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They bloom out of doors the last of March or the first of 

 April. 



Habitat. Russia and Asia Minor. 



692. Culture. Chionodoxas are well suited for plant- 

 ing in rock gardens, or they may be used as borders for 

 other bulb beds. The soil should be well drained. The 

 bulbs should be planted about two inches deep and rather 

 thickly, placing them about two inches apart. The bulbs 

 should be lifted and replanted every third year. They 

 force readily and need a cool, light location in the green- 

 houses. For the best effects, they should be thickly 

 planted in small pans. 



693. Scillas (squills, bluebells), botanical classification. 

 Order, Liliacese; genus, Scilla (an old Greek name 



alluding to poisonous character of bulbs) ; species, 

 ftibirica, campanulata. 



694. Scillas, botanical characters. The characters of 

 scillas are similar to those of chionodoxas, but the flower- 

 stalks are less upright, the individual flowers larger and 

 lighter blue. They are not quite as hardy and should 

 therefore be planted only in protected places. 



Habitat. Asia Minor and Russia. 



The culture is the same as for chionodoxas. 



695. Grape hyacinths, botanical classification. Order, 

 Liliaceae ; genus, Muscari (Latin name referring to the 

 musky odor of one member of the genus) ; species, botryoides. 



696. Grape hyacinths, botanical characters. Grape 

 hyacinths are very attractive, hardy, spring-blooming bulbs 

 with a flowering habit somewhat like the hyacinths, but 

 the whole character of the plant is more delicate. The 

 individual flowers are small, constricted at the mouth, and 

 have six teeth on the margin of the corolla. 



Habitat. Southern Europe. 

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