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CASSELL'S POPULAK GARDENINa 



pure white, and finely- 

 formed flower ; among 

 the choicest. 



Duke of Cambridge— deep 

 scarlet ; white centre. 



Duke of Portland— brilliant 

 scarlet, banded with 

 white. 



Electra — vivid scarlet ; 

 white centre. 



Empress of India— one of 

 the flnest sorts yet raised; 

 the flowers of good size* 

 perfect form, and of a 

 brilliant scarlet, banded 

 with white. 



Bthelred— brilliant scarlet, 

 flushed with crimson. 



Fire King— remarkable for 

 the intensity of its deep 

 crimson flowers. 



Grace Darling — white,- 

 veined and striped with 

 crimson. 



Gustave Dor€ — deep velvety 

 crimson. 



Hamlet— very deep crimson, 

 striped with white. 



Heroine — white, ' veined 

 with red. 



Homer — crimson, shaded 

 scarlet; white centre. 



Indian Cfhief — rich scarlet- 

 crimson, broadly striped 

 with white. 



Iris — vermjlion-red, 



John Heal — one of the 

 finest of the LeopoMii 

 race ; perfect in form, of 

 a rich crimson', tipped 

 with white. 



King Arthur— finely-formed 

 flower; crimson and white. 



Lady of the Lake— a beau- 

 tiful white flower. 



Leonidas — crimson-scarlet, 

 tipped with white. 



Lord, of the Isles— brilliant 

 scarlet, shaded with ma^ 

 roon. 



Meteor— deep rosy-crimson, 

 broadly edged and striped 

 with white. 



Milton — scarlet, veined with 



. white. 



Miss Gair— brilliant scarlet; 

 one of the finest. 



Mrs. Baker— flue crimson- 

 scarlet ; white stripes. 



Mrs. Freeman — finely- 

 formed, white ground, 

 rosy-white flushed. 



Muriel— rich crimson-scar- 

 let. 



Ohvette — deep crimson, 

 tipped with white. 



Othello— one of the deepest 

 crimsons. 



Prince Leopold — brilliant 

 scarlet-crimson ; pale cen- 

 tre. 



Princess of "Wales- white, 

 mottled with rose ; very 

 fine. 



Ptolemy — crimson-scarlet, 

 white striped ; a very fine 

 sort. 



B. Wagner— deep crimson, 

 shaded with maroon. 



Eoyal Standard— one of the 

 best of the Leopoldiirace ; 

 scarlet - crimson, tipped 

 with white. 



Salmonea — pale salmon, 

 distinct in tint. 



Sir Beauchamp Seymour — 

 very vivid orange-scarlet. 



Sir Evelyn "Wood— one of 

 the finest and most bril- 

 liant of colours; vermi- 

 Hon-scarlet. 



Southey — Scarlet, striped 

 with white. 



Tennyson — -brilliant scar- 

 let ; large fine flower. 



The Baron — a fine flower, 

 lake - red, tipped with 

 straw-yellow. 



The Corsaii" — orange-scar- 

 let, banded with white. 



The Giant — remarkable for 

 its vigorous growth and 

 the unusually large um- 

 bels of flowers, which, 

 however, are rather small 

 and pale in colour. 



The Siren— a late-flowering 

 variety, bright scarlet, 

 shaded with carmine, and 

 edged with white. 



The Sultan— deep maroou- 

 crimson ; a fine sort. 



Vesuvius — remarkably bril- 

 liant orange-scarlet, 

 banded with white. 



Virgil — French white, spot- 

 ted and veined with scarlet 



Wordsworth — scarlet, 

 shaded with rose. 



Zephyr — carmine, banded 

 witti white. , 



Zeliuda — crimson-carmine, 

 tipped with white ; finely 

 formed. 



Amaryllis Belladonna {Belladonna Lxh/). — A 

 lovelier plant than this is not to be found in gardens ; 

 hence it is deservedly popular, and the fact that it 

 thrives to perfection in the open air enhances its 

 value. It is not, however, a perfectly . hardy plant, ' 

 and it requires to be placed under certain conditions 

 in order to insure success in its culture. In the 

 Southern counties it is, as a rule, grown out of 

 doors in borders of light warm soil, at the foot of 

 southerly exposed walls. If the wall, however, is 

 damp, or the border wet and undrained, the Lily will 

 not succeed. In no position does it thrive better 

 than when planted outside stoves and green-houses, 

 in which cases the walls are dry and warm, and 

 thus conduce to the thorough ripening of the 



bulbs. In some such positions as these the Bella- 

 donna Lily is a perfect perennial, flowering regu- 

 larly every August or September, and continuing in 

 beauty for a fortnight. If planted in the open in 

 ■positions other than that described above, the bulbs 

 must either be protected during the winter or lifted. 

 In all cases when- planted out of doors the bulbs 

 must be placed at a good depth, about nine or twelve 

 inches, so as to be protected from frosts. It is of 

 little use to attempt its culture in stiff soil, unless it 

 be thoroughly drained. If the soil is poor, manure 

 should be added, and at all times the plant is grate- 

 ful for a mulching. 



The bulbs begin to push their foliage in spring ; 

 it is then that a mulching of manure is most benefi- 

 cial, for upon the vigour and strength of the foHage 

 the abundance and quality of ihe flowers mainly de- 

 pend. During dry weather, the bulbs should be 

 freely watered occasionally, until the leaves show 

 signs of decay. When the foliage has dropped, the 

 flowers soon begin to show themselves. Pot culture 

 is desirable in places where its open-air culture is 

 not practicable. It may he simply managed in pots : 

 the bulbs should be potted in early spring and kept 

 dry until growth appears. During summer growth 

 should be encouraged as much as possible, and after 

 the foliage has decayed the plants should be kept 

 drier. A good rich soil should be used. Grown thus 

 the Belladonna Lily is most valuable for adorning 

 the .green-house or conservatory in late summer. 



To those who do not know the Belladonna Lily, 

 it may be described as having flowers similar in 

 shape and size to the common White lily. They 

 are produced in umbels of from three to eight, on 

 the tops of stout stems, ranging from one to three 

 feet in height, and always unaccompanied by leaves. 

 The colour ranges from a delicate blush-pink to a 

 deep rosy-magenta, and they are sweetly scented. 

 The variety blanda bears larger flowers of pale rose- 

 colour, but unscented, and is larger in all its parts. 

 Both the original and the variety are nati\'e8 of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Androstephium.— There are two little bulbous 

 plants, sometimes met with in gardens, belonging to 

 this genus, which is closely allied to the pretty 

 Mexican bulb, Bessera elegans. Both Androetephiums 

 belong to Western America — one, A. hrevifoli-mn^ 

 being a native of California, while the other, viola- 

 cemn^ is a Texan plant. They are, therefore, not 

 very hardy, and to grow them well they must have 

 frame protection. 



A, violaceum grows about six inches high, and 

 hears crowded spikes of pretty rosy- violet flowers. 

 -4. brevifoUwn is a stouter and taller plant, growing 

 from six to twelve inches high. It also hears pretty 



