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ZEPHYK ANTHES ZIETENIA. 



Zephyranthes Atamasco (Atamasco 

 Lily). Amaryllis Atamasco. A dwarf 

 and very handsome Lily-like plant, 6 

 to 12 in. high. Flowers, in spring or 

 early summer ; bright red outside and 

 when in bud, white after expansion, 

 34 in. across, one on each stem. Leaves, 

 strap-shaped, concave, fleshy, appear- 

 ing with or before the flowers. Bulb, 

 small, oval-oblong. There is a variety 

 with smaller flowers. Abundant in 

 the pastures of Virginia and Carolina. 

 In well -drained positions on rock- 

 work, or sunny borders, in sandy warm 

 loam. Division in winter or early 

 spring. 



Zephyranthes Candida (Peruvian 

 Swamp-lily). An evergreen bulbous I 

 plant, 4 to 8 in. high, Flowers, I 

 late in summer and in autumn; 

 white, resembling a large white Crocus, 

 and expanding fully only in the sun- 

 shine. Leaven, rush-like, linear, fleshy, 

 permanent, and freely produced. Bulb, 



small, round, and black. Lima and 

 Buenos Ayres. Warm spots on rock- 

 work, or at the foot of a south wall, 

 or warm borders, in rich sandy loam. 

 Seeds freely, but is best propagated by 

 division of the offsets, which are 

 abundantly produced. 



Zietenia lavandulaefolia (Lavender' 

 leaved Z.} An evergreen, spreading, 

 half-shrubby perennial, of a greyish 

 hue, with a stem 6 to 12 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; purple, in whorls 

 forming a spike about 6 in. long, with 

 a very slender, downy stalk ; each 

 whorl having two long-pointed bracts 

 underneath . Leaves, lance-shaped, 

 rather obtuse, long-stalked, fascicled ; 

 the stalks very downy and overlapping 

 each other. Bark of stem brown and 



rugged. Caucasus. Margins of 



borders, and the rougher parts of the 

 rock-garden, or naturalized in any 

 soil, wet or dry. Division. 



