FAVOURITE FLOWERS oa
GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
B.HERINCQ
LAELIA PURPURATA
Flower Nat. size
VOL. IV.—Front.
FAVOURITE FLOWERS |
OF
GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
BY
EDWARD STEP, F.LS.
THE CULTURAL DIRECTIONS
EDITED BY
WILLIAM WATSON, F.R.H.S.
ASSISTANT CURATOR, ROYAL GARDENS, KEW
ILLUSTRATED WITH
Three Hundred and Sixteen Coloured Plates
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OrpeR CONIFERA— PAGE
Norrotk IspaAnp Pine . Genus Araucaria ' ‘ ; «et
OrpeR CYCADACEA—
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Orper ORCHIDEA—
: ORcHIDS . . : : , : yO
MaspEVALLIAS.. : rr Masdevallia : é . . OR
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Danas » Diacrium : : j Se ay.
CATTLEYAS », Cattleya . mee. i
; ‘ ‘ 5 hehe : : . 620
LYCASTES i j » Lycaste . : ; : | oe.
OpowToGLoTs oe » Odontoglossum . : . . 523
ONncIDS. ; : » Oncidium : ; . 526 .
Morn ORCHIDS. : » Phalenopsis . : : . 529
Ais . : i eri 3 : : . 532
Va : J ‘ ». Vande . ; ; : . > oo
Lapy’s SLIPPERS . ; » Cypripedium . ; : < ies
Orper SCITAMINEA— ae
RRow Roots”. ; » Maranta : : . . 539
; InpIAN SHor. ; » Canna . : ‘ : 4 BAL
OrpER BROMELIACEA—
KaRATAS . e : » Aaratas : : : . 542
CHMEAS . : : » Atchmea : piece CMR ae
BILLBERGIAS | 3 : », Billbergia : : ; : ee
TILLANDSIAS ; oa , Tillandsia : : ; . 546
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Tu : ; Genus Hippeutn : : : . 569
Kyieur’s Star LILies . % eastrum ; : ce Ae
GUERNSEY Liny . ty on : 572,
SNOWDROPS » Galanthus 672
NOWFLAKES » Leucoium 573
EvucHaRis . pee Ge seen zs uchara. : é : = B18 f
PANCRATIUMS i 4, Pancratiwm : : j Ris i
Orper LILIACEX—
iat TRAS ‘ ; » Aspidistra p ; a meas 70 f
New ZEALAND FLAX ‘ » Phormium , ; : Beas y ts,
PLANTAIN LILigs. . » Funkia . : ; ; - 576
FLAME FLOWERS . Se » Kniphofia : ‘ : ees th:
GASTERIAS. : : 3 asteria Z ; POL
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Sancnis ‘DRACHENAS » Cordyline 4 . . . = 685
Dragon TREE : » Dracena ! : : it ton OG
‘ » Agapanthus . : ptie nes’ - BBT
SoLoMon’s SEAL . : » Polygonatum . . : Reyes ete%
Lity oF THE VALLEY. » Convallaria : E : som DOO
“Triptet Lites . : -y Brodiea. i : ; i889
Grapre HyacintHs 4 a USCart : : : er BOL
HYAcINTHS : » Hyacinthus ee : ; yen hOS
SQUILLS : : ct ea ‘ : j obo]
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ROWN MPERIAL AND Rete, :
SNAKE’S-HEAD Litizs . } » Hritilaria aie ean SS
TULIPS rue >» . Lulapa-. : 2 é oe COL. Ti
Doe’s-Toorn VioLers. » LErythronium . : : oe egLS |
BurrerFLy Tuips ‘ » Calochortus " 5 : wo 61S
Day LILIEs : » Hemerocalli 613
GaRLICS . » Allium 614 i
CAMASSIA , » Camassia aC : : <> ee
STaR OF Berane : » Ornithogalum . : : Fame) £3;
GLORY OF THE SNO A » Chionodoxa : : , Pee 265
ASPHODEL. : » Asphodelus eu yg 2 ee OED
ANTHERICUMS . f » Anthericum : : : OL
OrvpER PONTEDERIACEXZ—
EIcHHORNIAS. ; » Hichhornia 616
OrpER PALM A—
KENTIAS . ‘ » Howea . eT
Date P. : » Phenic. 618 {
CH ops PALMS » Chamerops = 619 h
RACHYCARPUS PALMS . » Trachycarpus . : ; iy pee : Y
LivistoNA PALMS ‘ » Livistona : : i a OBI -
Cocos PALMS : Se ge ag : os : eee |
OrpeR PANDANEXZ— .
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FLAMINGO FLOWERS i » Anthuriwm : ‘ : + . 30 ;
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV
ORDER NAIADACEA— : ee. : re pack =
Care PONDWEED . Genus Aponogeton : ‘ te aa
OrpER CYPERACEXH— - setee Re ee a
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CLuB RUSHES . ; ‘ Scirpus . é : j + BBS oe
ORDER a ee :
pests Gassns : Pennisetum. : . s
Pampas GRA 5 Gynertm = _ : tate"
RipsBon Geass AND Canary) oe oe : ;
- QUAKING Grass . as ea 3
aRw’s-Tal L Grass
Gra sale ‘
pot GP COLOURED: PLATES
VOLUMEcIV
PLATE
235,
236.
Frontispiece. Lelia purpurata
Norrotk Isnanp PINE, Araucaria ue
Masdevallia coccinea
MaspEVALLias 4 B. Masdevallia rata
C. Masdevallia chimera
. DENDROBIUM NOBILE
. DENDROBIUM FARMERI, var, ‘ melnel foams
9. CarrLEyYA Mossi™
. LycastE SKINNERI
. ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM
. Oncrp1umM ForBEsII .
PHALANOPSIS SCHILLERIANA
VANDA TRICOLO
A®RIDE palin
. Lapy’s Suiivs ER, Crit vum inabite
. MARANTA BICOLOR, V:
. Inpian Sor, Canna hybrids
5 EME
r. Kerchoviana
. BILLBERGIA
escapee SPLENDENS
Nerrep Iris, Iris viiealian
. Dwar Iris, Iris pumila
PEACOCK Texi-rowst, Tigridia Sanbhia:
A. YELLow Crocus, Crocus aureus
B. Sprina Crocus, Crocus vernus
. IXIA MACULATA
GHENT Corn FLac, ‘Gladolas pee eae
f A. Jonquin, Narcissus Jonqual
UB. Darropit, Narcissus pseudo-na
. PoryantHus Narcissus, Narcissus wanie vars.
.
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500
LIST OF COLOURED PLATES 1X
PLATE
261. ScarBorouGH Lixny, Vallota purpurea ; P : . To face page 559
262. JacoBEAN Lity, Sprekelia formosissima : ; : i 552
263. CLIVIA MINIATA : i : : : : i s 554
264. IXIOLIRON MONTANUM ; : : ‘ ‘ ss 556
265. 'TUBEROSE, Poaaathe Nieteas F : ; : ; rf 558
266. ASPIDISTRA LURIDA : : ; ; Pe 560
267. New ZEALAND FLAX, Phoraeie: sia : : : 2 - 562
268. Puantain Lity, Funkia ovata : ; : ; 564
269, Fiame FLower, Kniphofia aloides . 5 ; ; . ” 566
270. GASTERIA VERRUCOSA : : : : : s 568
271. TREE ALOE, Aloe TREES : ; : ; : > 570
272. Suk Grass, Yucca filamentosa ‘ : : ; : ” 572
273. CORDYLINE TERMINALIS : ; . ef e 574
274. Arrican Lity, Agapanthus Gaibelichas ; tes : : ms 576
275. Trirtet Lity, Brodiwa (Triteleia) uniflora : : ‘ ‘5 578
A. Muscari comosum
276. Grave HyacinTH |» B. Muscart comoswm, var. monatron | : ‘ 580
C. Muscari comosum, var. ages
277. Garpen Hyacinru, Hyacinthus orientalis . ‘ : » 982
278, SIBERIAN SQuliLt, Scilla stbirica : : s 4 584
279, GOLD-RAYED Liny oF JAPAN, tise dibaton : 5 ; “, 586
2 280. Sarrron Liny, Liliwm crocewm ; ; ‘ et 588
281. WHITE OR St. JOSEPH’S are sheen castien d ; : 5 590
282. SHowy Lixy, Liliwm spec : 7 : : ‘5 592
283. SNAKE'S ica Fritillaria ae gris : : : : » 594
284, Garpen TuLip, Tulipa gesneriana . : : 5 ee
285. Parror Tune, Z'ulipa gesneriana var. saeealts : : 2 BSS
286. TuLipA SUAVEOLENS ; ; : ; : os ye
287. EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES ; ; ; ? j ee 602
288, CurLty Pam, Howea belecireatin ‘ : : : . + oe
289. Spiny Dare PauM, Phenix spinosa . : : . no OOG
290. TRACHYCARPUS EXCELSA i : ; ; = 608
291. Bourson Pam, Livistona cea : ; : ' # 610
292. Cocos WEDDELIANA : ; : : oe
293. VeitcH’s ScREW- sa Poadunns Vettcht : : es a Oe
294, CALADIUM BICOLOR, ; : . Le are
295. TRuMpET OR ARUM tie Richiirtés Sana : : : x, S18
296. Fuaminco Fiowsr, Anthurium scherzertanum ; ts : soe Oe
297. CapE PONDWEED. Pei distachyum . < . . n S22
298, CYPERUS ALTERNIFOLIUS . eee : : y ee
299, SCIRPUS RIPARIUS ees ; 6 5» oe
Stipa pennata 628
oe iC Pennisetum longistylus J” sa aes
301. Rippon Grass, Phalaris arundinacea, var. variegata : : 2 9 G8
| _ ¢ A. Quaxine Grass, Briza maxima : Ae
302. - B. Hare’s-rait Grass, Lagurus rut Pe 634
Hair Grass, Aira pulchella ‘i oe
303. SELAGINELLA MARTENSIIL . ‘ : ee pee eae
an LIST OF COLOURED PLATES
PLATE
A. Aspidium aculeatum
304. PrickLY SHIELD-FERN { B. Aspidium aculeatum,
var, subtripinnatum
305. AsprpiuM FaLcaTuM
306. Brrp’s Nest Fern, eles pep te
307. OstRicH FERN, Onoclea germanica
308. Preris QUADRIAURITA, var. argyr@a
309. SprpeR Fern, Pteris serrulata
310. MameNnHAIR, Adiantum cuneatum
311. ADIANTUM TRAPEZIFORME .
312. GoLp Fern, Gymnogramme ha putchyylte
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FAVOURITE FLOWERS
OF
GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
Natural Order CoNIFERZ. Genus Araucaria
ARAUCARIA (from Araucanos, the native name of A. imbricata in Chili).
A small genus of noble evergreen trees, with small persistent scale-like
leaves, which are flattened, pointed, stiff, and usually overlapping. The
spreading branches are arranged in whorls. The sexes are in separate
flowers: the males in terminal cylindrical spikes, each anther divided
into a number of cells; the females in cones. The latter when ripe are
large and globular, covered with overlapping woody scales, some barren,
others bearing a single seed. There are about seven species, natives of
South America and Australasia.
With Conifers as trees we have little concern in this
work, but Araucarias more than any other genus of the
group lend themselves to pot or tub cultivation in greenhouses and
conservatories, in a young condition. They are all of modern discovery
and introduction. A. imbricata was introduced from Chili in 1792 by
A. Menzies, to whom the nuts were offered as dessert. He put a
few of them into his pocket and brought them to Kew. A. ercelsa,
the Norfolk Island Pine, was sent to Kew by Governor Phillips, of New
South Wales, in the year 1793. In 1819 A. brasiliana was introduced
from mountain districts of Southern Brazil. About 1826 Allan Cunning-
v.35 :
History.
498 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
ham discovered the Moreton Bay Pine in Queensland, and sent specimens
to Kew, where one of the batch may still be seen; Aiton named it A.
Cunninghamii in honour of the discoverer. Another Queensland
species, the Bunya Bunya, was brought to England in 1846 by Mr. T.
Bidwill of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, and named A. Bidwilli by
Hooker. In 1851 A. Cookii was introduced from New Caledonia, and
from the same island came A. Balanse in 1875.
AraucaRIA BALANS& (Balansa’s). Trunk 130 to 160
feet high, with plumy branches, and overlapping oval-
triangular, curved leaves. Small specimens make beautiful pot-plants for
the greenhouse.
A. Brpwitin (Bidwill’s). Bunya Bunya. Trunk 150 feet high.
Leaves leathery, oval-lance-shaped, curved, in two nearly horizontal
rows. Cone as large as a man’s head. Greenhouse plant of very
symmetrical habit.
A. Cooxit (Cook’s). Trunk about 200 feet high. Leaves awl
shaped, densely overlapping the branches. This species has the habit
of shedding its lower branches when they have attained to a fair size,
and replacing them by a smaller, more bushy growth. Also known as
A. columnaris. Greenhouse.
A. CUNNINGHAMIL (Cunningham’s). Moreton Bay Pine. Trunk
about 100 feet high. Lower branches spreading horizontally, upper ones
taking an upward direction. Leaves needle-shaped, somewhat square,
rigid. There is a var. glauca, with silvery glaucous leaves. These are
greenhouse plants, but the type is hardy near the south-west coasts of
England.
A. EXCELSA (lofty). Norfolk Island Pine. Trunk 150 feet high
and 20 feet in circumference. Branches frond-like, horizontal or drooping.
Leaves curved, needle-shaped, sharp-pointed, densely packed. This is
the most desirable of the genus in a young state. There are several
good varieties, of which the best are goldieana and sanderiana. Green-
house or conservatory. Plate 235.
A. IMBRICATA (overlapping). Monkey Puzzle, or Chili Pine. Trunk
50 to 100 feet high. Branches spreading with downward tendency, but
the tips ascending. Leaves oval-lance-shaped, leathery, stiff, somewhat
keeled, sharp-pointed, concave, shining; in whorls, closely overlapping.
Hardy.
cs Young Araucarias are among the most graceful of
those greenhouse plants that are cultivated for beauty of
form apart from flowers. For this purpose it is best to keep up a
succession of small plants in pots, which will also allow of their occasional
Principal Species.
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NORFOLK-ISLAND PINE
(ARAUCARIA EXCELSA)
Reduced
- PL. 236
FERN PALMS 499
use for table decoration. They should be potted in a compost of fibrous
loam, leaf-mould, and sand. Propagation is effected by cuttings and
seeds. Seeds should be sown in sandy soil and subjected to slight heat.
Patience is required for this method of propagation, as the seeds may be
very tardy in germinating. Cuttings are made from lateral shoots, the
produetion of which is induced by stopping the main shoot. These are
inserted firmly in pots of sandy soil, and placed in a close frame kept at
a temperature of about 60°. Cuttings made from the horizontal branches
never make symmetrical plants. They must be watered with care, and
the pots must be efficiently drained. Seeds of A. excelsa are now often
imported in large quantities, so that cuttings are rarely resorted to.
This species is grown by tens of thousands by the Ghent nurserymen,
who supply nearly the whole of Europe with healthy young plants at a
cheap rate. A. imbricata is also raised from seeds. The others are not
much grown in this country. When grown in rooms the plants are apt to
get covered with dust ; this can be removed by syringing them vigorously
with soapy water. Care must be taken not to bruise any of the shoots,
more especially the leader, as parts so affected rapidly perish.
