TUBEROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



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Reddish hairy martagon, 

 with leaves growing in 

 whorls round the stalk 



Great yellow, with pyra- 

 midal flowers, spotted 



Purple, with dark spots, 

 and broad leaves in 

 whorls round the stalk, 

 or most common Turk's 

 cap 



White spotted Turk's cap 



Canada martagon, with yel- 

 lowish large flowers spot- 

 ted, and leaves in whorls 



Campscatense martagon, 

 with erect bell-shaped 

 flowers 



Philadelphia martagon, 

 with two erect bright 

 purple flowers 

 Squills, sea onion, or lily hya- 

 cinth, common lily hya- 

 cinth, with a lily root 

 and blue flower 



Peruvian, or broad-leaved 

 hyacinth of Peru, with 

 blue flowers 



With white flowers 



Early white starry hyacinth 



Blue 



Autumnal starry hyacinth 



Larger starry blue hyacinth 

 of Byzantium 



Purple star-flower of Peru 



Italian blue-spiked star- 

 flower 

 Asphodel lily, African blue, 



with a tuberous root 

 Tuberose, or Indian tuberous 

 hyacinth. It produces a 

 small stem three or four 

 feet high, adorned with 

 many white flowers of 

 great fragrance. 



The varieties are, 



Fine double tuberose 



Single tuberose 



Small- flowered 



Striped leaved 



Iris buibosa, or bulbous iris, 

 Persian, with three erect 

 blue petals called stand- 

 ards, and three reflexed 

 petals called falls, which 

 are variegated, called 

 Persian bulbous ii is, with 

 a variegaled flower 



Common narrow-leaved 

 bulbous iris, with a blue 

 flower 



White 



Yellow 



Blue, with white falls 



Blue, with yellow falls 



Greater broad-leaved bulb- 

 ous iris, with a deep blue 

 flower 



Bright purple 



Deep purple 



Variegated 



Great, with broad and al- 

 most plain or flat leaves, 

 with blue flowers 



Purple 



Of the above there are 

 many intermediate varie- 

 ties 



Hyaeinth, eastern, with large 

 flowers. Of these there 

 are many varieties, and 

 of which there are in- 

 numerable intermediate 

 shades or tints of color. 



Of double sorts there are- 

 Blues 



Purple blues 



Agatha blues 



Whites 



