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summer ; division. — In moist, depressed, perfectly shel- 

 tered and shady nooks, in rich, deep vegetable soil. 



Rose-coloured Lapageria. Lapageria rosea. Chili. 

 Climber; 6 to 15 feet; red; summer; cuttings or seed. 

 — I have been informed that this plant has been success- 

 fully established in the south of England in peat beds, 

 and allowed to twine among shrubs. 



THE ASPHODEL FAMILY. 



Tellow Asphodel. Asphodelus luteus. Sicily. 2 feet; 

 yellow; summer; division or seed. — In copses, margins 

 of shrubberies, and associated with medium-sized her- 

 baceous plants. 



St. Bruno's Lily. Czackia {Paradisid) Liliastrum. 

 Europe. Herbaceous pereimial; i to 2 feet; white; 

 early summer ; division or seed. — In glades, near wood 

 walks, or in the rougher parts of the pleasure-grounds. 

 Till plentiful it would perhaps be best tried in favourable 

 spots on low unmown banks in sandy loam. 



Narbonne Star of Bethlehem. Omithogalum nar- 

 bonnense. Southern Europe. Bulb ; i to 2 feet ; white ; 

 summer; division. — On low banks, associated with the 

 finest daffodils. 



Pyramidal Star of Bethlehem. Omithogalum pyror 

 midale. Spain. Bulb ; i to 2 feet ; white ; summer ; 

 division. — Fringes of shrubberies, here and there among 

 dwarf shrubs, and associated with the finer Irises and the 

 dwarfer Lilies. 



Byzantine SquilL Scilla amoena. Levant. Bulb ; 

 3 to 6 inches ; blue ; spring ; division. — On low, warm 