Description of Araucaria excelsa, the Norfolk Island Pine, greatly
Plate 235. reduced.
FERN PALMS
Natural Order CycaADAcE&. Genus Cycas
Cycas (the classical Greek name for some species of Palm). A genus of
about fifteen species of stove herbaceous perennials, which agree with
Conifers in possessing no ovary, the ovules being naked and receiving
the pollen directly without the pollen-tube having to penetrate stigma
and style. Cycads differ from Conifers chiefly in the fact that
branching of the stem is a very rare occurrence with them, and in having
large frond-like leaves. The stem is thick and succulent, except in very
old plants. The leaves of Cycas are of two kinds: small, dry, brown,
hairy, leathery, stalkless scales, and large, stalked, pinnate foliage-leaves.
The two kinds alternate periodically. An individual produces at its
summit either male or female flowers; not both. The female flower is _
a rosette of foliage-leaves which have undergone slight modification in
development, the lower leaflets (pinne) being replaced by ovules as large
as a moderate-sized plum, coloured orange-red when mature. These grow
to full size whether fertilised or not. In the male the sumeaigaieasi = is
500 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
cone-like, the staminal leaves are much smaller, undivided and furnished
on the under-side with a number of densely-crowded pollen-sacs. The
species are natives of Tropical Asia and Australia.
ycads are of comparatively recent introduction, Cycas
circinalis having been introduced from the East Indies in
the year 1700. The name of Sago Palm, sometimes applied to these
plants, is somewhat misleading, as they do not produce real Sago of
commerce, which is obtained from species of true Palms, viz. Metroxylon.
The name arises from the fact that from the seeds of C. circinalis in the
Moluceas, and the stem of C. revoluta in Japan, a starchy substance is
derived which is used as food; sago or sagw being the Papuan word for
bread. ©. revoluta was introduced from China in the year 1737. These
are the species principally cultivated in this country, but other good
forms have been introduced, and may occasionally be seen in our stoves,
such as C. media from Northern Australia, 1874, C. normanbyana from
New South Wales in 1875, and C. siamensis from Cochin China, 1878.
C, CIRCINALIS (curved-leaved). Trunk 6 to 20 feet
ee ha sometimes branched. Leaves smooth, paler beneath,
6 to 9 feet long; leaflets sickle-shaped, 6 to 12 inches long. Ceylon, ete.
C. MEDIA (medium-sized). Trunk stout, becoming tall when very
old. Leaves large, pinnate, 3 to 6 feet long; leaflets very numerous and
very slender, the lower ones passing into spines.
C. NORMANBYANA (Normanby’s). Trunk slender, base of leaf-stalks
covered with scurfy down. Leaves 2 to 4 feet long; leaflets very
slender and numerous, touching each other, about 6 inches long.
C. REVOLUTA (rolled back). Trunk very stout; in old specimens
sometimes branched at top, 6 to 9 feet high. Leaves 2 to 6 feet long,
dark green; leaflets numerous, narrow, the margins rolled back.
C. SIAMENSIS (Siamese). Trunk stout. Leaves 2 to 4 feet Jong,
pinnate; leaflets narrow-lanced-shaped, with an abrupt spiny point.
Closely resembling C. circinalis.
Other genera of Cycads grown in stoves are Macrozamia and
Bowenia from Australia, Zamia and Dioon from South and Central
America, Hncephalartos and Stangeria from Africa. Many of these are
excellent subjects for large conservatories. Bowenia is remarkable for
its tuberous stem and bipinnate leaves, and Stangeria for its close
resemblance to a fern. The cones of Macrozumia and Encephalartos
History.
are very large and handsome. There is a fine collection of these plants
in the large Palm-House at Kew.
- Cyeads should be planted in pots or tubs of rich loam
Cultivation. ° . . . .
to which river sand has been added in sufficient quantity to
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B.HERINCQ
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(4,1) M. COCCINEA (B) M. GEMMATA (C) M. CHIMAERA
Plant: Nat. size Nat. size 1/, Nat. size
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ORCHIDS 501
render the soil fairly open. It is necessary that these receptacles should
be efficiently drained, as the plants are impatient of stagnant moisture.
They are raised from seeds germinated in the stove; but occasionally
suckers are thrown up round the base of the old plants, and these may
be removed and potted separately, affording vigorous young plants.
There is no very great difference in the habit and appearance of the
species, and either of them will be found a distinct addition to the stove,
and to the conservatory when removed thither in summer. C. revoluta
is sufficiently hardy to be turned out about May, and the pot or tub sunk
in the border in a sheltered, sunny position. The stems of all Cycads will
strike root readily, so that plants that have grown too tall may be
lowered by cutting off their heads at the desired height, and inserting —
them in sandy soil in a stove.
ORCHIDS
Natural Order ORCHIDE
A LARGE Natural Order, compr ising three hundred and thirty-four genera
and about five thousand species of herbs, with roots in bunches from the
base or tuberous. Many of the tropical species grow upon the trunks of
trees, and are hence called epiphytes. They have true stems (Vanda), or
modified stems (Dendrobium), or pseudo-bulbs (Odontoglossum), or
~ rhizomes (Piazus), or the leaves are sessile on a tuft of fleshy roots or
tubers (Cypripedium, Orchis). The flowers are either solitary or clustered
in spikes, racemes, or panicles ; and of singular shapes and structure. The
perianth consists of six irregular, coloured segments, of which the three
outer are sepals, nearly alike, as also are the two lateral members of the
inner series (petals), but the central one of this series is dissimilar, usually
larger, and often ends in a spur. By the twisting of the ovary, the flower
is turned upside down, and this large central petal, which should be at the
upper side of the flower, becomes a lower lip (labellum). The stamens and
the style are welded into an unsymmetrical mass, the column. The upper
part of this column supports the single anther (in the genus Cypripedium
there are two anthers), which is two-celled. The ovary is usually long,
and one-celled, the style often ending in a thickened process called the
rostellum or beak, below and in front of the anther or between its cells,
and the stigma is a sticky surface below the rostellum. The pollen-
grains are each attached by an elastic thread to a stalk (cwudicle) which
ends in a basal gland. In this way two, four, or eight pear-shaped
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502 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
masses (pollinia) of pollen are formed. With very few exceptions the
essential organs are so placed as to prevent fertilisation unless assisted
by some agency such as bees, birds, ete. The fruit is three-valved ; the
seeds exceedingly numerous, spindle-shaped, but minute. To facilitate .
reference to so large a number of genera, they are grouped into five tribes
according to their affinities: I. Epidendreee, H. Vandez, III. Neottiex,
IV. Ophrydex, V. Cypripediez ; and these are each divided into sub-tribes.
It will be understood that so vast an Order, with its hundreds of
genera and thousands of species, of which it is reckoned one-half have
been brought under the care of the gardener, cannot be dealt with in a
work like the present in any but the most superficial manner. We can
only hope to take representative species from a few of the principal
genera, and with the aid of the plates give a slight notion of their beauty
of form and colour, and the wide variation of structure based upon the
general characters enumerated above.
Orchid- culture must be reckoned among the most
modern developments of the horticultural art. The first
exotic species grown in Britain was probably Bletia verecunda, intro-
duced to Kew from the Bahamas by Mr. Peter Collinson in 1731,
succeeded at a distance of forty-seven years by Dr. Fothergill’s importa-
tion of Phaius grandifolius from China. Between these dates, however,
Vanilla planifolia was introduced (some years prior to 1739), lost, and
reintroduced early in the nineteenth century. When Aiton published
the first edition of the Hortus Kewensis in 1789 he could only enumerate
fifteen foreign species of Orchids as in cultivation at Kew; the Hand-list
of Orchids cultivated at Kew, issued in 1896, enumerates 1800 species,
belonging to 190 genera. A century ago the prevailing notion
concerning the epiphytal species was that they were parasites requiring
each its special species of tree for successful growth, and that all, or
most, foreign orchids were natives of tropical jungles requiring a hot,
humid atmosphere, with absence of ventilation. Mr. H. J. Veitch, F.LS.,
a few years ago contributed to the proceedings of the Royal Horticul-
tural Society a most interesting paper on “Orchid Culture, Past and
Present” (Jowrnal R. H. S., vol. xi. p. 115), in which he describes the
struggle with error the Orchid-grower has had to fight until recently.
Collectors sent home plants without taking care to describe the conditions
under which they found them growing naturally; eminent traders and
others abroad gave information based on insufficient data or a lack of
data, and so fixed the wrong kind of treatment for half a century,
during which period great numbers of plants were imported, and as
regularly killed with the best intentions. Mr. Veitch says: “The usual
History.
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DENDROBIUM NOBILE
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Nat
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ORCHIDS 503
treatment of Orchids at this period was to pot them in a mixture of
loam and peat, and keep them constantly plunged in the tan-bed of the
stove.” No particular allowance seems to have been made for differences
in the genera or species, or the altitudes at which they grew in nature.
Early in the nineteenth century Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney began
to grow Orchids in earnest, and soon after,in the year 1812, they had
brought to them a specimen of Oncidium bifolium by the gentleman
who had brought it from Monte Video; but when he told them it had
been hung up in his cabin without earth and had flowered during the
-greater part of the voyage, he was considered to have relationship with
Munchausen and Mandeville. However, the epiphytal Orchids, as the
known species became more numerous, got the general title of “air
plants,” and the scientific appellation of Hpidendrums; but they were
regarded merely as curiosities, and it was only here and there that a
specimen was induced to flower. The gardeners who accomplished this
were clever men, and one of the first was Mr. Fairbairn at Claremont,
who in 1813 flowered Aérides odoratum by placing it in a basket of
spent tan and moss, hung in the Pinery, and dipped in a bucket of water
half a dozen times a day. About fifteen years later Sir Joseph Banks
suspended epiphytes in cylindrical wicker-baskets with a little vegetable
mould and moss, and thus may be said to have invented the idea of the
modern Orchid-basket. Mr. Veitch’s account of the Messrs. Loddige’s
method at that date will be of interest to Orchid-amateurs of to-day:
“ Loddiges at this time made their compost of rotten wood and moss, with
a small quantity of sand. Their orchid-stove was heated by brick flues
to as high a temperature as could be obtained by that means, and by a tan-
bed in the middle kept constantly moist by watering, and from which
a steamy evaporation was rising at all times without any ventilation from
without. Their method was, of course, imitated by probably all cultiva-
tors. To these hot steamy places Orchids were consigned as soon as
received, and into which, it was occasionally remarked, it was as
dangerous to health and comfort to enter as it was into the damp, close
Jungle in which all tropical Orchids were then supposed to have their
home.”
Except that he stipulated for good drainage, this was practically
the system prescribed by Dr. Lindley, who was for many years the high
priest of horticulture, and whose precepts and practice dominated almost
every garden throughout the country, with the result that, as Sir Joseph
Hooker has remarked, England was for half a century the grave of
tropical Orchids. For the stream of imports still continued, and wealthy
amateurs and trade-growers sent out their own collectors, who not only
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sent home Orchids, but also remonstrances against growing (or attempt-
ing to grow) them under conditions so different from those under which
they were found. These remonstrances, joined to an increasing know-
ledge and intelligence in the gardeners, gradually led to the abandonment
of the old system. Hot-water pipes were substituted for the brick flues,
a lower temperature was maintained, fresh air was admitted, more
perfect drainage ensured, and a moist atmosphere obtained by sprinkling
the paths and staging. This was the treatment adopted by Paxton at
Chatsworth, and which gradually, after many years of clinging more
or less fully to the “orthodox” teaching of Lindley, found its way into
the Orchid-houses of the land, with the result that most epiphytes can
now be flowered with perfect success. Some still puzzle the most suc-
cessful growers, such as Cattleya citrina, Diacrium bicornutum, some
Dendrobiums, Catasetums, and Mexican Oncidiwms, yet in certain
establishments one or other of these is flowered successfully. Thus
Diacrium bicornutum gives little difficulty at Kew, and Sir Charles
Strickland has grown sins citrina successfully for fifteen or sixteen
years in an ordinary greenhou
Among the firms that followed the lead of the Loddiges in growing
Orchids for sale were: Rollison, Veitch, Low, Williams, and >~ll, in
London; Maule of Bristol, Backhouse of York, and Sander of St. .lbans,
—the last-named with three acres of greenhouses devoted exclusively to
Orchids. Perhaps the most striking testimony to the knowledge brought
to bear upon Orchid-culture in the last fifty years is to be found in the
fact that hybrids “made in Britain” are becoming plentiful. As early
as the year 1852 Mr. John Dominy entered upon a course of experiments
in hybridising in the Exeter nurseries of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons.
His first hybrid, Calanthe Dominii had C. masuca and C. veratrifolia
for parents, and was raised in the following year, but did not flower
until 1858. Among other good things associated with Mr. Dominy’s
name are Calanthe Veitchii, Cattleya exoniensis, and Lelia Dominit.
Mr. Seden, a pupil of Dominy’s, has carried out similar work with success
in Messrs., Veitch’s Chelsea nurseries, and there are now numerous
ostablinhnselite in which the breeding of Orchids artificially is an
important industry. Hundreds of hybrid Cypripediwms, Cattleyas
and Dendrobiwms have already been raised, and numerous other genera
have been operated upon by the hybridiser with success. The bulk of
the plants, however, are imported direct from their native habitats.
Much more might be said relating to the history of Orchids as
cultivated plants, but exigencies of space forbid. We must content
ourselves with a glance at a few typical genera.
B.HERINCO
DENDROBIUM FARMERI, var. aureoflavum
Nat. size
PL. 238
MASDEVALLIAS 505
MASDEVALLIAS
Natural Order ORCHIDE%. Genus Jlasdevallia
MASDEVALLIA (named in honour of Dr. Masdevall, a Spanish botanist).
A genus of about one hundred and fifty species, mostly small, growing
in moss on the trunks of trees, or in crevices of the rocks, in the cool
mountain forests of Tropical America, chiefly from Peru to Mexico, and
at elevations between 6000 and 9000 feet. They have creeping root-
stocks with spoon-shaped or strap-shaped leathery leaves, and large or
medium-sized flowers of singular form, borne singly or several together
on a tall slender scape. The sepals are united to form a tube, except at
their upper ends, which are prolonged into slender tails, in some species
of great length. The petals are small and hidden in the sepal-tube, the
labellum hinged to the half-rounded column.
The growing of Masdevallias in this country is a thing
of yesterday and to-day. Botanists were acquainted with
herbarium specimens of a number of species long before a living plant
was brought to Britain. This was due to the difficulty of transporting
them to the coast without destroying them. Growing in a moderate
temperature at so great an altitude, their long journey down would
subject them to an increasingly higher temperature, so that the bulk of
a consignment would be worthless before it reached this country. It
was therefore necessary that some amount of cultivation and propagation
should be practised here before many plants could be obtained. But,
only quite recently, the demand was even smaller than the supply, because
those first introduced were by no means the most attractive members of
the genus. Among these were: J/. infracta, introduced from Brazil,
1835; M. triangularis, from Columbia, 1842; and A. floribunda, from
Mexico, 1843; MW. tovarensis came from Venezuela, 1865; M. veitchiana,
from Peru, in 1867; J. ignea, from Columbia, in 1871: and the principal
species now cultivated have been introduced since that date. MM. muscosa
is so Sensitive that upon a fly or other insect, however small, alighting
upon the labellum or column, the labellum shuts up over the column and
compels the insect to pass first over the stigmas and be made sticky on
its lower surface, then over the pollinia, when pollen-grains adhere to it.
