Encyclopaedia of Gardening 47 



Marie Therese, white, lemon 



throat 

 Pearl, white 

 Pius X., pink, white, and lemon 



Safrano, yellow 



Sanspareil, salmon-pink, white 



throat 

 Van Dael, pink 



These are all of the finest quality. It is well to take the corms up\. 

 with their labels, in early winter, and store them in a dry, frost- 

 proof place till spring. Gladiolus lovers should look out for the- 

 hybrids of primulinus and Gandavensis, a modern race, the inner 

 segment of whose flowers droops over so as to make them look like? 

 the Orchid Anguloa. The colours are shades of yellow. 



Guernsey Lily. See Amaryllis and Nerine. 



Helleborus. See Christmas and Lenten Roses. 



Hemerocallis (Day Lily). This short-lived flower makes up for itSr 

 fugacity by blooming abundantly, and the plant is a graceful one, 

 well adapted for sunny positions in the herbaceous border. If 

 planted a foot apart in clumps in autumn it makes an effective- 

 display in early summer, and goes on flowering a long time. Auran- 

 tiaca major is a fine orange-coloured variety. Flava is a lemon- 

 coloured species. Fulva is a large orange-coloured species of which, 

 there is a variegated -leaved variety; both grow 2^- to 3 ft. high and: 

 need more room than the others. Kwanso is a double with bronzy- 

 flowers ; there is a variegated-leaved variety of this also. The Day- 

 Lilies may be increased by division in spring. 



Hyacinth. Perhaps the most popular of all pot bulbs. The* 

 culture has already been dealt with, and it only remains to give a. 

 selection of varieties 



Varieties for Forcing. 

 White Roman (pot in August 



and successionally) 

 Italian, various colours 

 Dutch Miniature, various colours 



Single Pink. 

 Cardinal Wiseman 

 Gertrude 

 Gigantea 

 Jacques 

 L'Ornement Rose 



Single Red. 

 Amy 



Robert Steiger 

 Roi des Beiges 



Single White. 

 Baroness van Tuyll 



La Grandesse 

 L' Innocence 



Single Blush. 

 Grandeur a Merveille 

 La Franchise 



Single Blue. 

 Grand Maitre, medium 

 King of the Blues, dark 

 Queen of the Blues, light 

 Schotel, light 



Single Yellow. 

 City of Haarlem 

 King of the Yellows 



Doubles. 



La Tour d'Auvergne, white 

 Laurens Koster, blue 



It is not necessary to buy first-size named Hyacinths for bedding;, 

 as dealers supply special-size bulbs in distinct colours. 



Grape Hyacinths (Muscari) are beautiful little plants for cool,, 

 shady parts of the rock garden. Botryoides, blue; b. alba, white; 

 and conicum, Heavenly Blue, are all charming. The bulbs may be* 

 planted an inch deep and 3 ins. apart in autumn. 



