138 PIGTOBIAL PBAGTIGAL BULB GBOWING. 



beds as soon as the flowers open, thereby preserving the blooms as 

 long as possible. 



Selection of Ranunculuses. 



French Varieties. 

 A-bd-el-Kader, brownish 

 red. 



Attraction, carmine. 

 Bessie M. Weimar, white, 



shaded rose. 

 Emperor of China, yellow. 

 Excellent, cannine, edged 



white. 

 Fairy Queen, white. 

 L'Etincelante, fiery red. 

 Pink Beauty, pink, edged 



yellow. 

 Pucelle Aimable, purple, 



on Avhite ground. 

 Surprise, yellow and red. 



Persian Varieties. 

 Bridesmaid, white. 

 Commodore Napier, citron, 



edged pui^ple. 

 Cramoisi a Coeur Vert, 



crimson scarlet, green 



centre. 



Count Orloff, yellow, 



edged rose. 

 Fire King, scarlet. 

 Jaune Supreme, yellow, 



black centre. 

 King of the Netherlands, 



black. 



Mont Blanc, white, striped 

 rose. 



Orange Brilliant, yellow, 

 orange, and black. 



Queen Victoria, white, 

 spotted carmine. 



Bose d'Hollande, carmine. 



Sii' William Penn, white, 

 edged carmine. 

 Turban Varieties. 



Black, deep crimson. 



Carmine, carmine. 



Hercules, white. 



Merveilleuse, orange yel- 

 low. 



Romano, scarlet. 

 Seraphique, citron yellow. 

 Souci Dore, red brown. 

 YU'idiflora, green, edged 

 scarlet. 



Scotch Varieties. 

 These are not often cata- 

 logued under names, 

 therefore it only need be 

 stated that -the prettily 

 spotted and edged varie- 

 ties are sold in mixture ; 

 if obtained from a re- 

 liable source they will 

 give every satisfaction. 



CDapter XCVI -Scillas, 



Though of lowly stature, the Scillas, or Squills, must be included 

 among the most valuable of our early spring flowering bulbous 

 plants. Not all, however, are so dwarf and neat as the popular 

 Sibirica and bifolia ; neither are they all spring flowering, for 

 Peruviana flowers in May, Lilio-hyacinthus is a summer bloomer, 

 and autumnalis flowers as late as August. All the sorts named 

 below are hardy, excepting Peruviana, which does not do itself 

 justice unless placed in a very warm border or given frame 

 X^rotection. 



There is no need to make elaborate preparations for the 

 Scillas, as they are not at all fastidious about soil, but are soon 

 at home in all but the very worst of rooting mediums. They 

 appreciate soil that contains a good proportion of leaf mould, a 

 point that is at once evident to those who have carefully noted 



