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LIST OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



Amaryllis, comprising the autumnal 

 yellow Narcissus 

 Spring ditto 

 Crocus vernus, or spring-flowering 

 crocus 

 Common yellow 

 Large yellow 

 Yellow, with black stripes 

 White 



White, with blue stripes 

 Blue, with white stripes 

 Deep blue 

 Light blue 



White, with purple bottom 

 Scotch, or black and white striped 

 Cream-colored 

 Autumnal flowering Crocus, of the 



following varieties : — 

 True saffron crocus, with bluish 



flower, and golden stigma, which 



is the saffron 

 Common autumnal crocus, with 



deep blue flowers 

 With light blue flowers 

 Many-flowered 

 Snoivdrop, the small spring flowering 

 Common single 

 Double 



Leucojum, or great summer snowdrop 

 Great summer snowdrop with an- 

 gular stalk : a foot high, and 

 two or three flowers in each 

 sheath 



Taller great snowdrop, with many 

 flowers 



Ornithogalum, or Star of Bethlehem 

 Great white pyramidal, with nar- 

 row leaves 

 White, with broadsword-shaped 



leaves spreading on the ground 

 Yellow 



Pyrenean, with whitish green 

 flowers 



Star of Naples, with hanging 

 flowers 



Umbellated, producing its flowers 

 in umbels, or spreading bunches, 

 at the top of the stalk 



Low yellow umbellated 



Erythronium, dens canis, or dog's 

 tooth 



Round-leaved, with red flowers 



Same, w T ith white flowers 



The same, yellow 



Long narrow-leaved, with purple 



and with white flowers 

 Grape hyacinth 

 Purple 

 Blue 

 White 



Musk hyacinth 



White 



Ash-colored 



Blue feathered hyacinth 

 Purple 



Musky, or sweet-scented, with full 

 purple flowers 



The same, w T ith large purple and 

 yellow flowers 



Great African Muscaria, with sul- 

 phur-colored flower 

 Fritillaria checkered tulip 



Early purple, variegated, or check- 

 ered with white 



Black, checkered with yellow spots 



Yellow, checkered with purple 



Dark purple, with yellow spots, 

 and flowers growing in an um- 

 bel 



Persian lily, with tall stalks, and 



dark purple flowers growing in 



a pyramid 

 Branching Persian lily 

 Corona Imperialis, crown imperial, a 



species of Fritillaria 

 Common red 

 Common yellow 

 Yellow-striped 

 Sulphur-colored 

 Large-flowering 

 Double of each variety 

 Crown upon crown, or with two 



whorls of flowers 

 Triple crown upon crown, or with 



three tiers of flowers one above 



another 

 Gold-striped leaved 

 Silver-striped leaved 



