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Musk Hyacinth. Muscari moschatum. Levant 

 Bulb; 6 to 12 inches; brown and yellow; early 

 summer ; division. — Bare sunny banks near walks ; only 

 desirable for its odour, as the flowers are almost incon- 

 spicuous. 



Large Yellow^ Allium. Allium Moly. Southern 

 Europe. Bulb ; i foot ; yellow ; summer ; seed or 

 division. — Fringes of copses, banks, and woody places. 

 Associated with Ramsons (A. Ursinum). 



Neapolitan Allium. Allium neapolitanum. Italy. 

 Bulb ; 1 foot ; white ; summer ; seed or division. — Asso- 

 ciated with the finer daffodils on banks, fringes of shrub- 

 beries, and in rough rocky places. 



Broussonet's Asparagus. Asparagus Broussondi. 

 Canaries. Perennial; 3 to lo feet; white and green; 

 early summer; seed or division. — In shrubberies and 

 copses, or among the most rampant climbing plants. Runs 

 speedily up the stem of a dead tree or any similar object. 



ilseulent Camassia. Camassia esculenta. Columbia. 

 Bulb ; I foot ; light blue ; summer ; division or seed. — On 

 low banks, margins of shrubberies, and associated with the 

 taller bulbous plants in light, well-drained, and warm soil. 



New Zealand Flax. Phormium tenax. New Zealand. 

 Evergreen perennial ; 5 to 6 feet ; buff; summer; division 

 or seed. — This plant is tender in many parts of the country, 

 but thrives very well in mild districts in the south and 

 west of England and Ireland, in deep rich soil, and in 

 shady or half-shady spots, in woods and copses. Where 

 it grows well, isolated tufts of it have a fine effect near 

 wood walks. 



