j^Qg Fritil/arla Recuroa. 



they have a different appearance from most of the Brodia?as. The 

 long naked stems grow about twenty inches high from a bulbous root, 

 and the leaf is long and grass-like. It is a strong-growing species, 

 but should be protected in winter. 



Allium folcatum, from Oregon, grows only four inches high, but 

 its umbel of dark rose-purple flowers is very large for its height. 

 The flowers are about half an inch wide. The divisions of the flower 

 are very narrow, which gives it an odd appearance. Its very short 

 stems make it worthless for cutting, but it is an interesting garden 

 plant, remaining a long time in flower. It is probably not hardy. 



Allium acuminatum is usually a low plant, six to eight inches 

 high, with a good-sized umbel of pretty rose-purple flowers. The 

 flowers are half an inch long, and about as wide at the opening, on 

 pedicels three-fourths of an inch in length. 



Zygadenus venenosus has a bulbous root and long grass-like 

 leaves. Its flowering stem is usually a foot or more high, almost 

 Baked and bears at its summit a dense short iJanicle or head of 

 nearly white flowers a third of an inch wide, and having a yellowish 

 centre. It is perfectly hardy in this climate, and will do well in 

 light or heavy soil in the sun. 



Allium hfematochitou, from Southern California, is a small spe- 

 <;ies six or eight inches high, bearing an umbel of six to twelve small 

 white flowers with greenish stripes and reddish-brown centre. It is 

 a tender plant and should be wintered in sand in the cellar. 



Camassia esculenta, now in flower, grows from ten to twenty 

 inches high, with long, grass-like leaves from near the root, and 

 bearing at the top a loose spike of violet-blue flowers, flve inches 

 long. The flowers are an inch or more wide and there are from ten 

 to twenty on a spike. These are valuable for cutting. The bulb is 

 easily wintered by protecting with a thin covering of leaves. 



Too much cannot be said in favor of the white California Tril- 

 lium (T. sessile var. Californicum), with beautiful dark green leaves, 

 and large, almost pure white petals, often two inches long by three- 

 lourths of an inch wide. The durability of both flowers and foliage 

 and its perfect hardiness makes it second in value to T. grandiflorum 

 alone. F- H. Horsford. 



FRITILLARIA RECUROA. 



(From Garden and Forest, iii. 264, May 28, 1890.) 



Fritillaria recuroa, which has been mentioned in a former num- 

 ber of this paper, is now in bloom, and it is certainly one of the most 

 attractive plants from the Paciflc coast. The plant can be grown 

 readily in a light loamy soil, with a thin protection in winter. It 

 blooms early, and its scarlet, lily-like flowers are of long duration, 

 and it will be useful for cutting. F. H. Horsford. 



