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plant never scowled out of a border. Of small bulbs 

 that I do not honestly think are worth growing I 

 might name a dozen or so ; but it is unsportsmanlike 

 to publish a black list of this kind ; moreover, in each 

 case somebody would be sure to find themselves of 

 a different opinion. A tiny mite that is worth a 

 corner is Beilia triticea, or triticea juncea. It is quite 

 hardy in the usual peat and sand and throws up a 

 spike a foot high, like a very miniature gladiolus, of 

 pale mauve flowers. 



Ixiolirions are beautiful things and hardy. Their 

 blue is rather distinctive and their habit handsome. 

 They like to be dry in winter, and if you plant them 

 with your calochortus bulbs, the same frame will cover 

 both when they are resting. Ixiolirion tartaricum 

 brachyantherum (pardon the name) is a late flowerer 

 of a lovely blue. Leucojurn is, of course, hardy, but I 

 don't find the choicer sorts much disposed to flower. 

 L. Autumnale is fitful, but a very beautiful little atom 

 when it appears, and L. roseum, from Corsica, another 

 autumn bloomer, must be even fairer ; but so far this 

 has not honoured me with flowers. Merendera is, I 

 fancy, hardy, and the rose-coloured M. sobolifera used 

 to be one of the first blossoms of February with me 

 when I had it. Their blooms are like little colchi- 

 cums. M. Bulbocodium, from the Sierra Nevada, is 

 said to be the best. Moraea, with the exception of 

 that notable irid, M. Robinsoniana from Australia, is 

 a bulbous plant, and comes from the Cape. I have 

 muddled these things for some years. M. Edulis and 

 M. papilionacea have made feeble efforts to flower, 



