LEUCOJUM 



THE BULB BOOK 



LEWISIA 



FIG. 224. Leucojum pulchellum. 



S. Europe and W. Africa, with 

 thread -like leaves, and white flowers 

 in April (Sot. Reg. t. 544). The 

 variety grandiflorum has somewhat 

 larger flowers '(Red. Lil. t. 217). 



L. vernum. The best of the genus, 

 native of Central and Southern 

 Europe, and now naturalised in parts 

 of Dorset. It has round green- 

 skinned bulbs about 1 in. through, 

 and strap-shaped leaves 6 to 9 ins. 

 long and about | in. broad. The 

 sweet-scented flowers, pure white 

 tipped with green, appear in March 

 and April. (Sot. Mag. t. 46.) The 

 variety biflorum or Vagneri, has 

 more than one flower on a scape, and 

 often produces its blossoms as early 

 as January and February. (Gard. 

 Chron. 1908, xliii. 131.) In the 

 variety carpaticum the white seg- 

 ments are tipped with yellow instead 

 of green. (Bot. Mag. t. 1993.) 



LEWISIA (after Capt. Lewis, the 

 traveller). Nat. Ord. Portulaceae. 

 L. rediviva (Spatium).K pretty 



. Lewisia rediviva. 



North American plant 1 to 3 ins. 



FIQ. 225. Leucojum vernum carpaticum. (j.) high, with edible, tapering, fleshy, 



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