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Coix. [Graminace^e.] Perennial grasses, doing well in 

 the open border in summer. 



C. aritndinacea (reedy); 2 feet; July; Mexico; i8i8. C. Lach- 

 ryma (Job's tears) ; 2 feet ; July ; East Indies ; 1596. 



CoLCHicuM. [Liliaceae.] Hardy bulbs, with crocus- 

 like flowers in October, commonly called Autumn Crocuses. 

 The leaf appears and the plant ripens its seed the following 

 spring. Increased by offsets or seeds, which should be 

 sown as soon as they are ripe. Replanting, which is not 

 often necessary, should be done in July, when the bulbs are 

 at rest. They succeed in any garden soil. 



C. aipinum (Alpine) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in July ; Apen- 

 nine ; 1820. C. arenariic7n (sand) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in 

 September; Hungary; 1816. C. autumnale (autumnal; com- 

 mon meadow saffron) ; i foot ; flowers purple, in September ; 

 Britain. C. autumitale album (white-flowered) ; 3 inches ; flow- 

 ers white, in September ; Britain. C. aiitu7nnale atro-purpu- 

 reuin (dark-purple) ; 3 inches ; flowers dark-purple, in Septem- 

 ber ; Britain. C. a7itic7?inale folHs'Vat'iegatis (variegated-leaved); 

 3 inches ; flowers purple, in September ; Britain. C. a2itti7nnale 

 flore-ple7io (double-flowered) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in Sep- 

 tember ; Britain. C. atitii77i7iale p2irpicreo-striaUi77i (purple- 

 striped) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple-striped, in September ; Brit- 

 ain. C. autu77t7tale striat7i7n-ple7io (double-striped) ; 3 inches ; 

 flowers lilac-striped, in September ; Britain. C. Bysa7tti7m77t 

 (Byzantine) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in September ; Levant ; 

 1629. C. Chio7iense (Chian) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in No- 

 vember; Chios. C. crocifioru77t (crocus-flowered); 18 inches; 

 flowers purple, in August ; south of Europe. C. 77i07itanuin 

 (mountain) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in August ; south of Eu- 

 rope ; 1819. C tessellatuTTi (checkered) ; 3 inches ; flowers pur- 

 ple, in August ; south of Europe ; 1600. C. twibrosutn (shaded) ; 

 3 inches ; flowers pink, in September; Guinea; 1819. C. varie- 

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