FLOWERS OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA. 



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Allium neapoUtanum (fig. 11) and Allium triquetrum are still 

 found wild on the Riviera, although much hunted up by florists. 

 They are also grown in gardens, and give very pretty elegant 

 milk-white umbels of good duration. They should, however, be 

 handled with care, as the stalks if bruised will give forth a 

 powerful smell of garlic. 



Tulips of several species are wild on the coast. T. oculus-solis 

 and the exquisite pink and white T. Clusiana are plucked in the 

 fields. Some early Dutch or Parisian varieties are grown by 



Fig. 11. — Allium neapolitanum. 



florists, but the strange-looking Parrot Tulips are the most 

 profitable of all. 



Freesias become every year more common on the Riviera. 

 They are perfectly at home there, as well as the Ixias and 

 Sparaxis. 



LachenaUa pendula AurcUana is a remarkably distinct form, 

 although evidently belonging to the pendula type. It is more 

 compact than the common L. pendula, and stronger. It has 

 broader leaves and more numerous flowers of a dull red colour 

 scarcely tipped with green. It flowers in the open air through 

 the winter months. It is said, and the fact is supported by high 



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