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ALLIUM ALSTR^EMERIA. 



pale lilac on the outer side of each 

 petal, in umbels of from 6 to 20 flowers, 

 Leaves, linear-lance-shaped. Bulb 

 ovate, whitish tinged with buff. 

 N. America, Africa, and E. Indies. 



Naturalization in semi -wild 



places, and also on borders, for which 

 however it is scarcely attractive 

 enough, though not disagreeably 

 scented like other Alliums. Division. 



Allium Holy (Golden A.} A showy 

 old border plant, 10 to 15 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer; bright 

 yellow, numerous, in compact umbels ; 

 stem sub,-cylindrical. Leaves, few, 

 lance-shaped. Hungary and the Py- 

 renees. Borders, or bare banks, or 



naturalization among hardy bulbs, in 

 any soil. Division. 



Allium neapolitanum (Daffodil A.) 

 A stout and very handsome kind, 

 with bloom resembling that of a pure 

 white Narcissus; 15 to 20 in. high. 

 flowers, in early summer ; white, with 

 green stamens, numerous, in a loose 

 umbel, on stems longer than the 

 leaves; pedicels much longer than 

 the flowers. Leaves, 2 or 3, sheathing 

 the flower-stem, strap-shaped, some- 

 times more than an inch across, but 



usually smaller. S. Europe. Under 



south walls, on borders, and natura- 

 lization, in warm soils. Division in 

 autumn or winter. 



Allium nigrum (Black A.) A. 

 magicum. Remarkable for the vigour 

 of its habit and luxuriance of its in- 

 florescence ; 24 to 3 J ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; very numerous, dull violet, 

 rose, or whitish, with a green vein, 

 in a large umbel. Leaves, thick, 

 broadly lance-shaped, acute, ciliated, 

 toothed at the edges, at first erect and 

 glaucescent, afterwards green and 

 spreading, much shorter than the 

 stem; bulb large, egg-shaped, with 



tawny coats. South of France. 



Borders and semi-wild places in ordi- 

 nary sandy garden soil; most fitted 



for the botanical or curious collection. 

 Separation of the bulbs and by seed. 



Allium paradoxum (Quaint A.) An 

 odd-looking but rather pretty plant, 

 9 to 14 in. high. Flowers, in spring ; 

 paper white, gracefully pendulous, 

 borne on long footstalks springing 

 from little nests of yellow bulbils. 

 Leaves, 1, sometimes 2, as long as the 

 scape, linear-lanceolate, acute, keeled, 

 striated, smooth, | in. broad, droop- 

 ing and recurved; bulb roundish, 



whitish. Caucasus and Siberia. 



Borders and banks, in ordinary soil. 

 It increases very rapidly from the 

 bulbils. 



Allium roseum (Rose-coloured A.) 

 Another interesting kind, bearing bul- 

 bils at the base of the umbels, 12 to 

 16 in. high. Flowers, in summer; 

 pale lilac-rose, large, in umbels of 10 

 or 12 ; stamens white and very short, 

 petals notched ; stems round, rather 

 longer than the leaves. Leaves, 

 strap-shaped, channelled, rolled in- 

 wards at the top, not hairy. S. 



Europe. Warm borders, or sunny 



nooks on the flanks of rockwork, in 

 deep sandy loam. Division. 



Allium triquetrum (Keeled A.) A 

 pleasing kind, with the leaves keeled 

 in such a marked manner that they 

 seem triangular, 9 to 12 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; white, some- 

 what bell-shaped, with a narrow streak 

 of pure green down each petal, in a 

 loose slightly drooping umbel, on 

 erect triangular stems shorter than 

 the leaves. Leaves, green, broadly 

 strap-shaped, somewhat like those of 

 the Bur-reed, folded and keeled, some- 

 times very long. Mediterranean region 

 from Spain to Greece, and in the 



Channel Islands. Borders, and 



naturalization on warm banks, in 

 ordinary soil. Division. 



Alstraemeria aurantiaca (Orange A.} 

 A. aurea. A vigorous species, 2 

 to 4 ft. high. Flowers, in summer 



