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Both the perennials and the biennials following should all blossom the first year if started in the house in March:—

Gaillardia, red, yellow.

Forget-me-not, lovely blue.

Larkspur, blue.

Snapdragon, white, red, purple, yellow, pink.

Sweet William, white, pink, red, maroon, plain, varigated.

Coreopsis, yellow.

Cupid's Dart, blue.

Iceland Poppy, yellow, white, scarlet.

Get as many as you can—and your space will permit—of all the lovely old perennials and the bulbs that come up every season with little or no care. One of the oldest—now deserted—farmhouses on Long Island, still carries in its dooryard the impress of some gentle flower-lover long since passed away, in its annual spring beauty of daffodils and lilies-of-the-valley. And the few bulbs and pips transplanted from there to my own garden, have thrived and spread so profusely that I, too, can pass them on to others.