*Orna 



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Tnatus (early) 

 *Pheasant's Eye 

 *Plenus (double) 



Various Sections. -- 



*Barri conspicurs, Barri section 



*Double incomparabilis (Butter 



and Eggs) 

 *Orange Phoenix (Eggs and 



*Poeticus plenus 

 *Sulphur Phoenix 



Firebrand, Burb clgei section I *Telamonius plenus 



John Bain, Lee Isii section 



Seagull Polyanthus Narcissi. 



Duchess of Westminster, Leedsii 



section 

 Elvira, Poetaz section 



For Rockeries. 



Bathurst 

 *Double Roman 

 *Grand Monarque 

 *Paper White 



White Pearl 



*Tohnstoni. Queen of Spain 

 Minimus Jonqmls. 



Minimus 

 Triandrus 



Double Daffodils. 



Cernuus plenus 



*Campernelle 

 *Double 

 Odorus rugulosus 

 *Single Sweet 



A few choice varieties are here intermingled with the popular, 

 inexpensive sorts. The latter are marked *. 



Dicentra (Dielytra). The popular species spectabilis is the well- 

 known Bleeding Heart, which has drooping, lyre-shaped, coral-pink 

 flowers on long pendulous stems. It succeeds in sheltered places 

 out of doors if roots are planted in autumn. It is much used for 

 greenhouse work, and answers well if potted in bulb soil in Autumn, 

 kept cool through the winter, and given a warm greenhouse, light, 

 air, and abundance of water in spring. Eximia and f ormosa are two 

 good species of Dicentra which may be grown in herbaceous borders. 



Erythronium (Dog's Tooth Violet). Charming bulbs, with quaint 

 flowers, well adapted for cool, shaxly spots in the rock garden, where 

 they will flower in spring. The common Dog's Tooth Violet varies 

 in colour; there are rose and white forms of it. Americanum, 

 yellow spotted with brown; and giganteum, cream with orange 

 patches, are good species. They may all be planted about 6 ins. 

 deep and 9 ins. apart in autumn. 



Freesia. One of the most fragrant of bulbs and a real gem for 

 blooming in winter and spring. By putting several bulbs an inch 

 apart in 5 -in. pots in bulb soil in autumn, placing them in a frame 

 (not plunged in fibre), and bringing them into heat in batches, it is 

 easy to get a long succession of bloom. The plants are nearly hardy, 

 and may be used for an unheated greenhouse. They like a light, 

 airy position, and plenty of water once the buds have formed. After 

 flowering they should be dried off by degrees, and finally spread on 

 a shelf in the sun to ripen. Refracta alba, white with yellow mark- 

 ings, is the original kind. Leichtlini major has primrose flowers, 

 and is a very strong grower. Hybrids are being developed, and 

 should be looked out for by bulb lovers; Chapmanii, yellow, is one. 



Fritillaria (Snake's Head Lily). The chequered lilac flowers of 

 Fritillaria Meleagris have a subdued and composed appearance. 

 There is nothing brilliant and assertive about them, but they are 



