CHAPTER X 



HARDY BULBS 



Ornithogalums Oxalises Paeonias Ranunculuses Romuleas 

 Sanguinarias Sternbergias Schizostylis Tecophilzas Trilliums 



ORNITHOGALUMS 



THE Ornithogalums, or Stars of Bethlehem, are not 

 general favourites in gardens, because of their seeding 

 propensities, which make them difficult to keep within 

 bounds. Several are very pleasing and deserve some 

 attention, because of their white and green flowers. 

 Umbellatum, the common species, is only suitable for 

 the wild-garden, but the little tenuifolium is pretty, as 

 also are fimbriatum and montanum. Nutans is pretty 

 also, but increases too rapidly. Pyramidale is a fine 

 plant about two feet high. They like a sandy soil and 

 to be planted about two inches deep. None of the 

 yellow Ornithogalums are hardy. 



OXALISES 



The Oxalises, or Wood Sorrels, are bright little 

 plants, although their value is reduced by their flowers 

 only opening in sun. There is a pretty lilac variety of 

 O. Acetosella, our common Wood Sorrel, and Bowiei and 

 floribunda, with rose flowers, are quite hardy in light 

 soil. Lobata, a beautiful little yellow species, flowering 

 in October, is also hardy, as well as the exquisite white 

 enneaphylla. Tetraphylla, lasiandra, 1. alba, and violacea 

 may also be tried with every prospect of success. Give 

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