CKIXUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



CRINUM 



Colensoi ; C. Mackeni ; C. natalense). 

 A fine species, native of Natal and 

 Kaffraria, with very large ovoid and 

 long-necked bulbs, remarkable for 

 producing stolons or runners. The 

 thin, bright green, strap-shaped 

 leaves are 2 to 3 ft. long and 

 3 to 4 ins. broad, with entire 

 margins. The large bell-shaped 

 flowers, 6 ins. or more across, 

 are soft pink in colour, from six 

 to ten being borne on a green, 

 stoutish peduncle 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 6113 ; Gard. Chron. 

 1887, ii. fig. 101.) 



There is a good deal of varia- 

 tion in this species, and there 

 is one form called album (or 

 Schmidti), with pure white 

 flowers (Gartenfl. t. 1072); and 

 another called variegatum, having 

 the leaves striped with yellow. 

 (7. Worsleyi is a hybrid between 

 C. scabritm and C. Hoard. 



CTJLTUKE, ETC. This is prac- 

 tically the same as recommended 

 for C. longtfolium, the only dif- 

 ference being that C. Moorei is 

 somewhat more tender in its 

 nature. The bulbs should there- 

 fore be planted in rich, well-drained 

 loamy soil in warm, sunny and 

 sheltered borders, and only in the 

 most favoured part of the British 

 Islands. Plenty of water is necessary 

 in hot summers, and protection must 

 be given in winter if necessary. 



C. natans. An aquatic species from 

 Guinea, having submerged strap- 

 shaped leaves 4 to 5 ft.- long and 1^ to 2 

 ins. broad, and strongly waved. The 

 stalkless flowers are borne on top of 

 a scape about 1 ft. high, and are white, 

 with a pale green cylindric tube 6 ins. 

 long. (Bot. Mag. t. 7862.) 



C. nobile. A fine species, having 

 stout short-necked bulbs, wavy olive- 

 green leaves, and flowers measuring 

 about 7 ins. across. They are creamy 



white suffused with purple-rose on 

 the outer halves of the petals, the 

 same colour being more conspicuous 

 on the outer surface of the seg- 

 ments. 



Fio. 102. Crinum nobile. (J.) 



C. pedunculatum (C. tai tense ; C. 

 canaliculatum ; C. australe ; C. ex- 

 altatum).A. fine Australian species, 

 having long-necked bulbs 4 ins. in 

 diameter, and thin, bright green, 

 strap-shaped leaves 3 to 4 ft. long 

 and 4 to 5 ins. broad. From twenty 

 to thirty greenish-white flowers are 

 borne on a two-edged peduncle 2 to 

 3 ft. high, the segments being linear 

 and spreading, and the filaments 

 bright red. This is a somewhat 

 variable and apparently widely 

 distributed species, which would 

 account for its several synonyms. 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 52; Red. Lit. t. 408.) 

 Fig. 103. 



C. podophyllum. A native of Old 

 Calabar, closely related to C. gigan- 



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