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orientalis varieties, especially the single ones, and early 
Tulips. 
Besides the foregoing, there is a multitude of other bulbous- 
rooted plants, flowering from the spring onwards, till late in 
‘autumn. Sternbergia lutea, Colchicum autumnale, and seve- 
ral species of Crocus, are some of the later flowering kinds. 
The magnificent genera Lilium and Gladiolus are essentially 
summer-flowering plants. J.ilium is distinguished from its 
allies by its scaly, not solid, bulbs,—a distinction to be re- 
membered, as they suffer much more from exposure than do 
the solid bulbs, or corms, as they are technically termed. <A few 
other genera commonly seen are Ornithogalum, Fritillaria 
(Crown Imperial), Iris Xiphium and Xipbioides. Crinum 
Capense, Eucomis punctata, Camassia esculenta, Pancratium 
maritimum, P. Dlyricum, and Amaryllis Belladonna, are less 
frequently seen, but equally deserving of a place in a large 
garden. Most of the preceding have solid bulbous roots, but 
there are many allied genera with fascicled fleshy roots, or 
creeping rhizomes, as Anthericum, Funkia, Convallaria, Aspho- 
delus, Hemerocallis, and the majority of the species of Iris. 
Another set of plants, whose roots are usually, in some cases, 
and invariably in others, stored away for a part of the year, 
includes the genera Dahlia, Canna, Ranunculus, Anemone, 
Oxalis, Tropsolum, Begonia, and Cyclamen. For further in- 
formation respecting these plants and their allies, we refer our 
readers to the orders Liliacew, Amaryllidaceew, Iridacew, and 
Melanthacese. Seyeral other genera, chiefly from South 
Africa, and containing many very handsome species, will be 
found described in the first part of this work. Tigridia, Ixia, 
Sparaxis, Babiana, and Witsenia, include some of the showiest 
species, but they are all more or less tender, 
Aquatic and Marsh Herbs.—Almost every garden of any 
pretensions has its watercourse or lake, either natural or arti- 
ficial, or in lieu thereof some ornamental basins, tanks, or 
fountains. To fill these there is no lack of hardy subjects, 
suitable either for the small fountain-basin, or for the spacious 
lake or stream. For a small tank or basin we have such 
plants as Nymphzxa pygmea, Nuphar pumila, Calla palustris, 
Hydrocharis Morsus-rane, Utricularia vulgaris, Hippuris 
vulgaris (Horsetail), Limnanthemum nymphezoides, Stratiotes 
aloides (Water-Soldier), Aponogeton distachyus, and Alisma 
natans ; to which might be added Lemna minor and other 
