VARIOUS APRIL 
. Botanical Height a 
Color English Name and Descripti Time of 
iption and 
Name Synonyms Situation Bloom 
Various |GUINEA- **Fritillaria Large attractive, bell-shaped flow- | 10-12 in.|Late 
HEN Meleagris ers in light colors checkered with green |Sun or |Apr. 
FLOWER, and purple, also white and purple |shade to late 
SNAKE’S Good for cutting. Foliage inconspicu- May 
HEAD ous. Plant in border and rock-garden. 
CHECK- It is well to have them spring through 
ERED LILY the green of some Jow carpeting plant 
like Creeping Phlox. «Divide every 2 
or 3 years. Bulbous. Deep sandy 
loam. Europe; Caucasus. See Plate, 
page 58. 
Various |DUTCH **Hyacinthus| Fragrant flowers in large dense 8-18 in. |Late 
HYACINTH jorientalis spikes surrounded by narrow stiff Sun Apr., 
vars. leaves. Protect with stable manure or May 
dry litter. Most eftective when planted 
in rows. Plant bulbs 6 in. deep, 5 in. 
apart in Sept. or early Oct. Bulbous. 
Prop. by offsets. Light rich well- 
drained soil. Give an occasional top- 
dressing. S. Eastern Europe; Levant. 
The following are some of the best 
horticultural vars. :— 
Single white vars.—*Mont Blanc; 
snow white with large bells. *Queen 
of the Netherlands; pure white, of 
great substance. *Snowball; pure 
white with large bells. Grand V ain- 
queur; pure white. **La Grandesse; 
the finest pure white. *Lady Plim- 
soll; white, large truss, very fine. 
L’Innocence; pure white extra large 
bells. Mfadame van der Hoop; pure 
white, very large bells. *Alba Max- 
ima, pure white, large bells and spike. 
*Alba superbissima,; snow white. 
*Baroness van Thuyll; white with 
primrose eye. *Paix de l'Europe, 
large bells, long truss. 
Double white vars.— Bouquet Royal, 
white, very double. Grootvorstin,; 
pure white. Jenny Lind; white with 
purple eye. *Miss Nightingale; pure 
white. * Prince of Waterloo; pure 
white, large double bells. Sir Bul- 
wer-Lytton; white, large bells. 
Single yellow vars.—* Bird of Para- 
dise; (color no. 2), beautiful clear yel- 
low, magnificent spike; one of the 
best. */da; (color no. 1), clear prim- 
rose yellow, large and superb spike. 
* King of the Yellows; (color no. 3), 
pure yellow, large bells in long sym- 
metrical spike. L’Or d’ Australie; 
(color no, 2), pure deep yellow, long 
and very handsome truss. *Obe- 
lesque; (color no. 2 deeper), pure yel- 
low, large truss. Yellow Hammer; 
(color no. 2 warmer), golden yellow. 
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