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LADIES FLOWER GARDENER. 



ars variegated, called Persian 

 bulbous iris, with a variegated 

 flower 



Common narrow-leaved bulbous 

 iris, with a blue flower 



White 



Yellow 



Blue, with white falls 



Blue, with yellow falls 



Greater broad-leaved bulbous iris, 

 with a deep blue flower 



Bright purple 



Deep purple 



Variegated 



Great, with broad and almost plain 

 or fiat leaves, with blue flowers 



Purple 



Of the above there are many in- 

 termediate varieties 

 Hyacinth, eastern, with large flowers. 

 Of these there are many varie- 

 ties, and of which there are in- 

 numerable intermediate shades 

 or tints of color 

 Of double sorts there are, 

 Blues 



Purple blues 

 Agatha blues 

 Whites 



Whites, with yellow eyes 

 Whites, with red eyes 

 Whites, with violet or purple 



eyes 



Whites, with rose-colored eyes 

 Whites, with scarlet eyes 

 Reds 

 Incarnate, flesh or rose-colored 



Of single sorts there are. 



Blues, of various shades, as 



above 

 Whites 

 Reds 



Rose -colored 

 With many intermediate shades 



or varieties 

 (Muscaria) , or musk hyacinth 



Ash-colored 



White 



Obsolete purple 



Greater yellow African 



Grape hyacinth 



Purple 



Blue 



White 



Red 

 Monstrous flowering, or blue-fea 



thered hyacinth 



Comosed, or tufted purple hyacinth 

 Amethystine blue hyacinth 

 Nodding, spiked, red hyacinth 

 Non-script small English hyacinth, 



or harebells, of the following 



varieties : 

 Common blue flowers arranged on 



one side of the stalk 

 White 

 Bell-shaped blue hyacinth, with 



flowers on every side of the 



stalk 

 Bell-shaped peach-colored, with 



flowers on one side of the stalk 

 These are very hardy, propagating 



by offsets 

 Hyacinth, with a pale purple 



flower 



Colchicums in variety 

 Leontice, lion's leaf, largest yellow 



with single foot-stalks to the 



leaves 

 Smaller pale yellow, with branched 



foot-stalks to the leaves 

 Cyclamen, sow-bread, European, or 



common autumn-flowering, with 



a purple flower, and angular 



heart-shaped leaves 

 The same, with a black flower 

 The same, with white flowers 

 Red spring-flowering, with heart- 

 shaped leaves, marbled with 



white 



Entire white, sweet-smelling 

 Purple winter-flowering, with 



plain or circular shining green 



leaves 



Purple round-leaved autumn-flow- 

 ering 

 Small, or anemone-rooted, with 



flesh-colored flowers appearing 



in autumn : these plants hav 



large, round, sc!id roots ; tk 



flowers and leaves rise 



ately from the root 



