Bulbous and Tuberous Rooted Plants 



CHAPTER IX. 



BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS ROOTED PLANTS. 

 AGAPANTHUS. 



THE African lily is one of our favorite 

 bulbous-rooted plants, with luxuriant yet 

 graceful foliage and great umbels of 

 bright blue or white flowers in clusters of from 

 twenty to thirty measuring over a foot across. 

 It makes a fine showing in the flower-border or 

 on the lawn. It thrives best in deep rich loamy 

 soil, well enriched with manure, and can hardly 

 receive too much water during the growing 

 season. 



Propagate by offsets or by dividing the old 

 plants into single crowns and planting them in 

 March. 



AMARYLLIS. 



Agapanthus. 



The Amaryllis are among the most gorgeous of our bulbous 

 flowering plants. Some of the genus, such as Amaryllis bella- 

 donna, have the flowering season over before the leaves appear. 

 Their tall stems (large heads of fragrant and beautiful pink 

 flowers) make them great favorites for cutting and for filling 

 vases. They delight in soil of a light rich nature, in which 

 they should be planted about eight inches deep and left undis- 

 turbed for years, where they will ultimately establish themselves 

 and produce grand masses of bloom. During dry weather and 

 until they have perfected their foliage, they should be given an 

 abundance of water, after which they do not require so much, 

 and it may gradually be withdrawn altogether. 



