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HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



or Scilla non-scripta better known as the wood hyacinth. 

 Handsome as this simple flower is, it might have been omitted 

 from these notes as a plant too well known, but for the fact that 

 there are several varieties of the species which are less known, 

 very beautiful, and deliciously fragrant, entitling them to a 

 place amongst other choice flowers, both in books and gardens. 



Of the typical form little need be said by way of description. 

 The flowers are bell-shaped, pendent, blue, and produced in 



FIG. 94. SCILLA CAMPANTTLATA ALBA. 

 (One-fourth natural size ; single flower, one-half natural size.) 



racemes of many flowers. The leaves are lance-shaped, prostrate, 

 and of a dark'shining green colour. 



8. c. alba differs from the type in having its white flowers 

 arranged more evenly round the scape, being shorter in the 

 divisions of petals and wider at the corolla; the habit of the 

 plant, too, as may be seen by the illustration (Fig. 94), is more 

 rigid and neat. In a cut state the flowers are not only very 

 lasting, but if gathered clean, they are suitable for the most 

 delicate wreath or bouquet. 



8. c. carnea has pink flowers. 



All the forms of 8. campanulata are cheerful and effective 



