THE BULB BOOK 



following pages ifc is stated whether plants are hardy, half-hardy, 

 tender, or otherwise, so that the cultivator may have something to 

 guide him in his operations. 



The following genera are amongst those containing the most 

 hardy bulbous and tuberous plants for open-air cultivation. The 

 genera marked with an asterisk (*) have species with true bulbs or 

 corms, and are all Monocotyledons. The other genera have tubers 

 or rhizomes, and are either Monocotyledons or Diocotyledons : — 



Helianthus. 

 Helonias. 

 Heloniopsis. 

 Hemerocallis. 

 Hesperocallis. 

 *Hyacintlius. 

 Incarvillea. 

 *Iris. 

 *Ixia. 

 *Ixiolirion. 

 *Lapeyrousia. 

 Lathsrrus. 

 Leontice. 

 *Leucojuin. 

 Lewisia. 

 Liatris. 

 Libertia. 

 *Liliuin. 

 *Lycoris. 

 Lysichitum. 

 Maiapthemum. 

 Medeola. 

 Megarhiza. 

 Melanthium. 

 *Merendera. 

 *Milla. 

 Mirabilis. 

 *Montbretia. 

 *Mor£ea. 

 *Muscari. 

 *Narcissus. 

 ' *]Sremastylis. 

 Nothoscordum. 

 Nuphar. 

 Nymphsea. 

 *Ornitliogalum. 

 Ostrowskia. 

 Othonna. 

 Oxalis, 