On the fly visiting another flower, these are detached by the stigma, and
so effect cross-fertilisation.
In the following descriptions only the flowers are
described, except where the leaves appear to depart suffici-
History.
Principal Species,
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506 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
ently from the general type prevailing in the genus. The height refers
to the flower-scapes.
MASDEVALLIA AMABILIS (lovely). Free-flowering, orange-scarlet, 6
inches high. Introduced from Columbia, 1874.
M. BELLA (charming). Flowers large ; upper sepal spotted with dark
purple-brown, its base ochre-yellow ; inner half of lower sepals yellow,
outer half and long tails dark purplish brown. Introduced from
Columbia, 1878.
M. caupaTA (tailed). Flowers long-tailed, streaked with purple,
green, and yellow; 4 inches high. Introduced from Columbia, 1874.
Also known as M. Shuttleworthii. The var. xanthocorys has the upper
sepal almost yellow, streaked with brown.
M. CHELSONI (Chelsea). Flowers white, the fiddle-shaped labellum
marked with brown and mauve. Pte
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PL. 262
CROCUSES 553
dry weather they receive water. In October they are lifted and slowly
dried in baskets in the sun, and afterwards buried in boxes of sand,
which are then placed under a stage in a cool-house. Seedlings are
easily raised from spring-sown seeds in a little warmth, and pricked out
in a sunny frame. They flower when two years old. For pot culture
the bulbs should be planted: early in the year, and the pots placed in a
cold frame, giving no water until the leaves begin to appear, when it
may be given in small quantities, to be gradually increased with the
growth of roots and development of the plant.
Description of Tigridia Pavonia. The plant depicted is the var.
Plate 255. conchiflora. The partially open flower shows the early
condition of the stamens, the stigmas not having yet pushed through
the staminal tube. Fig. 1 is a vertical, and 2 a transverse, section
through the ovary ; 3 is the bulbous root.
CROCUSES
Natural Order IRIpDE&. Genus Crocus
Crocus (the ancient Latin and Greek name for Saffron). A genus of
about seventy species of perennial herbs with rootstalks in the form of
a corm; no stem; leaves radical, long, slender, grass-like, channeled
- above, white beneath, the edges turned back, and the lower portion of
the leaf-bundle surrounded by sheaths of thin, translucent, whitish
tissue. Flowers solitary or in bundles, enclosed in a spathe; perianth
large, tube very long; the six segments equal in form and almost in
size, but the inner ones are invariably somewhat shorter than the outer ;
concave, narrow-oblong. The stamens are attached to the bases of the
outer segments, the filaments free. The ovary is hidden between the
bases of the leaves, underground, and is egg-shaped; the style thread-
like, branching into the three stigmas, which are again variously divided
according to species. Capsule spindle-shaped, seeds roundish. The
species are natives of Europe, North Africa, and North and West
Asia.
aren Three species of Crocus have been cultivated in
gardens for so many centuries that we have lost all
record of their introduction. These are C. nudiflorus, C. sativus, and
C. vernus—all occurring naturally in Europe, and now found naturali
locally in England. C. susianus, the very early and brilliant Cloth of
Gold Crocus, was introduced from the Crimea in 1605. C. awreus, the —
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554 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
parent of the “Dutch Yellow” garden Crocus and several well-known
varieties, was cultivated here as long ago as 1629, about which time it was
introduced from South-Eastern Europe. About the same period C. biflorus
was introduced from the Crimea, C. minimus from Corsica, C. serotinus
—whose native country is unknown—from Europe, and C. versicolor
from Southern Europe. The species that have chiefly produced the fine
florists’ varieties of Crocus, so extensively used for spring decoration of
beds and borders, are C. awreus, C. biflorus, C. susianus, C. vernus, and
C. versicolor. Many of these varieties are hybrids, which, by the
natural process of corm-multiplication, come true year after year. The
principal autumn-flowering species are C. Boryi, from the Ionian
Isles, C. iridiflorus, from Eastern Europe, C. nudiflorus, C. sativus, and
C. speciosus, the latter from Asia Minor. With few exceptions the
so-called species of the dealers’ catalogues are mere garden varieties. C.
sativus produces the Saffron of commerce, which consists of the pressed
anthers.
Crocus AUREUS (golden). Leaves very slender, with
whitish line, from wide basal sheaths. Flowers bright
orange; February and March. Also known as C. luteus, C. lagenw-
florus, and C. mesiacus. Plate 256a.
C. BIFLORUS (two-flowered). Leaves slender, short, with distinct
white line. Flowers variable, from white to pale lavender; outer
Principal Species.
segments feathered with purple outside, yellow within; February and —
arch. Several good varieties.
C. Boryt (Bory’s). Leaves narrow, smooth. Flowers creamy
white, with orange throat; base outside streaked with purple; late
autumn, leaves appearing a little earlier.
C. IMpERATI (Imperato’s). Leaves thick, with distinct ‘white line.
Flowers fragrant, lilac-purple, the outer segments marked with three
dark purple lines; March. Native of Southern Italy.
C. IRIDIFLORUS (Iris-flowered). Corm small, somewhat flattened.
Leaves rather broad, appearing in spring. Outer segments of flower,
rich purple; inner ones much smaller, pale lilac; stigmas purple;
September and October. Native of Eastern Europe.
C. NUDIFLORUS (naked-flowered). Leaves appearing in spring.
Flowers appearing in autumn; pale purple or violet. Corm sends out
thick lateral shoots, which ultimately develop into new corms. Also
known as C. fimbriatus, C. multifidus, and C. pyrenceus.
C. sativus (cultivated). Saffron Crocus. Corm large, globular,
depressed. Leaves fringed along margins and keel. Flowers fragrant,
violet marked with lighter or deeper tints; throat hairy; autumn.
MINIATA
PL. 263
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CLIVIA
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CROCUSES 588
C. spEcIosus (showy). Corms nearly round. Leaves broad, keel
prominent, appearing about same time as flowers. Flowers large, bright
lilac, striped within with deep purple; autumn. The finest of the
autumnal species.
C. susIANUs (Susian). Cloth of Gold Crocus. Leaves fringed
along margins and keel. Flowers deep orange, outer segments usually
feathered with deep brown; February. One of the earliest to appear.
Also known as C. revolutus.
C. VERNUS (spring). Leaves } inch broad, appearing with flowers.
Flowers ranging in colour from pure white to deep purple (never
yellow), throat always hairy; spring. Plate 256.
C. VERSICOLOR (various colours). Leavessmooth. Flowers varying
from purple to white; self-coloured or jcanciaaeerd spring. Also
known as C. fragrans.
; hese are very numerous; this following very brief
Named Varieties. F ;
selection includes the best known and most popular :—
Cloth of Silver, white, striped with lilac, | Mont Blane, large, pure white, fine form.
early. Prince Albert, dark blue-violet
Golden Yellow, abundant-flowered, large. Purpurea Grandifiora, rich deep purple,
John Bright, large, dark purple, early. very large.
King of the Blues, very large, rich purple- | Queen Victoria, pure white, large
e. Sir Walter Scott, large, white striped
La Majestueuse, large, white, striped with lilac.
ith lilac. :
Crocus corms having sufficient material for a season’s
flowering stored within them, will flower successfully
almost anywhere; but to enable them to recuperate and increase after
flowering, instead of dwindling, they should be planted in a well-drained
light soil, with a warm, sunny aspect. Where it is desired to utilise
the corms in successive years, the leaves should be allowed to ripen and
wither before taking them up. Some amateurs, annoyed by their —
unsightly appearance in summer, cut them off, thereby causing the corms
to deteriorate. The unsightliness of the long yellowing leaves may be
minimised by lightly twisting them into a loose knot. The corms should
be planted between September and November at a depth of 3 inches,
the distance apart depending on taste. They may be in single lines,
several parallel rows, small clumps or large masses. Some of the strong-
growing kinds, such as the Yellow Dutch, King of the Blues, and Mont
Blane, may be planted on lawn slopes or banksides, where they have a
charming effect when in flower. They should be planted irregularly by
means of a pointed iron crow-bar, making the hole 6 inches deep
Cultivation.
556 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
dropping a corm in each, and filling up with fine soil. Thus treated,
they take care of themselves, and flower regularly for years. If grown
in pots, the corms should be in contact to get the best effect, and the
soil should be light and rich. Where the corms are not required to be
saved, they may be flowered in pots or vases of moss, or cocoanut-fibre ;
and for table decoration they may be grown in shallow saucers of water,
a large number of corms being placed closely together. If planted in
beds or borders at a distance of a couple of inches apart, it will not
be necessary to take them up for several years—in fact, not until they
have obviously become crowded. They propagate themselves by
the production of several corms in place of the one that flowered; but
many of them produce abundant seed in this country, which should be
sown thinly in beds or pans of light sandy loam. They will not
germinate until the season for the sprouting of the old corms; and they
should be left until they have completed two seasons’ growth before
being used as flowering corms.
Description of A, Crocus awreus, the Yellow Crocus. B, Crocus
Plate 256. = vernus, the Spring Crocus. Fig. 1, stamens, back and
front aspects; 2, the ovary and stigmas of C. vernus.
IXIAS
Natural Order In1IpDE&. Genus Jaxia
Ix1a (Greek iwxios, bird-lime: in allusion to the sticky juice). A
genus of about twenty-five species of greenhouse bulbous perennials
with sword-shaped leaves, and salver-shaped flowers in simple or branched
spikes. There is a long slender perianth-tube and six-parted limb, three
stamens inserted in the throat, a three-celled ovary terminating in a
thread-like style, with three slender recurved stigmas. They are
exclusively South African plants, whence most of them were first introduced
in the latter half of the 18th century. They have been crossed and
considerably improved by the Dutch growers, with whom they are
still a speciality.
IxIA MACULATA (spotted). Flower stems 1 foot high,
Flowers orange with purple-violet centre; April and May.
Introduced 1757. Plate 257. The var. ochroleuca, shown to the left of the
plate, has cream-coloured flowers in a shorter,denser, more head-like spike.
I. oporata (fragrant). Height, 1 foot. Flowers strongly scented,
yellow, in many-flowered spike; May and June. Introduced 1757.
Principal Species.
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Nat. size
PL. 264
GLADIOLUS OR CORN FLAG 557
I. PATENS (spreading). Height, 1 foot. Flowers pink, somewhat
bell-shaped, the segments spreading; April. Introduced 1779.
I. sPECIOSA (showy). Height, 6 inches. Flowers dark red, bell-
shaped; May and June. Introduced 1778.
I. VIRIDIFLORA (green-flowered). Height, 1 foot. Flowers green,
with blue centre; May and June. Introduced 1780.
In the most southern portions of England, and in
sheltered spots, Jvvas are hardy, and may be grown outside.
Given a well-drained, warm, sunny border in a sheltered position, in many
other parts they may be grown successfully, if during the winter they
are protected from frost by piling fern or cocoanut-fibre thickly above
them. The bulbs should be planted in October, at a depth of 4 or 6
inches, and the soil should be light and sandy. Except in warm sheltered
gardens, it is best to lift the bulbs after they have flowered, and ripen
them by exposure to air and sunshine. For pot-culture the soil should
be a mixture of leaf-mould and sandy loam. A 5-inch pot is the most
suitable size, and in this from eight to twelve bulbs may be placed, with
the crowns an inch below the surface. Stand on or plunge in ashes in
a cool frame, and merely keep the soil from drying until the flower-
spikes appear. Then give more water, and remove the plants to a cool
greenhouse or conservatory where they will get abundant light and air.
After flowering, ripen gradually by placing them outside and watering
moderately till the leaves have died away; then keep soil dry and store
away till October, when they should be repotted. Propagation is effected
by separating the bulbous offsets when large enough, or by sowing seeds
in sandy soil about September, germinating them in a cool frame. The
seedlings are not of rapid growth, and they will not be fit for removal
for a year, when they may be potted singly, but they will not flower
until three or four years old.
ption of Ixia maculata, natural size. The short spike figured
Plate 25% at the left of the plate is the var. ochroleuca.
Cultivation.
GLADIOLUS OR CORN FLAG
Natural Order IRIpE&. Genus Gladiolus
GLADIOLUS (Latin, a dagger or sedge: in allusion to shape of leaves). A
genus of about one hundred and thirty species of perennial herbs with
corms, and linear or sword-shaped leaves. The flowers are borne in a
two-rowed spike on a tall scape, and consist of a six-parted, somewhat
Iv.—16
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553 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
two-lipped perianth, with short, curved tube and oval unequal segments.
The three stamens are inserted on the perianth tube; the ovary is egg-
shaped, the style thread-like, with three stigmas. The fipeatei is leathery,
three-celled, containing many seeds. Fifteen species are natives of
Europe and Western Asia, the others being natives of the Cape and
Tropical Africa.
Three hundred years ago only the European species
’ of Gladiolus were known here, including G. communis (of
which our Hampshire G. illyricus is regarded by Hooker as a variety)
and G. segetum. In 1629 G. byzantinus was introduced from Turkey,
but most of the others came from the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good
Hope, as witness this list of South African species, with the dates of
introduction: G. tristis, 1745; G. recurvus, 1758; G. vittatus, 1760;
G. blandus, 1774; G@. floribundus, 1788; G. cardinalis, 1789; G. grandis,
1794; G. cuspidatus, 1795; G. papilio, 1866; G. cruentus, 1868; G.
purpurea-auratus, 1872. G. brachyandrus came from Tropical Africa
in 1879. But these species, though beautiful in themselves, are little
grown compared with the favour accorded to their hybrid progeny, for
which we were indebted in the first instance to the Belgian, Dutch, and
French growers. The most important of these in size and brilliance of
its flower-spikes, as well as in the endless list of variations constantly
being produced from it, is the G. gandavensis, or Ghent Gladiolus,
produced about sixty years ago by crossing—it is said—G. cardinalis
with G. psittacinus. The credit of this production is given to M.
Bedinghaus, gardener to the Duke of Arenberg, and its introduction to
the larger world of gardeners was due to the well-known house of Van
Houtte. G. brenchleyensis is of similar origin, and has also produced
many varieties. G. Colvillei is another hybrid, the result of the union
of G. cardinalis and G. tristis; its var. alba, well known as The Bride,
is very popular for pot-culture and cut flowers. More recently M.
Lemoine of Nancy produced a hybrid between G. gandavensis and G.
purpurea-auratus, which is known as G. Lemoinei, and from which a
race has arisen with more brilliantly coloured flowers, and a purplish
brown blotch on the lower segments. Yet more recently the same
hybridiser has produced the race called G. nancieanus by crossing G.
Saundersit with G. Lemoine; these produce flowers of great size, surpass-
ing all earlier sorts in this respect. The principal grower and breeder of
the large-flowered Gandavensis section is Mr. James Kelway of Lang-
port.
Principal §
saepaaarande ight scarlet; July and August. Height, 4 or 5 feet.
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G. BYZANTINUS (Byzantine). Leaves slender, deep green. Flowers
red, nodding, i in many-flowered spikes, 2 feet high; June.
