STENOMESSON 



THE BULli IK)OK 



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scarlet with distinct green stripes on 

 the segments {Bot. Mag. tt. 38G7, 

 5G86; Bev. J/ort. 1890, t. 108); ver><i- 

 color, varj-ing from scark^t to jwde 

 brown (But. Jieg. xxviii. t. GO). 



Flii. Sli. —Stenomcsson incarnaiuvi Irichromum. 



S. luteo-vlride.— This species has 

 romid bulbs 3 ins. through, leaves a 

 foot long and 1 to 1.} ins. broad, de- 

 veloped in April and !May at the 

 .same time as the flowers, the latter 

 being primrose-yellow tipped with 

 green, and 2 to 2i ins. long {Bot. 

 Mafj. t. G508). 



S. Pearcei. — Bulbs ovoid, 2 ins. 

 through, long-necked. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, a foot long, developed after 

 the pale yellow funnel-shaped flowers, 

 which are borne on scapes 2 to 3 ft. 

 high. {Ref. Bat. t. 308.) 



S. recurvatum.— The bulbs are 1 

 to U ins. in diameter, the narrow 

 leaves are about 1 ft. long, and the 

 reddish-yellow flowers, 2 to 2^. ins. 



long, are liornc on scapes 1 to lA ft. 

 high {ReJ. Bot. sub t. 308). 



S. suspensum. — Bulbs ovoid 1 to 

 \). ins. through ; leaves narrow lance- 

 shaped about 1 ft. long. Flowers 

 drooping, 1 to Ij ins. long, bright 

 scarlet. {Ref. Bot. t. 22.) 



S. vlridiflorviin {CaUithmima viritli- 

 Jlnrwn). — The cylindrical - necked, 

 ovoid bulbs are li to 2 ins. in diameter, 

 and the leaves are about 1 in. broad. 

 The flowers with a curved tube 2 ins. 

 long, are entirely green, and are borne 

 on scapes li to 2 ft. high {Bot. Mwj. 

 t. 38G6, a). The variety amjustifolutm 

 has narrower leaves {Bot. Mag. t. 

 3866, b) ; and the variety Elicesi has 

 the staminal cup deeply six-cleft, its 

 lobes quadrate and emarginate. 



STERNBEKGIA (after Cou7it Stern- 

 herg, a German botanist). Nat. Ord. 

 Amaiyllideae.— The Sternbergias are 

 charming little plants with long- 

 nccked bulbs, strap -shaped leaves, 

 and bright yellow, erect, funnel - 

 shaped flowers. They are perfectly 

 hardy, and will flourish in any good 

 garden soil that has been deeply dug, 

 and is of a more or less gritty nature. 

 "When grown in bold masses in the 

 rock-garden, shrubbery, gra.ssland, or 

 llowcr-border, they are wonderfully 

 eflfective, the bright golden-yellow of 

 the blossoms being in striking con- 

 trast to the foliage. They are easily 

 increased by offsets, but the bulbs 

 should never be disturbeil until the 

 leaves have completely withered. 

 The bulbs vary from h to 1 in. in 

 diameter in .S'. colchicijlora, to 2 ins. 

 in S. luten, and should therefore lie 

 planted from 3 or 4 to 6 ins. deep. 



S. colchiclflora. — A very old garden 

 plant, native of S. Europe and Asia 

 Minor, having narrow leaves 3 to 4 

 ins. long in spring, at the same 

 time as the seed-potls are ripening. 

 The pale yellow sweet-scented flowers 



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