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are : brevicaulis, yellow and green, about one foot high ; 

 damascena, two feet high, yellow; liburnica,two feet high, 

 yellow ; and lutea (syn. Asphodelus luteus), about four 

 feet high, yellow ; its double form is desirable. Taurica 

 (syn. Asphodelus tauricus) has white flowers on stems 

 about two feet high ; and tenuior, now cretica (syn. 

 Asphodelus tenuior), has yellow blooms on a stem about 

 a foot high. The most imposing of all is imperialis, 

 eight feet, with reddish white flowers. 



ASPHODELUSES 



Asphodels are useful and ornamental in borders and 

 in wild gardens. When well-grown, plants of A. 

 ramosus, the King's Spear, are truly handsome. They 

 like a rich, sandy loam with some manure added, and 

 should always have plenty of water when growing. 

 The principal species are the following : acaulis, pink, 

 flowering in May, an Algerian species and a little tender ; 

 fistulosus, white, in summer, and one a half foot high ; 

 and ramosus, five feet high, in summer, with white 

 blooms striped with brown. Albus is a form of the 

 last. 



BELAMCANDA PUNCTATA 



This distinct, Iris-like plant is usually known as Par- 

 danthus sinensis, and is too seldom met with in gardens. 

 It is a little tender, but may be cultivated in a sheltered 

 position in light soil. It grows about two feet high, 

 and has orange flowers spotted with brown, and Iris- 

 like leaves. I prefer to plant it in spring. 



BLOOMERIAS 



Bloomerias are pretty, hardy, golden-yellow flowered 

 plants, which are but little grown, but deserve a place 



