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beautifully they decorated the Bois de Boulogne, and all the public 

 places in Paris, till the French were led to neglect their peaceful 

 gardens by the excitement of war ! They are propagated by seed, 

 and the tubers must be housed in winter, though they will withstand 

 the effects of the climate in mild seasons. 



The last of the bulbous flowers which I shall 

 commend is the Tuberose (Polyantkes tuberosa t fig, 425). 

 It is not much in favour in England, but is highly 

 esteemed in Paris. When I was a boy, and resided in 

 the Bank of England, my garden consisted of a few 

 pots on the lead flats of the roof; nevertheless my 

 FIG. 425 -Tuberose, tuberoses attained to perfection, evidently liking the 

 thorough baking they got in that situation. 



" The sweet tuberose, 

 The sweetest flower for scent that blows." SHELLEY. 



There is a bulbous plant which I strongly advise people not to 

 grow ; it is Aconitum Napellus, or Monkshood (fig. 215). 



In September a very striking plant flowers, called Tritoma Uvaria 

 (fig. 426), which rapidly throws up its flower of scarlet and yellow. It 

 is a large plant, and should 

 have an open place in which 

 to display itself. It grows 

 naturally on the mountains at 

 the Cape of Good Hope, where 

 it is brilliant enough to be seen 

 from a considerable distance. 



Late in the summer, when 

 flowers are scarce, the Tri'onia 

 aurea (fig. 427) flowers in the 

 orchard-house and greenhouse. 

 It produces handsome brandi- 

 ng spikes of orange-yellow flowers, and is easily grown. 



For the successful preservation of bulbous plants it is imperatively 

 necessary that the labourer employed in winter to dig the ground should 



FIG. 4?6. Tritoma 

 Uvaria. 



FIG. 427. Tritoma aurea. 



