VII. 



LIST OF FLOWERS. 



531. SQUILL, Italian. Lat. Scilia Italica. 'Fr. 

 Scilie d' Italic. A hardy bulbous-rooted plant, com- 

 mon about the environs of Nice. It is about eight or 

 ten inches high, and blows a blue flower in March and 

 April. Propagated by its offsets. Likes fresh sandy 

 earth, or a mixture of light soil and sea sand. 



53<2. STAR OF BETHLEHEM, yellow. Lat. Ornitho- 

 galum luteum. Fr. Ornithogale jaune. A bulbous-rooted 

 plant, common in England, and blows a yellow flower 

 in March, and is three or four inches high. Propa- 

 gated by separating the offsets in the autumn. Likes 



rather moist earth and shaded situation. STAR OF 



BETHLEHEM, spiked. Lat. Ornithogalum Pyrenaicum. 

 Fr. Ornithogale des Pyrenees. A hardy perennial plant, 

 originally from the Pyrenees, one or two feet high, and 



blows a yellow flower in May and June. STAR OF 



BETHLEHEM, common. Lat. Ornithogalum umbellatum. 

 Fr. Ornithogale en ombelle. A hardy perennial plant of 

 England. From six to nine inches high, and blows a 

 white flower in May and June. Both sorts propagated 

 by the offsets, taken from the plants in the autumn, and 

 planted directly. 



533. STOCK, the Brompton.Lat. Cheiranthus cocci- 

 neus. Fr. Glroflee cocardeau. The stock, if not a native 

 of England, is completely naturalized, and has been cul- 

 tivated here with greater success, perhaps, than in any 

 other country. There are four distinct sorts that I shall 

 mention, because these are all of them most deserving of 

 being cultivated in the flower-garden, where they pro- 

 duce show, odour, and durability, surpassed by none. 



