GARDEN BOTAXY. btXXV 



1. Tulipa Gesneriana. Common Tulip. Leaves oblong, glaucous; 

 flower of various colors, its divisions broad and very obtuse ; in spring. 



T. SUaveolens, Sweet Tulip. Low, the short scape somewhat pu- 

 bescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate; flower sweet-scented, its divisions acutisb, 

 scarlet bordered with yellow ; often double. 



T. sylvestl'is, a rarer species in gardens, has lanceolate leaves, a tail 

 scape-like stein, the yellow flower nodding iu the bud, its divisions lance-ovate 

 and acute. 



2. Petilium imperiale, Crown Imperial : a stately ornament of the 

 gardens in spring, with a circle of showy reddish-orange or yellow flowers hang- 

 ing under the tuft of leaves which crowns the summit of the stem. 



3. Lilium, Lily. Man. p. 470. Our splendid wild species, no. 1 and 4, 

 are sometimes cultivated. 



L. caildiduih, Common White Lily. Tall, with scattered lanceolate 

 leaves, and several hardly nodding white flowers, of bell-shaped form. 



L. JaponicULU, Japan White L. Flower only one, horizontal, twice 

 the length of the common White Lily, and more funnel-shaped, often pur- 

 plish outside towards the base ; leaves on the stem somewhat petioled. 



L. longiflorum, Long-flowered White L. Like the last, but the 

 stem short, and the flower 5' or 6' long. 



L. speciosum, another showy species from Japan, becoming common ; 

 stem 2° or 3° high; leaves scattered, ovate or oblong, pointed; flowers few, 

 nodding, the divisions revolute, white or rose-colored, marked inside with 

 purple warty projections. 



Xj. tigl'i'num, Tiger Bulrlet-bearing L. Stem tall, woolly, bearing 

 bulblets in the axils of the scattered lanceolate leaves, and at the summit a 

 considerable number of large orange-red nodding flowers, the divisions re- 

 curved, strongly dark-spotted inside. 



L. blllbiferum, Common Bulblet-bearing L. Not so showy as the 

 last, but more common in country gardens ; stem not woolly ; flowers erect, 

 more bell-shaped, reddish-orange, with brownish -spots inside and rough pro- 

 jections towards the base. 



4. Allium, Onion, Garlic, Leek, &c. Man. p. 469. 



A. Moly, Golden Garlic. Leaves flat, lanceolate; scape a foot high, 

 bearing an umbel of large yellow flowers ; ornamental. 



A. sativum, Garden Garlic. Bulbs clustered ; leaves nearly flat, 

 lance-linear ; flowers pale purple, or bulblets in their place. 



A. Porrum, Garden Leek. Bulb single ; leaves linear-oblong, keeled 

 or folded ; flowers violet-purple, crowded. 



A. Schcenoprasum, Chives, with slender terete leaves and rose- 

 colored flowers : see Man. p. 470. 



A. Cepa, Onion. Both leaves and scape terete and hollow, the latter 

 usually inflated in the middle, bearing a large umbel of whitish flowers, or in 

 Top Onion a set of bulbs in their place. 



5. Muscari, Grape-Hyacinth. The flowers — which appear in early 

 spring, in a raceme or spike on a low scape —in the common species resemble 

 small blue berries. 



M. racemosum, which is the commonest, has flaccid leaves, and the 

 deep-blue flowers ovoid, densely racemed. 



M. botryoides has stiller leaves and almost globular blue flowers. 