G. CARDINALIS (cardinal colour). Leaves many-nerved. Flowers
somewhat bell-shaped, fine scarlet, with large white spots; flower stems
3 to 4 feet high; July and August.
G. COLVILLE! (Colville’s). Leaves slender, strongly nerved down
centre of each side. Flowers bright red, with pale purple markings;
July. Stem somewhat zigzag and angular, leafy, 14 foot high. Garden
hybrid, 1824. The var. alba has white flowers, and is known as The
Bride.
G. GANDAVENSIS (Ghent). Flowers of many shades of scarlet and
crimson, from the deepest tones to pure white, marked and streaked with
lilac, pink, yellowish, and other tints; July. Flower stem 4 feet high.
Hybrid. Plate 258
G. PSITTACINUS (parrot-like). Flowers rich scarlet, streaked and
spotted with yellow; August to October. Flower stem 3 feet high.
G. PURPUREA-AURATUS (purple and gold). Flowers golden yellow,
with a large purple blotch on the two lower segments; August. Height,
2 or 5 feet
G. SAUNDERSII (Saunders’). Flowers crimson, spotted with white;
autumn. Height, 2 or 3 feet.
These are now so numerous—hundreds of them being
catalogued by nurserymen—and so generally excellent, that
it would serve no useful purpose to give a list of them. So good has
the general quality of these become, that many amateurs prefer to buy
unnamed seedlings from reliable houses, and probably secure better
results than purchasing named varieties from very brief descriptions.
Gladioli like a deep, light, loamy soil, made rich by the
addition of manure four or five months before the corms
are planted. Planting commences in March, and batches may be put in
at intervals until May, to secure a succession of flowers. The corms
should be put at least 3 inches below the surface and a foot apart. In
so doing, care should be taken that no fresh manure comes in contact
with the corm, or decay will probably result. It is a good plan to place
the corms on a layer of mixed sand and wood ashes. | During hot, dry
weather in summer, a mulching of well-rotted manure will be of great
assistance. After flowering, if there is no desire to save seed, the stem
should be cut off just below the lowest flower, and before the approach
of frosts the entire plants of the South Africans and the tender hybrids
should be taken up and laid in a dry, airy place until the stems and
leaves die off. Then these should be cut off about an inch above the
Garden Varieties.
Cultivation,
560 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
corm, and the latter, if quite dry, stored away in paper bags, or boxes of
dry sand, in a dry shed. Numerous little corms are produced around the
old one, and these should be separated when the old ones are put away,
and the following year they should be grown in pans. In their second
year they may be planted-out, and will probably flower. The stock may
also be increased by means of seed, sown in pans in March, started in
heat, the seedlings gradually given more air and less heat until they can
be turned outside for the summer. Ripen and dry off in autumn, and
plant out the following March. Gladioli may also be grown in pots.
Use a 6-inch pot, and place corms in according to the usual size of the
species when grown. Thusa single corm of G. Lemoinei or G. nancieanus
will be sufficient, but the same size pot will take half a dozen corms of
The Bride. The soil for potting should have been made rich well in
advance.
Description of Ghent Cornflag, Gladiolus gandavensis, about one-
Plate third less than the actual size; showing corms, leaves, and
flowers.
Other genera of IRIDEX which are represented among garden plants
are: Babiana, something like Ixia, but with hairy leaves and short
flower-spikes ; Freesia, with the habit of Ixia, and slender spikes of
tubular fragrant flowers ; Morwa, very similar to Iris; Schizostylis, an
autumn-flowering Ixia-like plant with bright crimson flowers; Sparawis,
with tall spikes of elegant tubular flowers; T’ritonia, another Ixia-like
genus, of which 7. Pottsii, crossed with the allied Crocosma awrea, has
produced a most useful race of summer-flowering, easily-grown, half-
hardy plants; Watsonza, a near ally of Gladiolus. These genera are all
natives of South Africa,
NARCISSI
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Narcissus
Narcissus (the old Greek name). A genus of (according to Bentham
and Hooker) about twenty species of bulbous perennial herbs, mostly
hardy. They have narrow strap-shaped or Rush-like leaves, and flowers
solitary or in umbels, at first included in a membranous spathe, and
always white or yellow. The perianth forms a tube below, with six
spreading segments above, the mouth of the tube surmounted by a
circular crown. There are six stamens inserted in the tube, and not
protruding beyond the crown. The ovary is three-sided, below the
ASPIDISTRA LURIDA
1/, Nat. size
PL. 266
NARCISSI 561
perianth, and the thread-like style ends in a blunt stigma. The seed
vessel is a leathery capsule, containing numerous globose seeds. The
species are natives of Europe and Northern and Western Asia; one
British.
Our native Daffodil, or Lent Lily, Narcissus Pseudo-
narcissus, has always been a favourite garden flower.
Theophrastus of Eresus, who lived B.c. 371-286, describes the Narkissos,
and speaks of its seed being gathered by some persons “ for sowing.”
The Poet’s Narcissus, V. poeticus, from South Europe, appears to have
been the first of the foreign species to be introduced, but so long ago that
the date is not recorded. The Jonquil, V. Jonquilla, was introduced
from Spain some time previous to 1596. The Hoop-petticoat Narcissus,
N. Bulbocodium, and the N. triandrus, both from Portugal, had both
been introduced before 1629, for Parkinson refers to them as growing
here, in his Paradisus, published at that date. The Polyanthus
Narcissus, V. Tazetta, came from Spain in 1759. Many others have been
introduced ; but we pause here to remark that, in the opinion of Mr. F.
W. Burbidge, F.L.S., who has devoted great attention to the study and
cultivation of the genus, these six are the only real species that are
known to science, and that the other forms that rank as species in most
works are natural hybrids, or natural varieties of them. He says: “ All
these are known to exist as plants undubitably wild in Europe, and they
all vary more or less widely as collected from different localities. All
come true from seed if fertilised with pollen of another individual of the
same species, and they hybridise so freely with each other, that given
these six wild species alone in sufficient quantity and variety, and from
them the hybridist and cultivator could stock our gardens with every
garden variety of Narcissus now known and worth growing” (Jowrnal
Hort. Soc., xi. 79). In the true species the stamens are attached
either at the base of the tube (WV. Pseudo-narcissus and N. Bulbocodiwm),
or near its mouth in two series (WV. poeticus, N. Tazetta, N. Jonquilla
and NV. triandrus). In the hybrid forms the stamens are attached more
or less half-way down the tube.
Narcissus BuLgocopium (Bulboeodium- like). Bulb
about two-thirds of an inch thick. Leaves slender,
half-round, two or three to each scape. Flowers bright yellow, funnel-
shaped, gradually enlarging from base of perianth to mouth of crown,
divisions of perianth very narrow; margin of crown slightly crisped ;
scape one-flowered, round, 4 to 8 inches high; April and May. Several
varieties.
N. JONQUILLA (Jonquil). Bulb somewhat less than 1 inch thick.
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History.
Principal Species.
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Leaves channeled, one or two to each scape. Flowers bright yellow,
very fragrant; divisions of perianth spreading and slightly overlapping ;
crown very shallow, saucer-shaped, the edge faintly round-toothed ; scape
almost round, slender, 8 to 12 inches high, two- to six-flowered ; April.
Plate 259a. Queen Anne’s Jonquil is a double variety of this. Several
varieties.
N. POETICUS (Poet’s). Bulb about 1 inch thick. Leaves flat, bluntly
keeled, somewhat glaucous, three or four to a scape. Flowers 2
inches across, agreeably scented; perianth white; crown saucer-shaped,
the margin crisped and coloured a bright red; scape two-edged,
one- (rarely two-) flowered, 12 or 14 inches high; April. Several
varieties.
N. PsEuDO-NaARCIssuS (False or Bastard Narcissus). Bulb about
1} inch thick. Leaves glaucous, nearly flat, five or six toascape. Flowers
at first erect,then drooping ; perianth pale yellow ; segments lance-shaped ;
crown as long as perianth-segments, but deeper yellow, an inch across,
the margin slightly crisped and boldly toothed ; scape two-edged, 1 foot
high, one-flowered; February or March. Plate 2598. Varieties very
numerous.
N. Tazerra (Tazetta). Bulb 14 to 2 inches thick. Leaves somewhat
flat and glaucous, bluntly keeled, four or six to a scape. Flowers four to
eight from each scape, powerfully fragrant, a little over an inch across ;
segments spreading; crown bright yellow, the edge slightly
lobed or toothed ; scape 1 foot high; March. Plate 260. Varieties
numerous.
N. TRIANDRUS (three-stamened). Bulb not more than } inch thick.
Leaves rush-like, very slender, three or four to a scape. Flowers white,
horizontal or drooping; tube very slender, cylindrical, perianth
segments turned back over it; crown conical-bell-shaped; scape
very slender, one- or ax towennd 6 to 12 inches long; April. Several
varieties.
Somewhere about a thousand named varieties are
grown in gardens, and these are classified in three
divisions, according to the character of the crown, thus—
Group I. Maenicoronati, offspring of V. Pseudo-narecissus or N.
Bulbocodium, with crowns as long as the perianth divisions.
Group IJ. Meptocoronati, resembling N. triandrus, with inter-
mediate crowns.
Group III. Parvicoronatt, descendants of NV. Jonquilla, N. Tazetta,
and NV. poeticus, with crowns not half as long as the perianth
divisions.
Garden Varieties.
NEW ZEALAND FLAX
(PHORMIUM TENAX)
oe Nat. size
PL. 267
NARCISSI
563
I. MAGNICORONATI
Ard Righ, Yellow es ; sas large yellow
trumpet with yellow perianth ;
distinct ;
Emperor ; ie nals yellow, large and
robust.
P pee i gia nearly white, crown
deep yelloy
Grandis; pure white large perianth,
trumpet full yellow ; late.
— similar ee 7 press, but bloom-
ing a night earlier
Obvallaris, “« Whitby
size, distinct Pad all others
deeper yellow than peria
Ti — plenus ; the ae fori of the
mon yellow Daffodi
Daffodil ” ” s medium
crown
II. MEDIOCORONATI
Barri conspicuus; perianth
crown fringed, margined with orange-
scarlet ; fragrant.
segments
broad, nated paling towards tips;
Leedsi C. J. Backhouse; perianth golden
yellow ; crown orange-red.
Sir Watkin, ‘* Great Welsh Daffodil ” ;
perianth primrose ; crown golden.
III. PARVICORONATI
(a) Poeticus.
Poeticus ornatus ; large and fine shape;
perianth pure white, with broad
Poetious plenus, the ‘‘ Gardenia-flowered
Narcissus”; very double and fragrant;
(6) Polyanthus
major; perianth large, pure
Gloriosus; perianth white ; crown orange.
peed Soleil sae ; perianth rich yellow;
wn deep 0
ange.
pure white; much finer than a Tons cies : pacar yellow; crown
Gardenia.
Poeticus recurvus; very similar to ornatus,
ut more robust, more prolific, and a
fortnight later.
ate Tens perianth white; crown
yellow.
Scilly White ; white; crown creamy.
The soils most suitable for Narcissus-culture are those
that are light, well-drained, and not very rich. Those
whose natural habitat is the warmer parts of Europe succeed best on
poor gravelly soils with plenty of sunshine; others do well in partial
shade. Ordinary manures should not be used, as they tend to disease
and failure. This remark, indeed, applies to all bulbous plants. The only
stimulants allowed should be wood-ashes, road-scrapings, and fresh
meadow-loam mixed in equal proportions and applied as a top-dressing ;
or a small quantity of bone-dust may be mixed with the soil before
planting, using about 14 ounce to the square yard of land. Where there
isa bank, as of an enclosing hedge, it should by utilised for Narcissi. In
some districts it is quite a common thing to see these plants growing in
great clumps on the hedge-banks, where they have escaped from gardens
and orchards and gradually made their way to the summit. They may
also be planted among grass in any position where their leaves will not
be in danger from the lawn-mower, the retention of the foliage until it
naturally withers being essential for the ripening of the bulb. When the
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564 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
clumps have become too crowded they should be taken up in July, and
the bulbs separated and replanted before they emit new roots. Imported
bulbs should be planted as soon as purchased, and dibbling should not be
resorted to; instead, a trench should be drawn of sufficient depth to allow
at least 3 inches of soil above the top of the bulb. Many of the ordinary
Narcissi and all the Polyanthus sorts may be grown well in pots, treating
them much after the manner adopted for pot Hyacinths, plunging the
pots in ashes outside and covering thickly with cocoanut-fibre, the object
being to induce plentiful root-growth without stimulating the production
of leaves. When the latter begin to appear the pots should be removed
to a cool pit or greenhouse, and the flowers allowed to develop naturally ;
or, by submitting them to brisk bottom-heat, accompanied with liberal
waterings, force them.
Most of the kinds seed freely, and the seeds may be sown as soon as
ripe, in special beds of well-drained, light, sandy soil, where they need
not be disturbed until they commence to flower. Some of the species
bloom in their third year, some in their fourth, but as a rule the larger
kinds do not flower until the fifth year. No seedling should be destroyed
because its first flowers do not come up to expectation ; it should be given
a couple of years longer to show of what it is really capable. Propaga-
tion is also effected by separating the offshoots.
Description of Plate 259. A, Narcissus Jonquilla, the Jonquil; the
Plates259and 260. natural size. Fig. 1, a section through the flower. B,
N. Pseudo-Narcissus, the Daffodil, or Lent Lily, slightly reduced. Fig.
2,a section of the flower; 3, the bulb. The seed capsule is shown between
the letter B and the figure 2.
Plate 260. Varieties of WN. Tazetta, the Polyanthus Narcissus. A
is the var. dubius; B, the type; C, a double form.
SCARBOROUGH LILY
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Vallota
VALLOTA (named in honour of Pierre Valot, a French botanist of
the 17th century). A genus containing only one species, a beautiful
bulbous plant, with long strap-shaped leaves, and umbels of large
brilliant scarlet flowers, produced at the summit of a tall scape. The
perianth is erect, funnel-shaped, 3 or 4 inches long, with six oblong-oval
divisions; the tube short, with an enlarged throat. The six erect
stamens are equal, the style simple, and the membranous spathe splits
\\ ae
PLANTAIN LILY
(FUNKIA OVATA)
Nat. size
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into two or three divisions. The scape is stout and hollow, about 2 feet
high. It flowers during summer and autumn. It isa native of South
Africa, and was introduced in 1774 by Francis Masson, who was sent
out to collect plants for Kew Gardens. There are several varieties.
Var. eximia is a trifle larger, of the same colour as the type, but with a
white throat which is feathered with crimson. The var. magnifica
appears to differ from the last only in the point of size.
Generally speaking, Vallota must be grown as a
reenhouse plant, although in the extreme South it is
hardy in situations not too exposed. Here the bulbs should be planted
deeply (6 or 8 inches), and surrounded with sand before covering wit
ordinary soil. They should be well and regularly watered during the
period of growth, and should remain undisturbed until there is danger
of crowding. In most gardens, however, they are grown in pots, under
glass. The bulbs may be grown either singly in 4-inch pots, or in
clusters of six or eight, in 10-inch pots, in a loamy soil. They should be
only partially buried. Whilst growing they should be placed near the glass
in a sunny position; and when growth is completed, rest may be induced
by witholding water. If pot-bound, a condition conducive to floriferous-
ness, manure water may be given now and then.
