HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



This is one form of the Monk's-hood 

 long grown in English gardens, and is 

 called " old-fashioned." A. japonicum, 

 according to some, is identical with it, 

 but whether that is so or not, there is 

 but a slight difference, and both, of 

 course, are good. 



I find it likes a rich deep soil. It is 

 propagated by division of the roots after 

 the tops have turned yellow in autumn 

 or winter. 



It flowers from August until cut down 

 by frosts. 



Allium Moly. 



LARGE YELLOW GARLIC; Nat. 

 LILIACE^E. 



Ord. 



A HARDY bulbous perennial, of neat 

 habit, with bright golden flowers, pro- 

 duced in large heads ; they endure a 

 long time and are very effective; it is 

 by far the best yellow species. Where 

 bold clumps of yellow are desirable, 

 especially if somewhat in the back- 

 ground, there can be few subjects more 

 suitable for the purpose than this plant ; 

 both leaves and flowers, however, have 

 a disagreeable odour, if in the least 

 bruised. It is a very old plant in English 

 gardens, and is a native of the South of 

 Europe. Its chief merits are fine colour, 

 large head, neat habit, and easy culture. 

 The flowers ars lin. across, borne in close 

 heads, having stalks over an inch long 

 springing from stout scapes ; the six long 



oval petals are of a shining yellow colour ; the seed organs also 

 are all yellow and half the length of petals ; the scape is about a 

 foot high, naked, round, and very stout ; the leaves are nearly 

 as broad as tulip leaves, and otherwise much resemble them. 

 Flowering period, June to August. 



FIG. 2. 



ACONITTTM ATJTTTMNALE. 



(About one-tenth natural 



size.) 



Allium Neapolitan um. 

 NEAPOLITAN ALLIUM; Nat. Ord. 

 THIS has pure white flowers arranged in neat and effective 

 umbels, and though not so useful in colour as the flowers of 

 A. Moly, they are much superior to those of many of the genus. 

 Flowering period, June to August. 



