344: GARDEN PLANTS. TART II. 



Vallota. 



V. purpurea. A Cape bulb ; bears, when the plant is in full 

 leaf, flowers of a brilliant scarlet, similar in form to those of the 

 Hippeastrum; but will not blossom' here. 



Lycoris. 



1. L. aurea. Native of China; bears an umbel of several 

 large golden-yellow flowers, somewhat of a Lily form, in August 

 and September. 



2. L. radiata. Native of Japan; produces in August and 

 September large dull crimson flowers. 



Nerine. 



A large genus of Cape bulbs, including N. Sarniensis, the 

 Guernsey Lily, bearing umbels of beautiful flowers, with their 

 corollas divided into narrow wavy segments. None, I believe, 

 have been found to blossom in the vicinity of Calcutta. 



Crinum. 



Dr. Voigt in his catalogue enumerates as many as thirty- 

 three species of this genus, exclusive of varieties, besides thirty 

 hybrids and crosses, as cultivated in the gardens at Serampore, 

 and nearly all blossoming in the Eain season. A large portion 

 probably of these are not to be met with now either there or 

 in any other garden about Calcutta. Indeed, between most of 

 them there is so great a similarity that all but a limited few may 

 be dispensed with in any but a botanical garden. 



1. C. amcenum. Native of Sy Ihet, in muddy creeks ; has narrow 

 leaves a foot or two long ; bears in April and May, a scape about 

 a foot long, with an umbel of four to six large white flowers. 



2. C. defixum Sook-durshun. Has very narrow leaves from 

 one to three feet long. Scape with umbel of six to sixteen large 

 white flowers, very fragrant, especially at night. 



3. C. brevifolium. Native of Mauritius ; leaves lanceolar, broad ; 

 bears in the Hot and Kain seasons scapes with ten to twelve large 

 white, faintly-fragrant flowers. 



4. C. longifolium. Native of Bengal swamps ; leaves two to 

 three feet long ; scapes witli eight to twelve large white fragrant 

 flowers. A common species, found in nearly every garden; 



