MOR^A 



THE BULB BOOK 



MUSCARI 



"Wedding Flcwer." It is a native 

 of Australia and Lord Howe's 

 Island, and resembles a large German 

 Iris or Green New Zealand Flax 

 Plant (Phormiitm teivajr) in appear- 



M. Thomsonl. — A native of E. 

 Tropical Africa, about 1 ft. high, 

 with stiffish rush-like habit, the 

 round leaves being furrowed, and 

 about 7 ins. long. The flowers, about 



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Fio. i^l.—iior'Mi pavonia. 



ance. It grows 4 to 6 ft. high, and 

 produces large pure white flattish 

 flowers. (Bot. Mag. t. 7212.) 



This sp)ecies is best grown in a cool 

 greenhouse planted out in a border 

 of gritty soil, and well exposed to 

 the sunshine. 



M. spatliacea (Dietes Iluttoni). — 

 A rhizomatous species with bright 

 yellow sweet-scented flowers \\-\ih 

 purple lines on the claws {Bot. Mag. 

 tt. 1103, 6174 ; Garden, 1889, t. 715). 



M. sulphurea.— This species has 

 small round corms, slender erect 

 stems, with linear leaves 4 ins. long, 

 and a single terminal cluster of 

 sulphur-yellow flowers 1 in. across, 

 with orange and brown markings 

 {Bot. May. t. 76:.). 



Fig. 252.— .Vorosa Robinsoniana, 



2 ins. across, appear in spiked clusters 

 and are pale lilac, yellow at the base, 

 and spotted with brown. {Bot. Mag. 

 t. 7976.) Tender. 



M. tricuspis. — Flowers pale lilac 

 blotched ^vith purple {Bot. Mag. t. 

 696). 



M. tripetala. — Flowers usually lilac, 

 but sometimes lilac or reddish {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 702). 



M. tristis. — Flowers dull purple, 

 blotched with yellow at the base of 

 the segments {Bot. Ma<j. t. 577). 



M. unguiculata. — Flowers white, 

 the outer segments spotted with red 

 along the claw {Bot. Mag. t. 593). 



MUSCARI {mosrhos., musk ; in 

 reference to the scent of the flowers). 



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