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Europe, and V. viride, Green Hellebore of the Eastern United States, 

 are poisonous emetics. The rhizome is officinal. 

 Ornamental plants : 



Asphodelua luteus is the Asphodel of Southern Europe. 

 Agapanthus umbellatus, the Love Flower of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 is a beautiful green-house plant, bearing pale blue flowers. 



Colchicum autumnale, the " Meadow Saffron " or " Autumn Crocus " 

 of Europe, is curious for its producing leaves in the spring, and then, 

 long after these have died down, in the autumn sending up one or two 

 long-tubed pale flowers, which soon wither away ; the following spring, 

 by the lengthening of the underground stem, the serd-pod is carried 

 up, along with the green leaves (Fig. 349). The corms of this plant 

 were formerly in some repute as medicines. 



Convallaria majalis, the Lily of the Valley, is a native of woodlands 

 and shady places in England, Europe, and Siberia. 



Dracczna Draco, the Dragon Tree of Western Africa and the adja- 

 cent islands, is cultivated as a curiosity in green-houses. A tree of 

 this species on the island of TeneriSe was, at the time of its destruc- 

 tion by a hurricane in 1867, upwards of 20 metres (70 ft.) high, and 5 

 metres (16 ft.) in diameter, and from its known plow growth it must 

 have been many hundreds, possibly some thousands, of years old. 



FritiUarin imperialis, the Crown Imperial, a native of the south of 

 Europe and Western Asia, is a showy plant. 



Funkia, sp. , and Hemerocallis, sp., the Day Lilies, the former from 

 China and Japan, the latter from Southern Europe, and HyacintJius 

 orientalis, the Hyacinth of Asia Minor, are in common cultivation. 



Lilium many specie.*. The True Lilies. Aside from our native 

 species, L. PhUadelphicum, L. Canadense, and L. superbum, which 

 deserve cultivation, the following are rommonly found in gardens : 

 L. bulbiferum, the Orange Lily, from Southern Europe ; flowers 



orange. 



L. tigrinum, the Tiger Lily, from China ; flowers orange-red. 

 L. Pomponium, the Turban Lily, from Europe ; flowers red. 

 L. Chalcedonicum, the Red Lily, from Asia Minor ; flowers red. 

 L. Martagon, the Turk's Cap Lily, from Europe ; flowers flesh- 

 colored. 



L. speciosum, the Showy Lily, from Japan ; flowers rose-colored. 

 L. auratum, the Golden Lily, from Japan ; flowers white and 



golden. 



L. candidum. the White Lily, from Asia Minor ; flowers white. 

 L. Japonicum, the Japan Lily, from Japan ; flowers white. 

 L. longifiorum, the Long flowered Lily, from Japan ; flowers 



white. 



Myrsiphyllumasparagoides, a delicate climber from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, is grown in windows and conservatories under the name of 

 Smilax. 