Description of Vallota purpurea, the Searborough Lily. Flowers
Plate 26. about one-third less than the natural size; bulb and leaves
about two-thirds less than nature. Fig 1, a section of flower.
Culture.
JACOBEAN LILIES
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEZ. Genus Sprekelia
SPREKELIA (derived from the name of J. H. Sprekelsen, of Hamburg,
who wrote on Liliaceze, and died 1764). A genus consisting of a single
species. It has a bulbous root, with narrow strap-shaped leaves, six or
seven to a scape. The scape is hollow, somewhat two-edged, and
appears with the leaves. The flower is at first enclosed in a spathe,
afterwards bent downwards (declinate), and has scarcely any tube, the
almost unequal segments free to the base, where they are broader than
above. Thestamens are attached to the segments at the base, and irved
like the style. A native of Mexico and Guatemala; introduced 1593.
SPREKELIA FORMOSISSIMA (most beautiful). Flowers large, showy,
crimson, solitary or (rarely) twin; June. Height, 2 feet. Plate 262.
There are several named varieties.
Iv.—18
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Sprekelia requires a warm, dry and well-drained position
at the foot of a south or south-west wall, when grown out-
side. It may, in fact, be treated as recommended for Vallota, and the
reader is therefore referred back to that genus for details. If grown in
pots, it requires the same treatment as Hippeastrwm, but a cool green-
house temperature.
Description of Sprekelia formosissima, the Jacobean Lily, about one-
Plate 262. half the actual dimensions. Fig. 1 is a section through the
Cultivation.
flower.
BELLADONNA LILY
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEZ. Genus Amaryllis
AMARYLLIS (the name of a country-woman mentioned in Virgil’s
Eclogues). A genus of one species with a bulbous rootstock, and an
autumnal flower scape supporting a many-flowered umbel of large,
stalked, handsome flowers. The numerous strap-shaped leaves do
not appear until spring. The flowers are funnel-shaped with a short
tube, the six segments broad and ribbed, the tips somewhat spreading.
“Three of the stamens are attached to the base of the segments,
‘and three to the mouth of the tube. The scape is tall, solid, and
somewhat flattened. The name Amaryllis is still universally given
in gardens to the species and hybrids of Hippeastrwm, which has
a flower like that of the present plant, but entirely different capsules
and seeds.
eseted _AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA (beautiful lady). Bulb large,
as big as aswan’segg. Flowers three to twelve in an umbel,
fragrant, variable in size and colour, ranging from almost white to a
reddish purple, most frequently a delicate rose colour streaked with red ;
September. Height, 2 feet. Native of South Africa; introduced 1712. .
There are several named varieties.
lanted in a warm, dry position against a wall, the
Belladonna Lily soon becomes thoroughly established and
multiplies. We know cottage gardens in the South of England where it
comes up freely, not merely in beds and borders, but pushing through
hard gravelled paths also. In the neighbourhood of London it does not
flower unless planted against the south wall of a heated building, such
as a plant-stove. The bulbs should be planted in July, 6 inches deep in
a loamy soil and close to the wall. It may be grown in pots along with
Vallota. .
FLAME FLOWER
(KNIPHOFIA ALOIDES )
2/, Nat. size
IMANTOPHYLLUMS 567
IMANTOPHYLLUMS
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Clivia
CiivIA (named in honour of a Duchess of Northumberland, a
member of the Clive family). A genus of three species of evergreen
bulbous plants, with strap-shaped leaves in two rows, from amid which
arises the flattened scape, bearing an umbel of drooping flowers. The
perianth is funnel-shaped and six-parted, the divisions nearly equal.
The six stamens are equal and protrude slightly; the style bears a three-
lobed stigma. The species are South
Clivias are better sive in gardens as Jmanto-
ohyllums, sometimes spelled without an ”. The history
of the genus is chiefly philological. C. nobilis was introduced from
South Africa in 1828, and Sir W. J. Hooker founded the genus
Imatophylium, signifying plants with leaves like leather thongs.
Sprengel corrected this into Himantophyllum, but finally this got
further corrected by dropping the H. Lindley, however, called it
Clivea, since corrected to Clivia, and Sir William Hooker proposed
to restrict his genus to the species depicted in our Plate 263, which
he called Jmantophyllum miniatum. This, however, is now in-
cluded among Clivias, and the specific name has been corrected by
Regel to miniata. Recently many seedling forms of this species have
been raised and named in gardens, but many of them are scarcely
distinguishable from the type. This species was introduced from
Natal in 1854, and C. Gardeni came from the same locality in 1862.
C. cyrtanthiflorwm is a garden hybrid between C. miniata and
C. nobilis.
History.
CLIVIA CYRTANTHIFLORUM (Cyrtanthus - flowered).
Flowers large, salmon-pink or pale flame-coloured, with
white centre and greenish tips, cup-shaped, drooping; umbels many-
flowered ; winter and spring.
C. GarpEnt (Garden’s). Biawilhx reddish orange or yellow, 2 to 3
inches long; umbel ten- to fourteen-flowered; scape from 1 to 2 feet
high ; eketon
C. MINIATA (red). Flowers bright orange, yellowish at base; ten to
twenty in an umbel; scape 1 to 2 feet high; spring and summer. Plate
263. The var. splendens has brighter, deeper-coloured flowers. There
are many garden varieties, three of the finest being es aii Linden,
and splendens.
Species.
568 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
C. NoBILIS (noble). Flowers orange - scarlet, tipped with green;
perianth curved, funnel-shaped; the outer divisions shorter than the
inner ; forty to fifty inan umbel; May. Height, 1 to 2 feet.
Clivias may ie grown either in pots or in borders in
a warm greenhouse. The best soil for them is a compost
of fibrous loam and rotten cow-dung, in the proportion of three
of the former to one of the latter. Whilst mixing up, add a little
charcoal to keep it sweet, for the plants require a great deal of water
during the growing period. A few bones crushed small and mixed
in will also be an advantage, and there should be a good thickness
of drainage material. They are not plants that require frequent
repotting; fair-sized plants may therefore be put in large pots at once.
They will scarcely require anything larger than 10 inches across.
They grow during spring and summer, when they must have a tem-
perature between 50° and 60°, with plenty of air. Water may be
applied freely both to the root and by syringing the leaves; but in
autumn, syringing must be stopped, and during winter only sufficient
water should be given to prevent the soil getting quite dry. At this
season, too, the plant must be kept cool, to induce rest. Instead of
repotting, it will be found more advantageous to the plant to give
it a top-dressing of rich soil in spring. When in bloom the plants
should be removed to a cool, airy conservatory, which will prolong the
blooming period.
Description of Clivia miniata, reduced about one-fourth below the
Plate 263. natural size. Fig. 1 is a section of the flower showing
attachment of the stamens, ete.
Cultivation.
IXIOLIRIONS
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Jxiolirion
TXIOLIRION (from Jaia (see p. 256), and leirion, a lily), A genus of two
species of bulbous plants with erect unbranched stems bearing leafy
bracts, and near the top small clusters of flowers. The leaves are
long, very slender, channeled, glaucous, sheathing at the base. The
flowers are erect, six - parted, funnel-shaped, violet or blue, on long
stalks; the divisions narrow lance-shaped. The six erect stamens are
attached near the base of the tube, and the thread-like style ends in
three slender channeled stigmas. They are natives of Asia Minor and
Northern Asia.
GASTERIA VERRUCOSA
Flowers Nat. size; Plant 7/, Nat. size
PL. 270
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TUBEROSE 569
Ix1oLrRION =. KOLPAKOWSKIANUM = (Kolpakowski’s).
Flowers blue or white, somewhat trumpet-shaped ; summer.
Height, 1 foot. Introduced from Lake Sairan, 1878.
J. MONTANUM (mountain). Flowers violet-blue, segments spreading
irregularly; June. Height, 12 to 20 inches. Introduced from Syria,
1844. Plate 264. There are two or three varieties in cultivation,
differing but slightly from the type. :
Ixiolirions should be grown in good, light, well-
drained soil, on a warm, sunny border. It is advisable in
this climate to take up the bulbs in autumn and store them in dry sand
in a cool, but frost-proof, place, and to give them the protection of a
handlight after planting them in spring. Owing to the weakness and
slenderness of the flowering-stems, these should be tied up to a stick as
they grow, or the wind, or the weight of the flowers, will bring them to
the ground.
Description of Ixiolirion montanum; leaves, stem, and flowers,
te 264. natural size. Fig. 1, section of a flower.
Species.
Cultivation.
TUBEROSE
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Polianthes
PoLIANTHES (Greek, polios, white or bright, and anthos, a flower). A
single-species genus, consisting of the well-known Tuberose, Polianthes
tuberosa, which has an erect tuberous rootstock, from which arises a tall,
roundish stem, 3 or 4 feet high, sparsely provided with long, slender,
lance-shaped leaves. The upper part of the stem is rather zigzag, and
bears numerous very fragrant creamy white flowers, borne in pairs from
the axils of membranous bracts. These flowers have a very short
footstalk, the perianth funnel-shaped, with a long, slender, curved tube,
and ‘six incurved, nearly equal, divisions. The six stamens are inserted
in the tube. The Tuberose is a native of Mexico, but has been widely
cultivated in the East for centuries; it was introduced to English
gardens about the year 1629. There are several varieties: “ African,”
“ American,” “Italian,” ete. The best is “The Pearl,” which is of dwarf
habit, with pure white flowers.
It is the prevailing custom to grow Tuberoses only
from newly imported bulbs; these are so greatly im-
poverished by the abundant flowers that they have little chance of
recuperating i in this country sufficiently to make them worth growing a
IV.—19
Cultivation.
570 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
second year. Bulbs of the African varieties arrive here in September
or October; the American and Pearl, in December. Some should be
potted as soon as they can be obtained from the dealers; and if a
succession is desired, others can be kept for months in a perfectly dry
place, where the temperature will not fall below 50°, and a few potted
at intervals up to June. By this means it is possible to have Tuberose
flowers for decorative purposes nearly all the year round. They should
be potted singly in 4-inch pots, or five in an 8-inch pot, in a
compost of rich loam, two parts, and leaf-mould, one part, and placed
in a warm greenhouse or frame. If space is limited, they may be put
under the stage until they come into growth. As soon as the shoots
appear the pots should be placed near the glass and kept there, for,
being naturally inclined to grow tall, everything possible should be
done to keep them dwarf. When they commence to flower they may
be removed to a conservatory or other cool house, if in summer;
or may even be placed out in a sunny border. Good flowers
may be grown in a sheltered border in the open air in warm
localities, if the tubers are planted in sandy soil in May. Readers
will pardon us for reminding them that Tuberose is a word of
three syllables—Tu-ber-ose; we frequently hear it pronounced Tube-
rose.
Description of Polianthes tuberosa, the Tuberose, showing bulb, stem,
Plate 265. and flowers. Fig. 1 is a section through a detached flower.
KNIGHT’S STAR LILIES
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEZ. Genus Hippeastrum
HippeastrumM (Greek, hippeus, a knight, and astron, a star). A genus
of about forty species (including Habranthus and Phycella) of bulbous
plants with showy flowers, usually cultivated under the name of
Amaryllis. These are of striking colours, large, funnel-shaped, and
borne in a small umbel at the top of a hollow scape. The perianth is
six-parted, the divisions irregular, for the upper one of the outer series
is broader than the others, and the lower one of the inner series
narrower. ‘The stamens are unequally inserted in the tube, and the style
is three-lobed. The species are natives of the hotter portions of South
America. Most of those in cultivation are hybrids, which are produced
freely in this genus. The flower-scapes are usually produced a little
earlier than the leaves.
TREE ALOE
(ALOE ARBORESCENS)
——_
Flowers Nat. size; plant greatly reduced
PL. 271
KNIGHT’S STAR LILIES 571
HIPPEASTRUM AULICUM (courtly). Leaves broad, strap-
shaped, closely striate Flowers large, rich crimson,
green at base, and above the green a dark red-purple blotch. Scape
about 14 foot high. Introduced from Rio de Janeiro, 1810. Stove.
H. EQUESTRE (knightly). The Barbados Lily. Flowers bright red,
with a yellowish green star. The species is a native of Tropical
America and the West Indies. It is also cultivated or naturalised in
the Tropics of the Old World. Introduced 1710. Stove
H. Leopoxip1 (Leopold’s). Flowers regular, 7 inches across, with
broad segments coloured red and white, on stout stalks. Introduced
from Peru in 1869. One of the largest and most vigorous, and also one
of the principal, progenitors of the garden race of Hippeastrums.
Greenhouse.
H. PARDINUM (leopard-like). Flowers 6 inches across, cream-
coloured, thickly spotted with crimson. Greenhouse. Introduced from
Peru, 1866. - :
H. PSITTACINUM (parrot-like). Flowers 5 inches across, red, with
crimson streaks and a conspicuous greenish star; on scapes 3 feet
high. Greenhouse. Brazil, 1814.
H. RETICULATUM (netted). Flowers 4 inches across, mauve-red,
barred with crimson; on scapes a foot high. Var. striatifolia has
leaves with a white central band. Stove. Introduced from Brazil in
1777
Principal Species.
H. virrata (striped). Flowers white, each division with two red
stripes. Greenhouse. Introduced from South America, 1819.
Hippeastrums are not difficult plants to grow if they
get the special conditions they require, and they give a
splendid return in a grand show of striking flowers. The bulbs should
potted about February, in strong loamy soil, mixed with charcoal
and crushed bones, on a layer of good drainage, in 5- to 7-inch
pots, and placed in a sunny position in a warm, moist house. Growth
will begin almost immediately, and with it the flower scapes; and if
plenty of air and light are given during the summer, fine leafy plants
will result. Whilst in flower they should be shaded from bright
sunshine, in order to preserve the blossoms. From September to
February they should be kept cool and given little water, to allow a
period of rest. If a top-dressing be given when growth begins each
year, and occasional manure-water during the growing period, established
plants will not require repotting. Some growers, however, prefer to
repot the bulbs annually. When large numbers are grown they are
best accommodated in a bed of spent tan, in which the pots are buried
Cultivation.
572 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
below the rim, so that the roots can grow into the tan. There are now
many named seedling varieties and hybrids which are cultivated in
preference to the species. They are propagated from seed for new
varieties and hybrids, and by means of offsets from the bulbs.
SOME OTHER AMARYLLIDS
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEZ
THERE are a number of genera of this order, too important horti-
culturally to be ignored, but which the plan of the work and exigencies
of space will not allow us to treat at length. Among these are the
genera—
NERINE (the name of a water-nymph). A genus of about ten
species of South African bulbous plants, with strap-shaped leaves
and umbels of flowers, with the perianth divided into slender segments.
The best-known species is Nerine sarniense, the Guernsey Lily, which
was introduced in a singular manner. About the year 1680 a vessel
was wrecked in the Channel, and among the wreckage washed ashore
were a large number of bulbs of this plant. Many of them rooted and
grew, naturalising themselves—though no longer to be found there. It
has pale salmon-coloured flowers, which appear in autumn. WV. curvifolia
(introduced 1788) has bright scarlet flowers, which appear in autumn.
