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Amongst garden lilies proper, of which I have not ascer- 

 tained escapes as yet, although some planted out on the edge 

 of private grounds lend that appearance, are: — 



Amaryllis Equestris. Ait. , with narrow, oblong leaves, and 

 erect flower-stem bearing at its point two or three nodding, 

 large vermilion or coloured flowers. 



Amaryllis, or Nerine, Sarmiensis. Linn. Guernsey lily. 

 Has strap-shaped leaves, and a slender flower-stem a foot high, 

 crowned with eight or nine gold-bespinkled flowers with wavy 

 lobes. 



Natural Order, Liliaceae. 



Allium Cepa. Linn, (common onion. ) One of the staple 

 products of Bermuda. Grown everywhere. The seeds are 

 sown in September, and when about the size of a pencil, are 

 planted out by hand. The greater part of the seed is imported 

 from Teneriffe, the native seed not maturing here to any ex- 

 tent. The onion is garnered April and May. 



Allium Sativum, (onion lily or wild garlic.) Is very 

 abundant in many places, springing up through the grass, the 

 flower stalk five or six inches high, bearing a small cluster of 

 greenish white flowers, before the leaves are scarcely apparent. 

 It is a terrible weed and as each corm or bulb is surrounded 

 with ten to fifteen small ones, the reproduction is enormous. 

 April and May. 



Friesia Alba, (friesia. ) Introduced only ten or twelve 

 years ago, this plant has become so abundant as to be fairly 

 naturalized. Planted out in the approaches to private houses, 

 it will soon spread universally and may even now be found on 

 waysides. Leaves narrow three-quarters of an inch wide, and 

 three or four inches long. Slender nodding flower with a 

 raceme or bunch of white fragrant flowers or bells. Another 

 species with purple stripes in the white flower is known as 

 Friesia refracta. 



Antholyza Ethiopica. (Cape lily. ) Has a flower stalk rising 

 above the leaves, strap-shaped, four to five inches long, one 

 inch broad, crowned with several branchlets each bearing two 



