Part II. 



ZEPHVRANTHES. 



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ZEPHYRANTHES hJSiJ&ASaO.—Atamasco Lily. 



A BEAUTIFUL, dwarf, lily-like plant, bearing handsome white 

 flowers tinged with purple, three inches and a half across, 

 on stems from six to twelve inches high. Although growing 

 abundantly in North America, this fine plant is very rare in 

 our gardens, where it is weU worthy of culture on every rockwork, 

 or in every collection of hardy bulbs, thriving freely in light, rich, 

 sandy soil, and flowering in early summer. Dotted over a turf 

 formed of some carpet-plant like the Lawn Pearlwort, it would 

 be seen to great advantage when its great bell-like flower opened. 

 The leaves are linear, concave, and fleshy, and appear at the 

 same time as the flowers ; the bulb small. It flowers in summer, 

 and is increased by seeds, or division of established tufts. 