The potting mixture should be good loam and leaf-mould, with the
addition of charcoal and sand. They require bottom-heat, though of a
mild character, with plenty of moisture after growth has well started ;
after completing their growth, which they make between October and
May (they grow all through the winter), they should be allowed to
rest, and when the leaves have died, the bulbs should be kept perfectly
dry and cool until the flower-spikes appear, when they should be
watered. There are many garden hybrids and seedlings.
GALANTHUS (Greek, gala, milk, anthos, flower: milk-white flowers).
A genus of three species of hardy bulbous plants, well known as
Snowdrops, of which our native Galanthus nivalis is the type. There
are only two leaves, and the flowers are solitary, hanging from the
spathe at summit of the scape. The three inner segments of the
perianth are much shorter than the outer three, and are marked
with green. G. Hlwesii, introduced from Asia Minor, 1875, has larger
flowers, but is otherwise similar. The third species is G. plicatus,
introduced from the Crimea, 1818; it is of larger growth than G. nivalis,
Rm 33h LA ae See ke ties
SILK GRASS
(YUCCA FILAMENTOSA)
(Mat size —
PL. 272
SOME OTHER AMARYLLIDS 573
but the flowers often smaller and of a more greenish hue. The bulbs
of all should be planted permanently where they can remain undisturbed.
Any garden soil will suit them. In summer they may have a top-
dressing, and the surface may be sown with annuals without interfering
with the bulbs.
Leucoium (Greek, leukos, white, and ion, a violet). This genus,
which contains nine species, two of which are native, is distinguished
from the last by the leaves being more numerous, the flowers from one
to six to a scape, and the perianth divisions all but equal in length. The
best-known species are the two that are found locally in Britain.
Leucoium cestivum, the Summer Snowflake, with white flowers, each
segment tipped with green; from four to eight to a scape; May and
June. Height, about 18 inches. L. vernum, the Spring Snowflake, is
much smaller, not more than 6 inches high, with solitary or twin
flowers, fragrant, appearing in February and March. They succeed
best under the treatment suggested for Galanthus—to be planted and
left alone.
EucHaris (Greek, ew, well, and charis, grace: very graceful). A
genus of five or six species of South American stove bulbous plants, all
in cultivation, and producing broad oval or elliptic evergreen leaves on
long stalks, and tall scapes bearing clusters of nodding, fragrant, white
flowers, which are tubular, slender, with six broad, spreading segments,
and within these a cup-shaped corona bearing the six stamens on its
edges. Hucharis candida (introduced 1851) has a bulb as large as a
hen’s egg, bearing a solitary leaf, and a six- to ten-flowered umbel on
a 2-feet scape; the flowers 3 inches across. EF. grandiflora (amazonica)
(introduced 1854) has flowers 4 to 5 inches across, the corona tinged with
green, in three- to six-flowered umbels. There are several leaves. JZ.
sanderiana (introduced 1882) is similar to the last, but smaller—about 3
_ inches across—and the corona is suppressed; the inside of the tube and
the filaments of the stamens are yellow. The bulbs should be planted
in large pots, and deeply, putting half a dozen bulbs into a 10-inch pot.
The compost should be rich loam, two parts, to one part of mixed leaf-
mould and manure, to which a little charcoal should be added. They
require a minimum temperature of about 65°, increased to about 80° in
summer. So long as they are growing they require plenty of water,
and when the flower-buds appear, liquid-manure as well. Removal to
a cooler house at this period ensures a longer duration for the flowers.
They are propagated by means of the offsets produced around the bulbs.
There are several good hybrids of garden origin.
PANCRATIUM (Greek, pan, all, and kratys, powerful : ——— to be
IV.—-20
574 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
a potent medicine). A genus containing about a dozen species of
bulbous plants, with strap-shaped leaves, and umbellate white flowers
on tall scapes. The flowers are tubular, with a funnel-shaped perianth of
six narrow lobes and a cup or false corona, which is sometimes produced
into two teeth or lobes. The principal species are those named below.
Pancratium illyriewm (introduced from South Europe, 1615) has
broad, strongly-veined, strap-like leaves, and fragrant flowers, with
somewhat short tube; scapes about 14 foot high. P. maritumum
(introduced from South Europe, 1759) is taller (2 feet), with narrower
persistent leaves, and very fragrant flowers, with exceedingly long tubes,
in large umbels. Both flower in June, and in the West of England
both may be grown out of doors, but in other districts P. maritumum
requires the protection of a frame or cool greenhouse. For pot-culture
they should be grown in a compost consisting of turfy loam, two parts,
peat, one part, and leaf-mould, one part, with the addition of a little
silver sand. They require plenty of water when growing, and a little
even when at rest. Outdoor specimens should be planted deeply, and
the surface covered with protective material in winter.
ASPIDISTRAS
Natural Order LiniacEz. Genus Aspidistra
AspipisTRA (Greek, aspidision, a little shield; the form of the flower).
A small genus of smooth evergreen herbs, with creeping stems, oblong,
lance-shaped leaves, and solitary, stalkless, dull purple flowers. The
perianth is bell-shaped, cleft into six or eight lobes; the stamens are six
or eight, inserted in the broad perianth-tube. There is a small cylindrical
ovary, surmounted by a short, thick style, terminated by a large umbrella-
like rayed stigma, which almost entirely fills the mouth of the perianth.
The species are natives of China and Japan.
ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR (taller). Leaves large, oblong,
sparc leathery, 1} to 2 feet high. Introduced from Japan, 1835.
A. LURIDA (lurid). Leaves leathery, oblong, lance-shaped, 1 to 14
foot high. Flowers purple and yellow. Introduced from China, 1822.
Plate 266. The var. variegata has leaves with alternating stripes of
white and green. It is much grown as a pot foliage-plant.
tack A. LURIDA is very nearly hardy, but it is best used as
tivation. ‘ .
a pot-plant for conservatory, window, and table decoration.
It bears the dust and dry heat of dwelling-rooms better than most
CORDYLINE TERMINALIS’
Reduced
PL. 273
yeas
: eos San rane
NEW ZEALAND FLAX 575
plants, and with occasional spongings the leaves keep wonderfully well.
The best soil for potting is a compost of rich loam and leaf-mould in
equal portions, with a little sand added. The variegated form should
be potted in poor soil, or it soon becomes green. The drainage should
be efficient, as they require a good deal of moisture during the summer.
When repotting is necessary, it should be carried out early in the year,
before the new growth begins. Care should be taken not to damage
the rootstock ; and it is well to keep the plant for a short time under a
closed frame, to enable it to get well established. Propagation is effected
by division.
Description of Aspidistra lwrida, one-fourth less than the natural
Plate 266. size, with leaves and flowers. Fig. 1 is a section through
the singular flower, showing the parts.
NEW ZEALAND FLAX
Natural Order Liniacea. Genus Phormium
PxHorMiuM (Greek, phormos, a basket or plaited mat; from the use
to which the leaves and fibres are put). A genus of two species of
fleshy-rooted perennials, with rigid sword-shaped leaves in opposite rows,
clasping each other at the base. From the centre of the tuft rises
a tall, slightly zigzag flower-stem, with alternate short flower-spikes
from the axils of large bracts. The flowers are tubular, with a
perianth of six erect divisions, the three inner with spreading tips.
The six stamens project beyond the mouth of the flower. ‘There is a
three-celled ovary, a three-sided style ending in a simple stigma;
and the fruit is a three-sided, three-valved capsule, with two rows of
flattened black seeds in each cell. They are natives of New Zealand.
ae Captain Cook, on his first visit to the New Zealanders,
found the fibres of Phormium tenax in general use for the
manufacture of many useful articles, including clothing, baskets, fishing-
nets, mats, ete. Itwas not until 1789 that living specimens reached
this country, and from that date many attempts have been made to
grow it here for commercial purposes, but without success, most of our
winters being too severe for it. In many places in the South of England
it is quite hardy in gardens; but this, of course, is a very different
matter from growing it in open fields, as would be necessary for
commerce. Great quantities of the leaves and fibres are imported
annually for the purpose of manufacturing ropes and twine. The
576 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
leaves are cut when they have attained their full growth, and soaked
in water for several days, to macerate the softer tissues and separate
the fibres. The roots are used as a substitute for sarsaparilla. LP.
cookianum was introduced in 1868.
PHORMIUM COOKIANUM (Cook’s). Small Flax Lily.
Leaves 2 to 3 feet long, rarely split at tip. Flower-scapes
3 to 6 feet high; flowers yellow, sometimes with outer segments greenish,
little more than an inch long; summer. The var. variegatwm has
the leaves decorated with one or two marginal stripes of creamy
white.
Species,
P. TENAX (tough). Leaves very tough, 3 to 6 feet or more long,
usually split at the tip; dark green with reddish brown margin.
Flowers variable, red and yellow, 2 inches long ; flower-scapes as high as
16 feet; August. Entire plant larger and hardier than the foregoing
species. Plate 267. There are several varieties: Var. atro-purpurewm
has reddish purple leaves; var. nigro-pictum is smaller, with very dark
purple margin, becoming broader towards base; var. variegatum 1s
similar to the corresponding var. of P. cookianwm.
These plants succeed best in a rich loamy soil. In the
extreme South of England they are quite hardy in an
ordinary garden. In other places it is well to grow them in tubs,
which can be kept in the cool greenhouse or conservatory in winter,
and placed outside in summer. They may be grown from seeds, or,
when the clumps are large enough, the roots may be divided early in
the year, before growth commences, and kept in the greenhouse until
established.
Description of Phormium tenax, the Common New Zealand Flax,
Plate 267. reduced to about one-sixth of the natural size. The
flowers are not shown.
Cultivation,
PLANTAIN LILIES
Natural Order Lintacee. Genus Funkia
FUNKIA (named in honour of H. Funck, a German botanist, 1771-1839). Pip
A genus of about five species of Japanese herbs with tuberous roots,
broad oval or heart-shaped leaves, and a tall flowering stem, usually
leafless, but furnished with bracts, in the axils of which the flowers are
produced solitarily, the whole cluster constituting a raceme. These
flowers have a tubular, six-parted perianth; the six stamens and the
AFRICAN LILY
‘AGAPANTHUS UMBELLATUS)
ae Nat. size
PL 274
PLANTAIN LILIES oF7
style bent at their extremities. The black membranous coat of the
seeds is produced into a wing at the top.
FUNKIA ForTUNE! (Fortune's). Leaves narrow, heart-
shaped, glaucous, six or eight to each stem. Flower-stem
14 foot high; flowers pale lilac, 1} inch long; July. Introduced from
Japan, 1876.
F. LANCIFOLIA (lance-shaped leaves). Leaves lance-shaped. Flower-
stem 8 or 9 inches high, raceme six- to ten-flowered, scarcely above
the leaves. Flowers white or tinged lilac, 1 inch or 1} inch long;
August. Introduced from Japan, 1829. There are several varieties:
albo-marginata has slightly larger flowers and leaves, the latter
marked with white near the edge; var. wndulata has the leaves
irregularly crisped and frilled, as well as marked with patches and
streaks of white; the var. variegata also has the leaves variegated with
white.
F. ovata (oval). Leaves oval, in some varieties marked with white.
Flower-stem 12 to 18 inches long (twice length of leaves), with a ten- to
fifteen-flowered raceme. Flowers bluish lilac, violet-blue, or white, 14
to 2 inches long; May. Native of Japan and Northern China, introduced
1790. Plate 268. The var. marginata has the leaves broadly bordered
with white.
F’, SIEBOLDIANA (Siebold’s). Leaves dh Si glaucous. Flower-
stem no taller than leaves, ten- to fifteen-flowered. Flowers white,
delicately tinged with lilac, 2 to 2} inches pean ; June. Introduced from
Japan, 1836.
F’, SUBCORDATA (somewhat heart-shaped). Leaves oval, heart-shaped,
pale. Flower-stem 14 to 2 feet high, nine- to fifteen-flowered. Flowers
fragrant, pure white, over 4 inches long; August. Introduced from
Japan, 1830. Also known as F. grandiflora.
Funkias succeed best in a deep, rich soil, the result of
deeply digging in thoroughly rotted manure. The situa-
tion should be rather shady than otherwise, and a good lookout should
be kept for snails and slugs, which are very partial to the leaves, and
therefore very destructive. They make admirable subjects to grow in
pots for the greenhouse and conservatory ; and for this purpose they
should be potted in a compost of rich loam, two parts, leaf-mould, one
part, with a little sand added. Propagation is effected by dividing the
crowns in spring.
Description of Funkia ovata, the Plantain Lily. Flowers about
Plate 268. natural size, but plant greatly reduced. The separate
figure is a section of the flower.
IV.—
Principal Species.
Cultivation.
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FLAME FLOWERS
Natural Order Lintace&. Genus Kniphofia
KNIPHOFIA (named in honour of Prof. J. H. Kniphof, of Erfurt, 1704-
1763). 649
hundred and eighty species of Ferns, usually with a short tufted root-
stock, and fronds of very various forms. The generic character is found
in the sori, which are long and narrow, oblique, and distant from
the midrib—except in those cases where (as in Lady Fern) the frond is
much divided. The involucre is long and narrow, attached to the vein
by one side, and opening towards the midrib. The species are natives
of all Regions except the very cold; ten species are British.
This genus is so large, and the species assume so great
a variety of forms, that, unless studied botanically, it
presents many difficulties. As we have already hinted, the key to the ©
classification of Ferns lies in those little brown patches of spore-cases on
the back of the frond; but even these have to be regarded carefully, as
will be experienced by the student of Aspleniums. To those who
place reliance on superficial resemblances, it is certainly a puzzle to find
Asplenium nidus, with Hart’s-tongue-like fronds, A.trichomanes, A. mar-
inum, and A. filix-femina, associated in one genus. In the not remote
past these differing forms have been separated in different genera, and
even now certain species are so separated by some of our systematists.
The name Asplenium is a very old one, for Dioscorides applied it to our
Rusty-back, A. Ceterach. Several species—as, for instance, A. bulbiferum
—produce a number of young plants upon their fronds; and when these,
in the usual course, wither and fall to earth, the young plants readily
root themselves. Several of the exotic species have been in cultivation
here for a considerable period. A. rhizophyllum having been introduced
from North America in 1680; A. Hemionitis and A. ebeneum, in 1779 ;
A, monanthemum, in 1790; and A. fragrans, in 1793.
ASPLENIUM ALATUM (winged). Stipes 4 to 6 inches
high, the upper part winged, and the wings continued
along the rachis. Fronds 1 to 14 foot long, 3 to 4 inches across, pinnate.
The pinne bluntish, of nearly equal width (4 inch) throughout. Sori
distant, not reaching margin or midrib. Tropical American species,
requiring stove treatment.
A. CETERACH (Arabian name). Scale Fern, or Rusty-back. Stipes
densely tufted, 1 to 3 inches long, scaly. Fronds 4 to 8 inches long,
pinnately lobed, leathery, the back densely clothed with toothed, rusty
scales. Sori hidden beneath the scales, with scarcely any involucre.
Native, chiefly in Western Counties. Hardy.
A. CULTRIFOLIUM (ploughshare-shaped leaves). Stipes 4 to 6 inches.
Fronds 6 to 12 inches long, 4 to 6 inches across, twice pinnate, oval-
triangular; pinne 3 to 4 inches long, broadly toothed or lobed. Sori
clear of edge and midrib. Introduced from the West Indies, 1820. Stove.
