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tufts immediately from the roots, and are broadly lance-shaped 

 and pale glaucous green. The flowers are in umbels terminat- 

 ing the scape, which is from 18 inches to 2 feet high. The 

 petals are bright yellow, and open in June, continuing for some 

 weeks. Native of the south of Europe. 



A. roseum {Rosy-purple O?iion). — This species is smaller in 

 every way than the last. The leaves are narrow, lance-shaped, 

 flat, and not confined to the root, but clothing and clasping the 

 scape. The scape is about i foot high, supporting a crowded 

 umbel of rosy-purple flowers, which appear in June. Native of 

 France and Italy. 



Anthericum. — This is a profuse - flowering elegant genus, 

 comprising a few hardy species, with bundled thick fibrous 

 roots. They delight in rich light loam, but succeed very well 

 in nearly all soils, and are easily increased by division in 

 autumn or spring. They are most useful for the mixed border 

 and for ornamenting the margins of shrubberies ; and all the 

 hardy species are white-flowered, and flower about the same 

 time, but are sufficiently diverse in style to be admitted in any 

 considerable collection. 



A. Liliago, syn. Phalangium Liliago (St Berfiard's Lily). — 

 The plant grows about i foot or 18 inches high, the leaves are 

 narrow, channeled, in considerable tufts. The flower-scape is 

 simple, or rarely in luxuriant plants branched, and produces 

 lengthened racemes of pure-white flowers. The flowers are 

 open and spreading, and the style is bent. Native of France, 

 Germany, and Italy. Flowers in May, June, and July. 



A. Liliastrum, syns. Paradisia Liliastrum and Czackia 

 Liliastrum (St Brimds Lily). — This species grows about the 

 same height as the last, but the leaves are flat or only chan- 

 neled below. The scape is simple. The flowers are larger 

 than in the last, and not spreading but bell-shaped. Native of 

 the Alps and Pyrenees. 



A. ramosum (Branching A.) — This is more nearly allied to 

 the first than the last species. The leaves are channeled, 

 I foot or more long, narrow and grass-like. The flower-scapes 

 are longer than the leaves, producing branched racemes of 

 white flowers, the divisions of which are narrow and spreading. 

 Height about 2 feet. It is seen in gardens and nurseries often 

 with the eiToneous name grmninifoliiiin attached to it — a name 

 which rightly belongs to another and tender species. Native 

 of France, GenTiany, and Italy. 



Asphodelus (Asphodel). — A very handsome and distinct 

 genus, with bundled, fleshy roots, and numerous white or 

 yellow flowers in open or crowded, branched or simple, racemes 



