GARDEN FLOWERS. 11$ 



Coix. [Grammes.] Perennial grasses, doing well in 

 the open border in summer. 



C. arundinacea (reedy) ; 2 feet ; apetalous, July ; Mexico ; 

 1818. C. lachryma (tears); 2 feet; apetalous, July; East In- 

 dies ; 1 596. 



COLCHICUM. [Melanthaceae.] Hardy bulbs, with crocus- 

 like flowers in October, commonly called Autumn Crocuses. 

 The leaf appears and the plant ripens its seed the following 

 spring. Increased by offsets or seeds, which should be 

 sown as soon as they are ripe. Replanting, which is not 

 often necessary, should be done in July, when the bulbs are 

 at rest. They succeed in any garden soil. 



C. Alpinum (Alpine) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in July ; Apen- 

 nine ; 1820. C. arenarium (sand) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in 

 September; Hungary; 1816. C. autumnale (autumnal; com- 

 mon meadow saffron) ; i foot ; flowers purple, in September ; 

 Britain. C. autumnale album (white-flowered) ; 3 inches ; flow- 

 ers white, in September ; Britain. C. autumnale atro-purpu- 

 reum (dark-purple) ; 3 inches ; flowers dark-purple, in Septem- 

 ber ; Britain. C. autumnale foliis-variegatis (variegated-leaved); 

 3 inches ; flowers purple, in September ; Britain. C. autumnale 

 flore-pleno (double-flowered) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in Sep- 

 tember ; Britain. C. autumnale ptirpureo-striatum (purple- 

 striped) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple-striped, in September ; Brit- 

 ain. C. atitumnale striatum-pleno (double-striped) ; 3 inches ; 

 flowers lilac-striped, in September ; Britain. C. Byzantinum 

 (Byzantine) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in September ; Levant ; 

 1629. C. Chionense (Chio) ; 3 inches ; flowers, purple, in No- 

 vember ; Chio. C. crociflorum (crocus-flowered) ; 18. inches ; 

 flowers purple, in August ; south of Europe. C. montanum 

 (mountain) ; 3 inches ; flowers purple, in August ; south of Eu- 

 rope ; 1819. C. tessellatum (checkered) ; 3 inches ; flowers pur- 

 ple, in August ; south of Europe ; 1600. C. umbras-urn (shaded); 

 3 inches ; flowers pink, in September; Guinea;. 1819. C. vane- 



