FRITILLArvIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



FUITILLArjA 



of "Stink Lilies." They are easily several garden varieties with fancy 

 increased by means of offsets. names. 



Fig. ijO.—Fritillaria impcrialis, seed-pods. (L) 



F. involucrata. — A species from 

 the Maritime Alps about 1 ft. high, 

 having whorls of narrow lance-shaped 

 leaves and wine - purple flowers 

 slightly tessellated, 



p. Karelini {Rhinopetalum Kare- 

 lini).—kn Asiatic species about 6 ins. 

 high, with broad stem - clasping 

 leaves, and terminal racemes of 

 nodding bell-shaped flowers about 

 1 in. deep, produced late in autumn 

 or in spring according to the time of 

 planting. The blossoms are pale 

 purple with deeper purple spots and 

 veins, and a greenish-yellow nectary- 

 hollow at the base of each segment. 

 {JloL Mwj. t. 6406.) 



F. lanceolata, — A native of N.W. 

 America, 1 to U ft. high, with lance- 

 shaped leaves in whorls, and sombre 

 wine-purple coloured flowers. 



F. latlfoUa. — A variable Caucasian 

 Frltillary aV^out 1 ft. high, with 

 drooping flowers varying in colour 

 through various shades of purple, 

 black, lilac, and yellow. There are 



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Fig. \b\.—Frilillaria,lanccolala. 



The best known is F. lutea, 6 to 

 12 ins. high, with alternate linear 

 lance-shaped leaves, and solitary 

 drooping yellow flowers more or 

 less tinged with purple, produced in 

 April and May {Bot. Jfarj, tt. 1207, 

 1538; Belg. Ilort. i. 49; Red. Lil. 

 i. 57). 



F. macrandra. — A native of the 

 Island of 8yra, with oblong lance- 

 shaped fleshy leaves, and purple 

 flowers covered with a glaucous 

 bloom outside, but yellow and 

 blotched with green within. 



P. Meleagris (Snake's Head). — This 

 distinct and pretty species grows 

 wild in parts of England in moist 

 meadows. It is 12 to 18 ins, high, 

 with flat linear leaves 6 to 8 ins. 

 long, and usually solitary drooping 

 flowers 1 i ins. deep in April and May, 



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