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lilac, blooming in autumn ; caucasica, blooming in May, 

 and having rosy flowers ; and persica, which flowers in 

 late autumn and has pale lilac blooms. 



MILLA 



The Millas are pretty bulbous plants, but the only one 

 worth growing as a hardy bulb is M. uniflora, often 

 called Triteleia uniflora, which has white flowers, shaded 

 with blue, in spring. The form violacea has porcelain- 

 blue flowers striped with a deeper blue. The Milla can 

 be grown in the border or rock-garden, but it likes the 

 edge of a gravel path, where it will soon establish itself. 

 Plant in early autumn with the crown about two inches 

 deep. 



NARCISSI 



It is impossible to treat properly of the Narcissus in the 

 space available in a work of this character, but as it is 

 proposed to publish a volume devoted entirely to this 

 charming flower, it will be sufficient to give a chapter 

 dealing generally with the flower and its ways. 



Generally speaking, the cultivation of the Narcissus 

 out of doors is without difficulty, if we can give it a 

 free, loamy soil, and a pure air. The exceptions are 

 few, except that there are some species which are 

 troublesome, and apparently resent being grown in 

 cultivated ground, and die off there. Some of these 

 will thrive on grass or on rockwork, while they die in 

 the border. The white trumpet Narcissi are among the 

 most troublesome in this respect, and some find it neces- 

 sary to plant them on grassy banks facing the north. 

 This is not desirable in the north, and it will be well 

 to try various positions before finally giving up the 

 cultivation of the fascinatingly beautiful white trumpet 

 Narcissi. The Hoop-petticoat Narcissi, as the forms of 



