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its white flowers on the sea-shore between Bordighera 

 and Ventimiglia. 



Three Liiies grace the hill-sides at some little 

 distance from the coast : these are L. bulbiferum (the 

 Orange lily), L. pomponium, and L. Martagon. The 

 first is the most striking, and in certain places by far 

 the most abundant. The peasants bring in great 

 double handfuls of them. I have observed that in this 

 species a large proportion of the flowers are staminate 

 with rudimentary carpels : this fact is not recorded 

 in Mtiller's work on the fertilization of flowers. 



Of the wild Tulips I have seen three : T. prcecox, 

 which abounds all round Nice, and particularly at 

 Cimiez ; T. Clusiana less common here ; and T. 

 aust rails which we have gathered above Vence, and 

 again farther inland at an elevation of 7,000 feet. 



The Rose Garlic (A Ilium roseum) is one of the 

 prettiest and commonest among the twenty native 

 species. Bulbils are formed in the umbel :. these fall 

 and take root. The genus Ornithogalum boasts 0. 

 Ambicum : perianth white, carpels a glossy black- 

 green, buds a rich cream colour. When I found this 

 magnificent plant on the Pessicard hill, near Nice, I 

 supposed it to be a garden escape ; for even in this 

 land of flowers one is surprised to find a wild flower of 

 such striking beauty. The Star of Bethlehem is also 

 cultivated. In mid-May we have bought a large bunch 

 for a couple of sous. It would be in great demand 

 if it flowered before the strangers leave the Riviera. 



The lily-like Phalangium (Anthericum liliago L.) 

 is as beautiful as it is common, though its pure white 

 blossoms can hardly be compared with those of the 

 Star of Bethlehem just mentioned. 



