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has white flowers ; and B. Syriaca has orange-and-blue 

 flowers. 



ALBUCA. 



A large family of bulbs, with whitish or greenish-yellow 



flowers of very little beauty ; mostly natives of the Cape. 



t 

 There are some twenty species, which may be grown 



like ixias ; mostly flowering in spring. 



GAGEA. 



A family of about twenty species of small bulbs, with yel- 

 low flowers. Natives of Europe. All hardy in England, 

 and many of them might stand the winters here. They 

 are not handsome enough for greenhouse culture. 



BARNARDIA. 



A pretty bulb from China, with pale-blue flowers, requir- 

 ing the same treatment as a tender SCILLA. The species is 

 B. scilloides. 



HESPERASCORDIUM. 



Pretty plants from California, allied to allium ; growing 

 in sandy loam. They bloom in July, and are propagated 



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