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Scilla bifolia. This little bulb from the Mediterranean 

 regions usually comes into flower here about the first week in 

 March and its pretty blue starry flowers last about a fortnight. 

 It is hardier than its Siberian relation and flowers before it, 

 but is not so widely known. There are white and pink varieties 

 also, but the latter is not constant here, part of the stock has 

 reverted to the blue form ; for culture see Chionodoxa page 58 



Triteleia uniflora, white, and its lilac coloured variety 

 which is generally known as T. u. violacea, are both useful 

 for planting in small beds or as clumps in the herbaceous 

 borders; their flowers are always admired, but the plant should 

 not be touched as it smells strongly of onions when bruised ; 

 these need planting early in August, as growth commences 

 soon after that time ; if the white variety is used as a ground- 

 work for small clumps of Muscari Heavenly Blue it has a very 

 pretty effect, as both flower together. The Muscari should 

 be planted in groups of ten and the Triteleia must be worked 

 in between them irregularly five or six abreast. 



Tulipa Kaufmanniana. This species being such an 

 early flowering kind, it requires to be planted before the other 

 varieties and species mentioned on page 9 ; it is therefore best 

 to grow it in a place by itself, either in shrubbery borders, or 

 among herbaceous plants where it can be left undisturbed for 

 a few years ; it flowers at Belvoir about the end of March. 



