' 
wliito and yollow eyes. 
A/, pahtslris has flowers of a 
lain-hluo. Af. r(;."Hmr has flowers of a I'S 
hliio, and is a llnov varioty. jj, 
Tho finest varioty is dissilijloni. beoaus _ 
is Hueli an early bloomor. The flowers ^ 
UIHlj X llv ‘kv , 
I'O very rich in color,— fl’'* f 
althoiigli (heir 
fcaltoii but . .... airemiy rivaling 
tliorol’oro, liiglily 
u ',.1 already the case wilh 
luberosos and Gladiolus, Amorica will 
seetion ar 
much so IIS l^alviu paten 
our 
which is oA® 
very host blue llowors. It comes 
oftli'S 
into 
1)0 
soon 
bloom very early in tho season, and ca' 
made oxtroinoly iisoful on that 
bods whore other and latnr blooming ® ^ 
Would bo of no uso. Last season 1 