IV.— 39
History.
Principal Species.
650 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
A. DIMORPHUM (two-formed). Stipes tufted, 6 to 12 inches long.
Fronds 2 to 3 feet long, over a foot across, triangular-oval ; lower pinne
of similar shape to frond, 6 to 8 inches long, bluntly ict bvadd Sori-
bearing pinne very narrow, sometimes forked; sori marginal. Native
of Norfolk Island. Warm greenhouse.
A. FALCATUM (hooked). Rootstock creeping, chaffy. Stipes tufted,
6 to 9 inches long. Fronds 6 to 18 inches long, 4 to 6 inches across,
lance-shaped. The pinne stalked, oval, unequal-sided, ending in a
curved point. Sori in long irregular lines, reaching nearly to the edge.
Introduced from Polynesia, 1825. Greenhouse.
A. Fintx-ra@mina (Lady Fern). Rootstock stout, several inches
above surface. Stipes 6 to 12 inches long, stout, brittle, brown or pale
yellow, scaly below. Fronds large, oblong, lance-shaped, twice or thrice
pinnate, thin textured, soft and waving. Pinnz lance-shaped, close-set ;
pinnules coarsely toothed, or cut pinnately. Sori small and numerous,
with a short oblong or kidney-shaped involucre. Native, and of world-
wide distribution. Hardy. In addition to several important natural
varieties, over three hundred garden varieties have been named, some of
them extraordinary departures from the t
A. FLABELLIFOLIUM (fan-leaved). Stipes tufted, 3 to 6 inches long.
Fronds procumbent, straggling, 6 to 12 inches long, and not exceeding
an inch across, rooting at the tip. Pinnz fan-shaped, lobed, } to } inch
across. Sori oblique, numerous, but irregularly scattered. Introduced
from Temperate Australia, 1820. Greenhouse.
A. HemIoniTIs (Hemionitis-like). Stipes tufted, 4 to 8 inches long.
Fronds spear-shaped, 4 to 6 inches either way. Sori narrow, upon the
veins. Native of South Europe and North Africa; introduced 1779.
Cool greenhouse.
A. MARINUM (sea). Sea Fern; Sea Spleenwort. Rootstock stout,
clothed with purple-brown scales. Stipes 3 to 6 inches, red-brown,
stout, polished. Frond 3 to 10 inches long, oblong or lance-shaped,
leathery, glossy, pinnate; rachis winged. Sori large and oblique ;
involucre leathery. Native; but if away from the sea will only grow
under glass, in humid atmosphere.
A. Nipus (nest). Bird’s-nest Fern. Stipes very short. Frond
lance-shaped, undivided, 2 to 4 feet long, 3 to 8 inches broad, tapering
downwards; margin entire, midrib rounded at back. Sori starting
near midrib and extending half-way to margin. Introduced from India,
1820. Greenhouse. Plate 306
A. TRICHOMANES (soft-haired). Maidenhair Spleenwort; English
Maidenhair. Rootstock stout. Stipes crowded, 1 to 4 inches long,
OSTRICH FERN 651
polished red-brown, black at base, not scaly. Frond 6 to 12 inches long,
of nearly equal width (about $ inch) throughout. Pinneze oval, fifteen to
forty in number, about } inch long. Rachis rigid, chestnut-brown. Sori
short, oblique, with ils brown involucre. Native. Hardy
A. VIVIPARUM (bearing live plants). Stipes tufted, 6 to 9 inches
long. Fronds 1 to 2 feet long, 6 to 8 inches across, oval, lance-shaped ;
pinnee numerous and crowded, 3 to 4 inches long; pinnules deeply and
pinnately lobed. Sori solitary, marginal. Surface of frond producing
a large number of young plants. Mauritius, 1820. Greenhouse.
The cultural directions given for Aspidiwm apply
generally to | .
tortuosum, 431.
culture of, 431.
‘Antwerp Hollyhock, 103.
Apocynum —androsemi-
Aponogeton ” distachyum,
633, plate 297.
ree Crab, 173, 174.
Apricot, 170.
Aili i 21, 22.
ulea
can siden
chysantha af 39, plate
formosa, 22, a 9.
slandulosa, 22 ;
pyrenaica, 22.
sibir soy 22,
viridiflora, 2
vulgaris, 21, plate 9.
ieee of, 22, 2
history of, 2
Aralia Chabrier, 246.
chinensis, 246
e
Aralia, Japanese, ee 121.
Araucaria Balan
Canninghamit i
a 497, 478, plate
cesar 497, it
ory 0
Armeria dianthoides, 354.
ju _
juniperifoia 354.
_ latifolia
maritina,3 a4 we 169.
antagine
culture of, ao, 166
history of, 3:
INDEX
Arnica chamissonis; 318.
9,
w Roots, 539, 540,
©
plate
Artichoke, J erusalem, 277.
i curassavica, 379,
plate 182.
Doug plast 379.
- carn a, 379.
379
tires Je
eof, 3
doit apie ca 254,
cynanchica, 254,
galioides, 254.
Aspidistra erect
lurida, 574, ite 266.
cules € Of, B74, 5
Anglian serostiobtides.
aculeatum, 647, plate
ar -istatum, 647.
anriculatim, 646,
capen 647.
Beslan n, 647, plate
lasernistiedins, eT.
nchitis,
munitum, ar
triangulun
fiflintai, e16.
culture of, 648.
hist 64
istory of, 646.
etree i ea 649.
bulbiferum, 649.
sv
leatum, 65:
filix-feemina,
flabellifolium, 650.
fragrans, 649.
Hemionitis, 650.
um, 650.
BE aaa iS 649.
667,
Asplenium—contd.
-Nidus,649,650,plate306.
rhizophy llum, 649.
Uichonnanes, 649, 650.
viparum, 651
Aster acuminatus, 264, 265.
altaicus, 264, 265.
Amel 264, 265, plate
cokes 264, 265.
ieee 264, 265.
pinion eee 264,
dumosus, 264, 265.
elegans, 264, 265
eo a 265,
gud tora 264, 266.
a
leevis, cig
linosyri
lonetoting 264, 266.
sane recy 264, 266,
plate 1314
Novee- Angle, 264, 266,
plate
Novi- Bela 266.
obliquus, 266.
ses a 264, 266.
pyr 266.
spec ctab bilis, 264, 266.
Tradescanti, 264.
tripoliu
turb ae 266, plate
131.
versicolor, 266, plate
culture of, 267.
p 2.
Astilbe japonica, 192, 193,
late 92.
rivularis, 193.
Aubrietia deh, 52,
plate
purpurea, 52.
varieties and hybrids of,
ages
culture of, 53. ,
history of, 52.
668
AUSTRALIAN HEATHS, -351
352, 1 Fob
Austrian Bri
AVENS,
—
io 2)
— wag 347.
flav ee er
rekon
ladifetie bis pla 166.
ledifolia
iscosa,
Babian
Baccharis. linia 316.
Bachelor’s B 84.
Bear’s Breech, nv 455.
Beech, 495,
Beets, ’ Garden , 485, —
Begonia acerifolia,
reebeli, 229,
f wchsiodes, 231, plate
serinioldcs 229.
esa 232,
Besar 229.
Haagea na, 229, 230.
heracleifolia , 232.
inearnata, 231.
lindleyana, 231.
macrophylla, 228.
INDEX
Begonia—contd.
sh aa 231.
magnifica, 231.
a ee 230.
nelumbiifolia, 232.
nitida, 228, 231.
octopetala, 23
. Ornamental- leaved, 232,
233.
Pearcei, 228, 230.
picta, ‘
platanifolia, 232.
rajah, 232.
12.
canelobantta 230.
roseeflora, 228, 230
Shrubby, 230, 231, 232.
socotrana, 23
rde
istory of, 228,
Begonia, Strawberry, 18
L ER, Chimney
31, pl
Nettle-leaved, 332.
Peach- leaved, 329, 331,
plate 161
PERE poe" 328 — 333,
plates 159-161.
Bellis pere Ps Si pa
Daron folia "gt
e of, 263, 264.
Bells, Canterbury, 330, 331,
plate 159.
Beta cicl 186.
hortensis ore 486,
aritir
Betu
Biguonin capreolata, 451.
ch
ee, 452.
speci 452.
Mires ae 452.
ven eee ae
cult re of, 45
Billbergin iif 545.
rata, 5:
santana Sac. 546,plate251.
Billbergia—contd.
culture af 4
ro
Bluebell, 31, 4 598.
aa Bottle, 326,
conia, 45
Ponce , 403, 404.
Borago laxiflora, 404,
ah 404,
is, 404.
)
cu ult oi 4
Roupaiavilless glabra, 473.
‘spectabilis, 473.
culture of, 473, 474.
Bouncing Bet, 86.
Boussingaultia baselloides,
Lachaumei
Bouvardia angel, 251.
Plead re
flava,
jini 251.
Humboldtii, 251.
25 1.
25
ora, pts
251
culture of, 252.
garden hybrids of, 251.
— ip 251.
Bowenia, 500.
Box bsicaak 419, 4
Brach A comediver “ifolin, 262.
a, 262.
iberidifoli, 262, plate
ane ture of, oe
Br er ge Aaa 1
Brinjal, 4
Briza sare 641, plate 302.
ee 90.
gracilis, 590.
grandiflora, : 590.
Brodiwa—co ntd.
laxa, 590.
mlilora, 590.
ai ay 590
niflora, "390, 591, plate
75.
culture of, 591.
Broo 5, 130. “89, Piste 65.
Bu ee ya,
Bupha ‘colisitetiails
pe os, rain
Burnet Ros
Burning a
late
BuTTERFLY FLOWERS, 422,
late 203.
Butterfly. weed, 380.
123, 124,
Cabbage Rose, 1
Cacatia, 304, 305, ‘plate 154.
Caladium argyrites,
bicolor, Ris! plate 294,
Cannartii, 627
macula, 627.
sanguinolentu
Ve — aN roa 627.
Wallis
celiions ey 627, 628.
history o
CALANDRINIA discolor, 89.
grandiflor
ee yg
ni
betas 20, plate 44.
cultur
a nt ‘Domini 511, 512.
fur 511.
Sean ‘1 1.
rosea, 5 ‘ 1
INDEX
ara
s of, 5
Caledtri \arahnoiden, 24
Burbidae, 424,
orymbo:
Fothergillii, £5, 424,
es aoe 424,
Pavonii, 424, 495.
pinnata, 423
ae 423
, 423, 425, plate
scabiossefolia, 423, 425.
thyrsiflora, 424
violacea, 425.
y3
of, plate 204.
Caendala weiesrtnts. 305,
wlg
re of, 3
Callichee en 105.
pedata, 105
Callisteph ensis, 267,
a il
culture 0 of, 26
garden earicte %, 268.
history of, 2
Calochortus aceite 613.
ceruleus, 613.
acinus,
ry 9,
Camassia esculenta, 615.
diam
ichtl lini, 615
Camellia drupifera, 93.
euryoides, 93.
ae 93, plate 46.
olei
cuit. 93, 94.
— 93, 94.
Theifera, 94.
propagation of,
com a Phan ee 399.
669
Cam mpanula—contd,
nobilis
reriiolia 329, 331,
‘por tenschlgana 331.
pulla, 3
Fapuneutoides, 331.
Rapunculus, 329, 331.
ps. tees 7 329, 331,
late 160
rotundifolia, 331, 332.
speciosa, 332.
CaMpions, 83-87, plates 41,
Canary- -bird flower, 118.
CANDYTUFTS, 61-64,
29, 30.
Canna coccinea, 541.
, 041.
rscewiedii, 541, 542.
culture of, 542
trifolia, 5:
pitas a 74-81 splate 36.
Carpinus, 495.
rion Flowers, 380, 381.
9, plat
Catananch bebe 312.
rulea
lu ise eo
CatcH- ruins, 81, 82, 83,
Cattleya Acland, es 7, 518.
bowrin jana
, 478, 479, plate
Huttonii, 479.
25,
Centranthus sip oncdtotiee:
957.
caleitrapa, 257.
vanesoni olin, 257, plate
124.
officinalis, 257.
INDEX
ee
257.
floors of, 257.
astory of, 257.
Cerastium Sebersteinii, 87.
om sum, 86, 87.
Ceratotig ma plumbagi-
oides et ad 70.
tultiae ¢ of, 3
a * Bernie 238.
pri des a3.
Hagellitormis, 237, 238,
plate ant
ps fee 238.
grandiflorus, 237, 238.
heptago :
hexagon 5, 237.
lanu, fees, 237.
Macdonaldiz, 238.
ianu ed
ace nben:
history 0
Cestrum eee 420,
421.
elegans, 421.
fascieulatum, 421,
roseum,
culture of, 4
Chanaenpe Prcmitia, 620,
van rpa, 620.
re of, 620
Chandelice tree, 625
Charieis heterophylla, 309.
Sharity, 391,
Cheira a alpina 50,
Che ae te 23.
Marsh? alli,
51.
garden eariaies of, 50.
history of, 50.
C
Cherry,
Cc
Cherry’ alls iy 17
“hoi
Cu
ig é
RRY ries, 170-172,
Chery, Wild, 1
ose, 154,
Dwarf, 171.
herr * Fapaaateehs 410, 411.
Cherry, Winter, 411, 412.
Cami Nerr Se 222, 223,
plate
Chili Pine,
CHINA Asrans, 267 - 269,
late 132.
China Boos e, 152.
Chinese- -lanterns, 412.
Chinese pink, 76, plate 37.
Chionodoxa Lu cilze, 615.
, 615.
sardensis, 615.
Chrysanthemum argenteum,
carinatum, 289, 290.
146.
late
coronarium, 289, 290.
frutescens, 289, 290,
plate .
Leucanthemum, 289.
Parthenium, 289.
prealtum, :
segetum, 289, 290, 291.
sinense, 289, 291, plates
148-150.
Tchihatchewii, 291.
culture h —
— weties of,
Racet of, 289, 2
propagation Pots "292,
CINERARIAS, 301-304, plate
Cinquefoil ee fa oa
Me rsh, 1 <
Onnauapotis 160-182, plate
Citrus Aurantium, 125, 126,
—
decu a, 126.
inet, aa 126.
nedic.
nate pee
history of, 125, es
Clarkia elegans,
pulchella, 213, plate
thomboidea, 3 214.
eo 5, pi plate 1.
"We ee -
.
x
4
f
;
see STR d.
Viticella, 4, 5.
cultu ae
garten ne of, 6
papicad bok fetidum, 462,
fallax. 462.
sqpuamatui, 462.
Tho e, 463.
trichotonam, 462, 463.
culture of, 463, 464.
Clivia eyrtanthiflorum, 567.
Gardeni, 567.
min intd 267, oe 263.
no pile 5
e Pink, 76.
Co ba penduliflora, 392.
ndens 392, plate
culture e of, 39
CockBOOMES, 178. 480, plate
Cocos rater: 623.
623.
Coleus, Eyed, plat e 222.
Colli nsia bicolor, 435, plate
rymbosa, 435.
atinddiore 435.
parviflora, 435.
INDEX
Collinsia—contd.
ame ora, 430.
a, 435.
435, 436.
¥ violets, Ds 8
O.
