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over half its length; leaves broadly lanceolate, flat with 

 numerous linear, blackish spots. This is a fine plant for a 

 sunny position in a rockery. 



Dog's-tooth Violet, Erythronium dens-canis Woodland 

 plants with simple scapes from four to six inches high 

 bearing solitary nodding flowers, white or rosy-red ; leaves 

 oblong, pale green, blotched with brown-purple. E. Ameri- 

 canum has pale yellow flowers. E. grandiflorum is a large- 

 flowered species having one or more flowers to a scape, and 

 E. albidum is a very pretty plant with white flowers. All 

 are fine subjects for naturalizing in scattered masses in woods, 

 copses, and shrubberies. 



Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum. Flowers 

 white, greenish on the outside, large star-like, disposed in 

 many-flowered umbels; leaves weak, grass-like. A summer- 

 flowering plant ; may be naturalized in sandy lawns or 

 planted in a rockery. Yellow star of Bethlehem (Gagea 

 luted) is a dwarf bulbous plant with bright yellow blossoms 

 flowering in early spring; it is fine for naturalizing in 

 shrubberies. 



Golden Garlic, Allium Moly. A showy, summer-flow- 

 ering plant with broad, lanceolate, tufted leaves, and 

 masses of bright yellow flowers disposed in crowded umbels. 

 Height about a foot. Naturalized on the borders of 

 shrubberies or on grassy banks. 



Asphodel, AspJiodelus albus. A beautiful riverside or 

 shore plant of Southern Europe, growing a foot high with 

 linear, keeled leaves in large crowded tufts, and naked stems 

 bearing a spike-like raceme of white flowers. A. Villarsii 

 is a dwarfer, equally desirable kind. Both are fine for 



