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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



ON ROCK PLANTS— contd. 

 Saxifrage (contd.) — Various 



apicdlata, prirarose-yel. fl. BUR- 

 SERIANA, pure white fl. on sc. stems. 

 SANCTA, rich golden-yel. fl. 



Sedum 



Ewersii, purplish-lilac ; 4111. ; June. 

 PALLIDUM, blue-grey 1., rosy-white fl. 

 RUPESTRE, fl. deep yel., 1. tinged with 

 red ; 4-in. ; June and July, sexangu- 

 LARE, yel. ; 6in. ; July. 



Sempervivum 



californicum, green tipped with 

 brown, fimbkiatum, purple; 6in. ; 

 July and August. Powelii (cobweb 



variety), creamy-white ; 6in. ; June and 

 July, triste, dark red-bronze 1. 



Thymus 



AZORICDS, fl. purple ; 3m. ; July. 

 Chaimdrys montani-s, fl. purplish. 

 C. M. albus, white ; 4in. ; June to- 

 August. Serpyllum, rosy-purple ; 

 4in. ; July. s. albus, white fl. s. 

 COCCINEUS, fl.' brilliant crimson, s. 

 lanuginosus, light purple fl. ; June 

 to August. 



Waldsteinia 



geoides, fl. yel. ; 6in. ; March to 

 June, trifolia, bright yel. fl. ; 6in. ; 

 May and June. 



10.-ON HARDY BULBS AND 



(p. 303 to p. 355). 



Brodiaea 



Bridgesii, purplish -rose, light 

 centre, californica, variable as to 

 colour, capitata alba, pure white. 

 congesta, lilac. peduncularis, 

 porcelain-white. ' Purdyi, rose-purple. 



Calochortus 



amcenus, rose, apiculatus, light 

 yel. 1-raseri, dark blue. Lyoni, white 

 or rose, spotted black, macrocarpus, 

 silvery-lilac, dark centre, pulchellus, 

 yel. SPLENDENS, lilac. S. ATROVIO- 

 .laceus, purple, dark red spot. 



TUBERS 



Colchicum 



AUTUMNALE ALBUM-PLENUM, white, 



dbl. Bivome, rosy-lilac. Sibthorpii, 

 rosy-purple, chequered. SPECIOSUM 

 RUBRUM, purplish-rose. VARIEGATUM, 

 rose-purple, chequered. 



Crocus 



ASTURICUS, purplish-lilac. A. ATRO- 

 purpureus, darkpurple. A. azureus, 

 blue. HADRIATICUS, pure white, and 

 its variety chrysobelonicus. Salz- 



MANNI, lilac. SATIVUS CARTWRIGHT- 



tanus, lilac, sc. stigma, stellaris, 

 orange, dark purple featherings. 



Fritillaria 



armena, golden yel. citrina, 

 green, shaded citron, delphinensis 

 Burnati, dark brown. D. MoG- 

 GRIDGEI, yel. PALLIDIFLORA.pale yel. 



persica, dull brown, pyrenaica, 



plum-coloured, with yel. inside. 

 ruthenica, blackish. Walujewi, 

 deep red inside, silvery-grey outside. 



Galanthus 



Fosteri, broad 1. and long white 

 fl. LATIFOLIUS, broad 1. NIVALIS 



octobrensis. plicatus, 1. plicate. 



Hyacinths 



Single Blue — Charles Dickens, 

 Czar Peter, Grand Lilas, King 

 of the Blacks, The Sultan, and 

 William I. 



. Double Blue — Blocksberg, 

 Charles Dickens, and Laurens 

 Koster. 



Single Red — Cardinal Wiseman, 

 Charles Dickens, King of the 

 Belgians, Lord Derby, and Solfa- 

 terre. 



Double Red — Kohinoor, Lord 

 Wellington, and Princess Louise. 



Single White — Alba Superbissima , 

 Baroness van Tuyll, Snowball, 

 and White Perfection. 



Double White — Edison, Prince of 

 Waterloo, and Princess Louise. 



Single Yellow — King of the Yel- 

 lows, Obelisk, and Primrose Per- 

 fection. 



Iris— English (I. Xiphium) 



Blanchefleur, white, pink tinge. 

 Graaf Bentinck, cr. and white. 

 King of the Blues. Mont Blanc, 

 pure white. Vainqueur, lavender, 

 violet spotted. 