Collomia coccinea, 390, plate
188.
grandiflora, 390.
culture of, 390.
CoLUMBINES, 21, 22, 23,
plate ote 90.
Comrreys, 400, 401
CoMPass- Deeas, 274.
ConE FLowERs, 286, 287.
Convallava, ao
culture of, 5
Convalvaius Major, 406,
plate
Minor ne dwarf, 408,
ne el
Ganvolealas althzeoides,
arvensis, aye
408.
ocellatus, 407.
ee 407, 408.
nie 4 07, 408
ae 407,
Soulanslla, 407, 4
tricolor, 407, 408, ene
197.
elt oh 408, 409.
hast
ee i ea "138-140,
Condpline australis, 585.
can nef olia, 585.
Th
lanceolata.
tinctoria, 2 79, , 280, plate
verticillata, 28 280.
culture of, 280.
history of, 279.
671
Corn FuaG, 557-560, plate
258.
sacgapicit caf = p Kwa
DS, 395-327 ae
Comowe Mountain, 327,
Pp
ee ae iculata, 47.
nobilis 47.
ida, 47.
Goryise. 495.
‘osmos er ahs 284,
lat
diversfolin, 284,
oides, 284.
i 4,
:
o
CoTONEASTER _ affinis,
buxi fo ‘lia, 179
retusa, 200, ‘01, plate
secunda, 200, 201, plate
mbilicu s, 200, 201.
caaes of, 201, "202.
hastory of,
Cowslip, 360.
Cow: wslip, American, 365.
potagg Jean 402.
rab, rican, 173.
pani :
Chinese, 174.
Siberian, 172, 174.
ented, 173.
rete ‘197, 198, plate
94.
_— sie aah 199.
B, £09;
inlet 199, a 94.
perfoliata, 1
672
Crassula, Sickle, 199.
culture of, 198.
Crus-galli, 175.
eae 175.
flav
Oxyacantha, 175, 176.
Pyracan 176.
tanaetifolia 176.
76
cu ; 2
Cri reping ‘a eggs 366.
Crepis.a
ru
Cccomean aur
Crocus, Cloth. of Gold 553,
Yellow, 553, 554, plate
spec
a 553, 555,
vernus, 553, 555, plate
versicolor, 554, 555.
culture - 55D, 556.
astory 0, , 558, 554
named varieties of, 55 5.
Crocuses, INDIAN, 514, 515.
Crossworts, 254, "955, "plate
123.
Crot 492.
Crown IMPERIAL, 606
C wer, 5.
lapan
— of, "212.
ory of, 211.
E Shorea, 275.
INDEX|
Currant, Buffalo,
Flows ring, 196 ee
Cushion Pi nk, 8
Cycas cireinalis, =o
ia, 500.
fanaa case, 500.
revoluta, =
silamensis, 500.
Focchort of 500, 501.
500.
ory of,
coche Anemone, 10.
Cyclamen mone 363.
oe cun
co n 368,
eur open 363.
hedersefolium, — 364.
ory of, 8
Cyperus demuteta 634.
_ esculentus, 634
longus, :
Papyrus, 634. -
culture gf os 635.
istor
Cypress, 495.
Cy pripedium acaule, 536.
537.
ee 536.
yee, 537.
oe ae 537, 538.
Hoc
insgne, ee 538, plate
Lawr encianum, 538.
niveum, 538.
parv ‘Ascot m, 536.
pubescens, 536, 538.
iene 538.
spectabile, 536, 538.
spiceriamim, = B36, 538.
a 37.
Cytisus canariensis s, 131,
é 65.
hirentus, Ish.
nigricans, 131.
Cytisus—contd.
culture of, 131, 132.
history of, 130, 131.
DarroniL, 561, plate 2598.
Dahlia tag 281.
excelsa,
fnpaciied ak 281.
Mercki, 281.
variabilis 280, 281,
plate
ete "eat of,
» 282.
oan of, 282, 283.
history of, 280, 281.
Daisies, ee River, 262,
DAISIES, Dou, 263, 264,
pe
DAISIES, Micnarake 8, 264—
267, Le es 130-132.
arse Comm —
Daisy, Ox- eye 3
Ga As nd, 989.
Paris, 289, plate 147.
‘Peinoloe, 289, plate
meteloides, 413.
sanguinea, 414,
Stramonitm, 413.
suaveolens, 413, 414
plate 198
Tatula, 414.
culture of, 414.
history of, 413.
Davallia bullata, 662.
canariensis, Shear
dissecta,
pa of, 662.
Delphinium — Ajacis,
bo
ke
azureum, pe
cardinale,
chin 24.
aaa lida,
dasycarpum,
pha ga Relies
%
Te ee es es, Ss
Delphinium—cont
— fantasies 23,
, 26.
Dendr obium aggregatum,
508.
Ainsworthii, 510.
Calceolaria, 508.
crassinode,
rumentatum, 508.
cucullatum, 508.
devonianum, 508, 509
dalhousieanum, 509.
Falconeri, ;
Farmeri, 508, 509,
“
m, 508, 509.
nobile,508, B00,plate 237.
Phalien eae
Piera 508, “508.
splendidissimum, 510.
aaa hv
Venus, 510.
win, 509, 510.
DEN
elses’ 937 238.
Deschampsia flexuosa, 643.
Deut 191.
Dez ieiiien. 191.
renata, 191.
gracilis, 191, plate 91.
staminea, 192.
culture of, 192.
Devil’s Fi
Diacrium
eget arm
sate
, 44.
iecornutum, 516.
ria, 75.
1s, 75, plate 35.
CarsopisTi 76,16,
OG.
acttoides, 7
plumarius; '
sinensis, 7 75 ie, plate aT
culture ai 80,
history of, 74, 75.
hy ines of, 79.
propagation of, 78, 79.
er soa kD "46.
INDEX
Basie na igs
nia, 46.
formes 45, 46.
tabilis, 46, Pigs a1.
x arte lia
culture of, 46, a,
history of, 45, 46.
Dicksonia antar ctica, 663.
orescens 662.
Dictamnus albus, "123, 124,
oni
oe
Dierila radio, 249.
ptt 249,
sian ambigun 441.
fer
Dimorphotheca plavialis,
14.
Dioon, 500.
Dipladenia atropurpurea,
boliviensis, 378.
crassinoda, 378.
splendens, 378.
culture of, 378.
Digests sylvestris 259.
Dittany, 12
Dodoestheoet Meadia, 365.
culture of, 365
Rose, 15
Dog Rose, 151
Dog’s Bane, 374, 375.
Doronicum = ae 300.
um, 300, plate
152.
Pardalianches, 300.
te, 27%
RACENAS, Corounen, 585,
586, pla
Dracoce ite al m gr randi-
flor
, 470
Dyer’s Greenweed, 133.
Dyer’s Weed,
Dyer’s Thistle, 312.
Dwarf Cherry, 171.
Dwarf Lupine, 135.
East Lothian Stock, 48, 49.
esses bamnatieus, 311.
Rit
ceroce stint 312.
r there 18, 3
spheer
yrsum, 403.
s, 403. -
Echium a
can mee
fastu 403.
plantains, 403.
Rare we om
—— longiflorus,
450.
scaber, ne ‘aie 216.
culture of, 4
617.
6,617 , plate 287.
pte of 6
Emilia cane “508; plate
culture of, 305.
Emperor Stock, 49.
Encephalartos, eng
a ee
mpre a, 351, "kad 167.
loupifiors: 351, 352.
urpurascens, 35
E geen cliare 515.
rale,
fanieeatein, “516.
ocarpum, 516.
te
re of, 5
——— cuban
aode 1,212
hirsuta, 212, 213.
culture of, 213.
EpiphyTiam: Gaertneri, 239.
nakoyanum
rus ssellianum, 239,
trunecatum, 239, plate
i
@ of, 24
E rnthns ay Saare 8
EN Wort, 145, plate 72.
wered Rocket, 60.
* 6.
rysantha, -
eneersic 45, 46.
—45
Dull-
Dutchman’s Breeches, 4
pene,
Brea ‘Alton
cea, 339.
austiniana, 339.
674
Erica— meee
ar
melanthera, 340, plate
persaluta, 340.
sulphurea, 340.
hry 341.
ns, 341.
bie 341,
wilmoreana, 341, plate
’ culture of, 341, 342
history of, 338, 339,
Erigeron aurantiacus, 269.
canadense, 269.
grandiflorus, 269.
pare 270.
Roylei,
eels 270, plate
134,
ulture of, 270.
irynginwt 244,
pale: coer art 139.
carn
ine
cristal, 139, 140,
te
here: 139, 140.
a 139, 140
ory of, 139.
Erythronium americanum,
612.
dens-canis, 612
Escallonia flor ibunda, 195.
po mee 1a,. 1
culture of, 1
Eschacholtaia’ cxespitosa, 42
californica, 41, 42, plate
——_ 42,
me ure of i
history of, 4
Eucharis sand 5 oe
grandiflora, 573.
INDEX
Eucharis—contd,
sanderiana, 573.
Euphorbia abyssinica, 490.
aleppica, 489, 490.
a 489, 490.
cama 490.
EVENING PRIMROSES, 214-
217, plate 10
id Gace pg be 63.
EVERL G FLowErs, 270,
1.272,plates139, 136.
Everlasting eels ower, Rosy
late, 135.
Piola Pea
verlasting, Pele 309.
Eve’s-Cushion, 186.
sper ee 412.
Fateia hori et
japonica, 245. c oaate 121.
nyt ra, 245,
culture ey a 246.
history of, 24
ae Colaubing 8.
n Rue
Foe ’ FLOWERS, 18, 19,
plate oe
Fennel, Giant,
Fern Pat LMS, "199-501.
Ferns, 645.
Bird’s-nest, 651, plate
306.
rare = , plates
Gola. ink Silve be 659-
661, plate
Hare’s- neg
Holly 648.
Maidenhair , 656.
pe ich, 651, 653, plate
307.
Prickly Shield, 647,
plate 304.
Scale, 650.
Sea, 651.
r Shield, res
F Spider, G55. >
Squirrel’s- foot, eg
Ferula communis,
lauca, 244.
bngitana, 244,
Fever-few, 2
Ficus Carte, 4 493.
dealba ata, 493, 4
= 493, 494, “plate
Sai 493.
indica
493.
sdierephytle, 493, 494.-
Parcelli, 493, 494.
religiosa, 493, 494,
stipulata, 493, 494.
culture of, 494.
history of, 493.
rie Devil’s, 44.
ig, Hottentot, 243.
Fies, INDIAN, 240-242.
Filiges, 646.
Fir,
fulae "Foownns, 578, 579,
la
Fines” FLowsns, 630-
632, plate 296.
Fuax, 105407, “plate 5 52.
FLAX, New ZEALAND, 575,
576, sia 267.
FLEABANES, 26 270.
Showy, 70. plate 134.
Forbidden Fruit, The, 126.
ORGET-ME-NOTS, 398, 399,
plate 194.
Fox Boneh Orchid, Hi tgze
560.
cute HONEYSUCKLE, 137,
, plate 68
F. illabin: armena, 606.
imperialis, 605, 606.
5
persica, 605, 606.
pudica, 606.
pyrenaica, 605, 606.
recurva, 6
ten i
tulipifolia, ei 607.
culture of, 60
cocei nea, 218.
et ER ee Tees
F uchsia—cont d.
late 1064
, 218, 219.
procumbens 218, 219.
splen 219.
thy mifolia, 218.
triphy Ua, ae 219.
ke
g
clr > 9
he n Sea of, 219,
220.
history of, 217, 218.
Fumar vé
F antia ger 577%.
esr 577.
577.
eebotdiana, 577.
ie ie 577.
culture of, 577.
- Gaillardia amblyodon,
ristat a, 287, 288
3 oT.
Galauthns se 672.
me 572.
pli oie 572.
Galega hilota, 133, 134.
officinalis, 133, 13
late 66.
ns
?
ie hey 144.
culture
GARDEN os “186, 486.
Canina florida 256, 256.
579
Se nas 579, 580.
pulchra, 578, 580.
ounncaene 579.
verrucosa,
; os 79, 580.
glab
579, 580,
culture of, 580
history of, 579.
INDEX
Gaura biennis, 221
Li ndheimeri, 221, plate
re of, 221.
araniny eae 307.
rigens,
aioe 307, plate
per ms pied 308.
7.
Genista ome ae 133.
nglica, 132.
hin spanica, 133.
sagittalis, 133.
tinctoria, 133.
pelea dpe der: ee
e of, 13
Gente peal Poe plate
Andrewsii, 383.
Pneutmonanthe, 383.
Verna, 383.
cut of, 383, 384.
1 of, 382, 383.
Gentian, _ Das, 383, plate
Heath, 383.
Spring, 383.
eet wes ot eg ow
Gen plate
Geranium anemonzfolium,
iberieum,
plate
eororaed. 107, 108.
maculatum, 107.
hlzeum, 108
ure Ps 108, 109.
0
exoniensis, 447.
niegelioides, 447, 448.
675
Gesnera—contd.
Py ee 448.
€ of,
eg potted 183.
chiloense, 183, plate
coccineum, 183.
elatum, 183.
montanum, 183.
pyrenaicum, 183.
4
Gilia achillefolia, 388.
androsacea, 388, plate
Brandegei, 388, 389.
capita
coronopifolia, 388, 389,
lat
waiolors 388, 7389, plate
B.
Hires of, tig
y of, 38
Gladislos binds es
bee
ncbleyenn 358,
sion
saneaaie t or er
Colvillei, ae 580.
lyric, 558.
Lem 1, 558.
espana hy 558.
ilio, 558.
psittacinus, 558, 559.
P ratus, 558,
recurvus, 558.
peaenalg: 558, 559.
seget 558.
in s, 558.
s, 558.
salbate wy, 559, 560.
t
676
Gee ntd.
garden eitin of, 559.
histor ory of, 5
Globe Amaranths, 484, 485,
GLOBE Tho 461, plate
eg -dilatatum, 250.
Lant
peaciteeer halite 250.
shea. 249, 250.
plica 250.
Tin
altinne of: 250.
Victoria re ff
Villarsia ‘hymphwoides,
5.
assifolia, 385.
reniformis, 385.
Vinea herbacea, 372.
major, 3
istory 0;
soley 128, 129.
Vine, Wonga-wonga, 453.
Viola altaica, 68.
blanda, 67, 68.
cucu
odorata 67, és, 69, plate
Ln ie , 69.
rothomagenss 68, 69.
suavis, 67, 68.
tol, 67, 68. " ay 33.
history of ’ 67, 68
Viotet, Doa’s-r OOTH, 612,
‘61 13,
Garden, 70.
VIOLETS, 67 73, plate 32.
VIPER’S Bustos 402.
Virgini eeper, 128.
Panis posers 58, 59,
p
Vitis aconitifolia, 128.
oe ud.
‘iacnaniee 128.
quinquefolia, 128.
culture of, 128, 129.
Waitzia aurea, 317.
corymbo
WALLFLOWERS, 50, 51, "52,
plate 23.
WATER-LILIES, 34-37, plate
16
Watson1 4, 560.
lr gag 381, 382.
eld, 6
White Bachelor’ $ Button, 15.
HI
Whitethorn, 1
sil seep saatsphiyt, 394
s, 394.
Vigi eri, 364.