SELECTIONS FOR UP-COUNTRY 



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Name. 



Xa'ural Order. 



Colour of Flowers. 



Height in ft. 

 (or inches.) 



L. Martagon. "Turk's Cap 

 Lily." 



L. nepalense 



L. tigrinum. "Tiger Lily." 

 Lycorisaurea. 

 L. sanguine i 

 Marica coerulea. 

 Montbretia, see Tritonia 

 Moraea iridioides. 

 Nerine japonica (=L\'coris 

 radiatn} 



N. sar.iiensis. " Guernsey 

 Lily." 

 Ornithogalum nutans. 



"Star of Bethlehem." 

 Pardanthus Hahinicnnda 

 Phaedranassa chloracea 

 Richardia (Calla) aethiopica. 

 Arum Lily. 

 R. -Elliotiana 

 Sparaxis grandiHora. 

 Sparaxis tricolor 

 Sprekelia formosissima. 



" Jacobaea Lily " 

 Tigrida pavonia. 



"Tiger Lily" 



Tritonia (Montbretia) aurea. 

 "Torch Lily " 

 Vallota purpurea. ' Scar- 

 borough Lily " 

 Watsonia augusta 

 W. densiflora 

 Zephyranthes Candida. 



Zephyr Lily 

 Z. Carinata. Rose 



Amaryllis 

 Z tubispatha 



Liliiicctic I Purple and white 



A maryllidea 



Iridcac 



Lilliaccac 



Amaryttideae 



A r old cue 



Iridcac 



Amaryllidcac 



Iridcac 



Ainai'vllidccic 



Iridciic 

 Amai'vllidcac 



Dark purple 



Orange 



Yellow 



Carmine 



Blue 



Red 



White, etc. 



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1 l-i 



Crimson | 1 



White j 2 



Yellow 1 2 



Purple, white, etc. 1 2 

 Orange and yellow j 2 Large h"s 

 Deep-crimson 1 



Orange-red 



Orange 

 Red, crimson, white 



Scarlet 



Bright-crimson 

 White 



Bright Rose 

 White 



SELECTED PLANTS SUITABLE FOR GROWING 

 IX POTS UP-COUNTRY 



Many of the foregoing selections of annuals, biennials, bulbous 

 and tuberous plants, etc., are well-adapted for pot-culture at medium 

 to high elevations, and in addition to these the following may be 

 mentioned as especially suited for the purpose with however, the 

 protection of a green-house or a glazed verandah, palms and many 

 other choice plants of lower elevations (which without such 

 artificial protection would not thrive much above 3,000 ft.) can be 

 grown in the hills with much success. The limit of elevation in 

 Ceylon, under ordinary conditions, for purely tropical palms may be 



