ORNITHOGALUM. 



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feet long, in a six to twelve flowered raceme. In pots 

 they should be treated in the same manner as the Hya- 

 cinth, Page 147. In the open border the bnlbs should 

 be planted in the spring, as they will not survive the 

 winter without protection, which is needed quite as 



FLOWERS AND PLANT OF OKNITHOGALUM ARABICUM. 



much against water as against frost. They are rapidly 

 increased by offsets. 



O. caudatum (Long-tailed Ornithogalum). — A 

 tender species from the Cape of Good Hope. The flow- 

 ers are small and greenish, in a very long, densely-cov- 

 ered, spike-like raceme. They have a sweet, but rather 



