48 BEAUTIFUL FLOWEES 



ment as Hyacinths, except that several bulbs may be placed in 

 each pot. Flexuosa, pink ; speciosa, crimson ; and viridiflora, 

 green, are three attractive sorts. 



Lachenalias are most attractive and distinct bulbous plants. 

 Many gardeners grow them in baskets suspended from the roof 

 of warm greenhouses, and they are used in this way at Kew, 

 where they form charming companions to Gloire de Lorraine 

 Begonias and other plants in March. The grower procures a wire 

 basket, lines it with moss, fills it with similar soil to that advised 

 for Hyacinths, and presses bulbs into it all round. Two of the 

 best species are Nelsoni, yellow, spotted leaves ; and tricolor, 

 green, red, and yellow, also with spotted leaves. 



Leucojums (Snow/lakes) are favourites with bulb specialists. 

 The species aestivum is called the Summer Snowflake, but it is 

 rather a late spring than a summer bloomer. It grows about 

 eighteen inches high, and has large white flowers. The Spring 

 Snowflake (Leucojum vernum) flowers a few weeks earlier, and 

 also has white flowers tipped with green. It is not so tall as 

 aestivum. There are two pretty varieties of it, namely, carpathi- 

 cum and Vagneri. The former has yellow-tipped flowers, and 

 the latter is more free-flowering than the type. The Snowflakes 

 are very pretty, both in the border and rockery, and they are 

 easy to grow. They may be purchased and planted in autumn. 



Liliums are the most majestic of all bulbous plants, and few 

 are the gardens which do not contain some representatives of this 

 noble genus, either grown out of doors or in pots. They are 

 valuable for every gardening purpose. The Lilies are worthy of 

 being specialised if any flowers are, and they will yield a rich 

 harvest of interest and beauty to whoever makes a study of them. 

 They come from different parts of the world, and they vary 

 greatly in habit, size of bloom, and colour. Some are powerfully 

 perfumed. With few exceptions they have large flowers, which 

 are distinguished by great substance and exquisite purity. In the 



