ASPHODELINE 



LILY OBDEB 



CHLOEOGALUM 823 



the white flowers with greenish keels to 

 the segments are borne on tall branched 

 stems in summer. 



Culture <tc. as above. This species 

 •should be grown in warm and sheltered 

 spots. 



A. creticus. — A pretty species about 2 

 ft. high, native of Crete. The branching 

 Btemis are furnished with slender, striated, 

 toothed and ciliated leaves, and the 

 yellow flowers appear in July. 



Culture do. as above. 



A. fistulosus, from S. Europe, grows 

 about 18 in. high and has upright striated 

 hollow awl-shaped leaves and white 

 flowers in July and August. 



Culture do. as above. 



A. ramosus. — A vigorous species 4-5 

 ft. high, native of S. Europe, vsdth stiff 

 sword-shaped leaves, channelled above, 

 strongly keeled beneath. The large 

 white flowers with a red-brown central 

 line down each segment are borne in very 

 long dense racemes during the summer 

 months. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. subalpinus (A. Villarsi). — A desir- 

 ^able plant 1-2 ft. high, native of Eastern 

 France, with dense tufts of glaucous-green 

 lance-shaped leaves, the outer ones grace- 

 fully recurving or sharply bent. The 

 flower stems are about 3 ft. high, and 

 -appear in sumraer with dense spikes of 

 white flowers, each one having an ovate 

 pointed dark brown bract at the base. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



ASPHODELINE (King's Spbae).— 

 A genus closely related to Asphodelus, 

 from which it is distinguished by its erect 

 simple leafy stems, and clusters of 

 linear leaves, and sometimes with only 

 -3 perfect stamens (instead of 6) in the 

 . yellow or white flowers, which are borne 

 in long more or less dense racemes. 



A. lutea {Asphodelus luteus). — This 

 is the best known and most ornamental 

 species. It is a native of S. Europe, and 

 grows 3 -4 ft. high, its erect stems being 

 covered with deep green awl-shaped 3-sided 

 furrowed leaves, with distinct paler veins. 

 The beautiful sweet - scented yellow 

 flowers are borne in summer in a long 

 dense straight raceme, each blossom 

 springing from the axils of a buff-coloured 

 bract. The double - flowered variety 

 (flore pleno) is a pretty plant, like the 

 type in habit, but having double flowers. 



Other species of Asphodeline met with 

 occasionally are A. Uburnica, having 

 yellow flowers striped with green ; 

 taurica, white, striped with green ; 

 hrevicauKs, yellow veined with green ; 

 damascena, white ; and tenuior, yellow. 



Culture and Propagation. — They 

 flourish in ordinary garden soil and may 

 be treated in the same way as the 

 Asphodels. Increased by division of the 

 roots in early spring. 



PARADISEA (St. Bruno's Lily). 

 A genus having only one species : — 



P. Liliastrum [Anthericum Lilias- 

 trum ; CzacTcia LiUastrum). — A graceful 

 Alpine plant with a very short rootstock 

 and clusters of white fleshy roots. It 

 grows 1-2 ft. high, having tufts of radical 

 linear leaves channelled on the upper 

 surface. The beautiful white funnel- 

 shaped flowers, about 2 in. long and 

 as much across, are borne on tail stems 

 in rather one-sided racemes in May and 

 June. They emit a sweet fragrance, and 

 each oblong spoon-shaped segment is 

 tipped with delicate green and 3-nerved, 

 while the 6 hypogynous stamens occupy 

 the centre. The variety major is a much 

 more vigorous plant, often reaching a 

 height of about 6 ft., while the flowers 

 are about 1 in. longer and broader than 

 those of the type. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species thrives in well-manured sandy 

 loam and may be used for the flower 

 border and rock garden in open situa- 

 tions. New plants may be obtained by 

 dividing the roots in autumn or spring, 

 allowing about 1 ft. between the replanted 

 portions. 



CHLOROGALUM (Soap Plant).— A 

 genus of distinct Calif ornian plants with 

 narrow tunicated bulbs, radical strap- 

 shaped leaves, and tall loosely branched 

 scapes. Perianth segments narrow, free, 

 or slightly 'united at the base, 3-nerved in 

 the centre. Stamens 6, attached to the 

 base of the segments. Capsule 3-sided. 



C. pomeridianum {Anthericum and 

 Phalangium pomeridianum ; Ornitho- 

 galum, dAvaricaium). — A distinct plant 

 about 2 ft. high with flaccid glaucous 

 leaves roughened on the edges and nerves. 

 The white flowers with p-urplish veins 

 appear in summer, and open only in the 

 afternoon — hence the specific name. 



Culture wad Propagation. — The bulbs 

 of this species are said to be sometimes 



