TUBEROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



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Reddish hairy inartngon, f 

 with leaves gro\viii<( in i 

 whorls round thf sialk t 



Great yollow, with pyra- j 

 iiiidal rtowers. spotted I 



Purple, with dark spots. 

 and broad leaves in j 

 whorls round the stalk. ' 

 or most common Turk's j 

 cap ' 



"White spotted Turk's cap 



Canada martagon, with yel- 

 lowish large Howers spot- 

 ted, and leaves in whorls 



Campscatense niartagon, 

 with erect bell-shaped 

 flowers 



Philadelphia niartagon. 

 with two erect bright 

 purple Howers \ 



Squills, sea onion, or lilv hya- i 

 ciiith, common lily iiya- 

 ciutli, with a lily root j 

 and blue flower 1 



Peruvian, or broad-leaved i 

 hyafinth of Peru, wiili ' 

 blue flowers 



With white flowers 



Early wljite starry hyacinth 



Blue 



Autumnal starry hyacinth 



Larger starry blue hyacinth 

 of Byzantium 



Purple star flower of Peru 



Italian blue-spiked star- 

 flower 

 Asphuihl lilt/. African blue, 



with a tuberous root 

 Tuberose, or Indian tiil»(»rous 

 hyacinth. It produces a 

 small stem three or four 

 feet high, adorned with 

 many white flowers of 

 great fragrance. 



The varieties are, — 



Fine double tuberose 



t^ingle tuberose 



Small flowered 



Striped leaved 

 Iris buibusa, or bulbous iris, 

 Persian, with three erect 

 blue petals called stand- 

 ards, and three reflexed 

 petals called falls, which 

 are variegated, called 

 Persian bulbous ii is, with 

 a variegaled flower 



Common narrow-leaved 

 bulbous iris, with a blue 

 flower 



AVhite 



Yellow 



Blue, with white falls 



Blue, with yellow falls 



Greater broad-leaved bulb- 

 ous iris, with a deep blue 

 flower 



Bright purple 



Deep purple 



Variegated 



Great, with broad and al- 

 most plain or flat leaves, 

 with blue flowers 



Purple 



Of the above there are 

 many intermediate varie- 

 ties 

 Hyaeinth, eastern, with large 

 flowers. Of these there 

 are many varieties, and 

 of which there are in- 

 numerable intermediate 

 shades or tints of color. 



Of double sortd there are — 



Blues 



Purple blues 



Agatha bluea 



VVhites 



