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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



OX ROCK PLANTS— a^/zA/. 



Saxifrag-e ( coiitd.) — Various 



APICULATA, primrose-yel. fl. BUR- 

 SERIANA, pure white fl. on sc. stems. 

 SANCTA, rich golden-yel. fl. 



Sedum 



Eaversii, purplish-lilac ; 4111. ; June. 

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

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

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

 LARE, yel. ; 6in. ; July. 



Sempervivum 



CALIFORNICUM, green tipped with 

 brown, fiimbkiatum, purple; 6in. ; 

 July and August. PoWELii (cobweb 



variety), creamy-white ; Gin. ; June and 

 July. TRLSTE, dark red-bronze 1. 



Thymus 



AzoRicrs, fl. purple ; 3in. ; July. 

 Cha]m.*;drys moxtaxus, fl. purplish. 

 C. M. ALBUS, white ; 4in. ; June to 

 August. Serpyllum, rosy-purple ; 

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

 COCCIXEUS, fl. brilliant crimson. S. 

 LANUGINOSUS, light purple fl. ; June 

 to August. 



Waldsteinia 



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

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

 ^lay and June. 



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Brodiaea 



BridGESII, purplish - rose, light 

 centre, californica, variable as to 

 colour. CAPITATA ALBA, pure white. 



CONGESTA, lilac. PEDUNCULARIS, 



porcelain- white. PuRDYi, rose-purple. 

 Calochortus 



AIMCENUS, rose. APICULATUS, hght 

 yel. Jr RASERi, dark blue. Lyoxi, white 

 or rose, spotted black. MACROCARPUS, 

 silvery-hlac, dark centre, pulchellus, 

 yel. splendens, lilac, s. atrovio- 

 LACEUS, purple, dark red spot. 



Colchicum 



AUTUMNALE ALBUM-PLENUM, white, 



dbl. BivoN.q£, rosy-lilac. Sibthorpit, 

 rosy-pmple, chequered. SPECIOSUAI 

 RUBRUM, purplish-rose. VARIEGATUM, 

 rose-purple, chequered. 



Crocus 



ASTURicus, purplish-lilac, a. atro- 

 PURPUREUS, dark purple. A. azureus, 

 blue. Hadriaticus, pure white, and 

 its variety chrysobelonicus. Salz- 

 MANXi, lilac. SATivus Cartwright- 

 lAXUS, lilac, sc. stigma, stellaris, 

 orange, dark purple featherings. 



Fritillaria 



ar^^iena, golden yel. citrix^a, 

 green, shaded citron, delphix^exsis 

 Burn ATI, dark brown. d. Mog- 

 gridgei, yel. pallidiflora, pale yel. 

 PERsiCA, dull brown. pyrexaica. 



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plum-coloured, with yel. inside. 

 RUTHEXiCA, blackish. Walujewi, 

 deep red inside, silveiy-grey outside. 



Galanthus 



FosTERi, broad 1. and long white 

 fl. latifolius, broad 1. xiyalts 



OCTOBRENSIS. PLICATUS, 1. plicate. 



Hyacinths 



Single Blue — CHARLES DiCKEX'S, 



Czar Peter, Graxd Lilas, Kixg 

 of the Blacks, The Sultax, and 

 William I. 



Double Blue — Blocksberg, 

 Charles Dickexs, and Laurexs 



KOSTER. 



Single Red — Cardixal Wise:man, 

 Charles Dickexs, Kixg of the 

 Belgiax"^s, Lord Derby, and Solfa- 

 terre. 



Double Red — Kohinoor, Lord 

 Wellixgton, and Princess Louise. 

 Single White — Alba Superbissima , 



BaROXESS VAX TUYLL, SXOWBALL, 



and White Perfection^. 



Double White — Edisox, Prince of 

 "Waterloo, and Princess Louise. 



Single Yell07C' — KlXG OF THE YEL- 

 LOWS, Obelisk, and Primrose Per- 



FECTIOX. 



Iris — English (I. Xiphiuiii) 



Blaxchefleur, white, pink tinge. 

 Graaf Bentinck, cr. and white. 

 King of the Blues. Mont Blaxc, 

 pure Avhite. Vainqueur, lavender, 

 violet spotted. 



