ladies' flower gardener. 



are variegated, called Persian 

 bulbous iris, with a variegated 

 flower 



Common narrow-leaved bulbous 



iris, with a blue flower 

 White 

 Yellow 



Blue, with white falls 



Blue, with yellow falls 



Greater broad-leaved bulbous iris, 



with a deep blue flower 

 Bright purple 

 Deep purple 

 Variegated 



Great, with broact and almost plain 

 or flat leaves, with blue flowers 

 Purple 



Of the above there are many in- 

 termediate varieties 



Hyacinth, eastern, with large flowers. 

 Of these there are many varie- 

 ties, and of which there are in- 

 numerable intermediate shades 

 or tints of color 



Of double sorts there are, — 

 Blues 



Purple blues 

 Agatha blues 

 Whites 



Whites, with yellow eyes 



Whites, with red eyes 



Whites, with violet or purple 



eyes 



Whites, with rose-colored eyes j 

 Whites, with scarlet eyes 

 Reds 



Incarnate, flesh or rose-colored | 

 Of single sorts there are, — 



Blues, of various shades, as 



above 

 Whites 

 Reds 



Rose-colored 



With many intermediate shades 

 or varieties 

 {Muscaria) . or musk hyacinth 

 Ash-colored 

 White 



Obsolete purple 

 Greater yellow African 

 Grape hyacinth 



Purple 

 Blue 

 White 

 Red 



Monstrous flowering, or blue-fea- 

 thered hyacinth 

 Comosed, or tufted purple hyacinth 

 Amethystine blue hyacinth 

 Nodding, spiked, red hyacinth 

 Non-script small English hyacinth, 

 or harebells, of the following 

 varieties : — 

 Common blue flowers arranged on 



one side of the stalk 

 White 



Bell-shaped blue hyacinth, with 

 flowers on every side of the 

 stalk 



Bell-shaped peach-colored, with 



flowers on one side of the stalk 

 These are very hardy, propagating 



by offsets 

 Hyacinth, with a pale purple 



flower 

 Colchicums in variety 

 Leontice, lion's leaf, largest yellow, 



with single foot-stalks to the 



leaves 



Smaller pale yellow, with branched 

 foot-stalks to the leaves 

 Cyclamen, sow-bread, European, or 

 common autumn-flowering, with 

 a purple flower, and angular 

 heart-shaped leaves 

 The same, with a black flower 

 The same, with white flowers 

 Red spring-flowering, with heart- 

 shaped leaves, marbled with 

 white 



Entire white, sweet-smelling 

 Purple winter-flowering, with 



plain or circular shining green 



leaves 



Purple round-leaved autumn-flow- 

 ering 



Small, or anemone-rooted, with 

 flesh-colored flowers appearing 

 in autumn : these plants have 

 large, round, solid roots ; the 

 flowers and leaves rise immedi- 

 ately from the root 



