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Scillas, Puschkinia, Muscari, Lily of the Valley, Dielytra, and Spiraea. 
SciLLAS, May-Flowerjno— continued. 
712 Choice Mixed Wood Hyacinths, for naturalization in shrubberies, etc per 1000, 
743 Fine „ ,, „ ,, ,, 
744 English Blue Bells ,, ,, ,, 
745 ,, Large Ked Scillas ,, ,, 
716 ,, ,, White Scillas, large spikes of white bells, prized for cutting ,, 
p. 100. p. doz. 
8 . d. s. d. 
30 J. 4 6...0 io 
21 s. 3 6...0 8 
2 ir. 3608 
50 ;. 5 6...0 10 
50 J. 5 6..0 10 
SCILLAS, VARIOUS SPECIES. 
Peruviana and Ciliaris are the giant-flowering Scillas of Summer, and when established are grand border 
plants. Autumnalis Japonica has beautiful rose-coloured flowers, and blooms from August. 
each— a. d. each— s. d. 
747 Autumnalis, purple-blue per doz. 3/6 o 4 750 Peruviana, large handsome heads of dark 
748 ,, japonica, rose ...per doz. 3/6 o 4 blue flowers ...per doz. 45. 6 d. o 6 
749 CUlarls, large spreading heads of beautiful 751 Verna, lilac-blue per doz. 2 s. 6 d. o 3 
light blue flowers per doz. 5*. 6d. o 6 
PUSCHKINIA. 
This beautiful variety of Puschkinia is a first-class dwarf hardy April flowering bulb and should be 
represented in the permanent flower borders of every garden ; it is charming on rockwork, and is also a 
very pretty in-door pot-plant (6 bulbs in a pot). A coloured plate of it appeared in The Garden, 1878 and 1881. 
752 Puachkiiila libanotlca compacta, white, deeply shaded and striped blue, height, 4 to 6 in., 
per 100, 10/6; per doz. 1/6; each o 3 
MUSCARI. 
M. botryoides, the Grape Hyacinth , has a neat dwarf compact growth, and charming little spikes 
of bloom. It is an admirable plant for edgings to permanent beds, and beautiful under glass, 6 bulbs 
in a pot, M. neglectum, the Starch Hyacinth , is in bloom with M. botryoides, but differs in having a larger 
flower spike and the foliage being recumbent. The species, Armeniacum, Conicum, and Szovitzlanum are 
very beautiful. M. plumosum monstrosum, the plume-like appearance of its handsome flowers has secured to 
it the name Feathered Hyacinth ; it is the last in this section to flower, and deserves a place in every flower 
border and rockery. “ The Muscari,” says Mr. William Robinson, in his paper at the Conference on Hardy 
Flowers, ‘ ‘ I made trial of, and was delighted with the pretty clouds of blue in the grass." We may add, these 
bulbs require no special culture or soil, and are very beautiful on rockwork or in the flower border, continuing 
(long in bloom. 
per doz. each 
753 Armeniacum, ultramarine -blue, very s. d. s. d. 
beautiful, ht. 6 in p. ioo, 7/6 1 3...0 3 
758 Botryoides coeruleum, dark blue, 
ht. 6 in. ...p. 100, 2/6 o 6 
759 ,, album, beautiful pure 
white ...per 100, 4/6 o 8 
762 ,, pallidum grandlflorum, 
lovely pale azure 3 6...0 4 
763 Conicum, large spikes of bright blue 
flowers, very early ; the finest of all 
per ioo, 12/6 2 0...0 3 
per doz. 
each 
s. d. 
765 Moschatum, the Musk-Hyacinth, s. d. 
very fragrant, ht. 8 in 4 6...0 6 
768 Neglectum majus, blue-black, large 
and very early ; remains 
longinbeauty,p.ioo,s/6 o io 
770 Plumosum monstrosum (Feathered 
Hyacinth), purple-lilac, p. 100, 6/6 1 o 
771 Szovitzlanum, pretty light blue 
dwarf species p. 100, 8/6 1 3...0 3 
LILY OF THE VALLEY, for forcing, and making plantations out-of-doors . 
The Clumps of Lily of the Valley quoted, have been specially prepared, and cannot fail to give abundance 
of flowers. In potting, the top of the crowns should be one inch below the rim of the pot ; tight potting is of 
great importance, and care should be taken, in the first watering, that the moisture penetrates to the centre 
of the clump. Prepared crowns are now extensively used by the growers for Covent Garden Market, who put 
20 to 30 in a 5-inch pot. The Berlin Crowns are the best for very early forcing. The prepared Clumps we 
think will be found by private growers preferable tc crowns ; orders for these should be booked early for 
dispatch in November. 
Culture. — A moist atmosphere and abundance of water is indispensable to success in forcing Lily of the 
Valley; therefore, to encourage simultaneously the development of flower and foliage, most growers place the 
pots in a shady damp part of the house, or invert a flower-pot over the crowns, till the flower and the foliage 
have made some progress, and then they are removed to a less shady situation. If they are grown in a dry 
atmosphere, or get an insufficient supply of water, the crowns, technically speaking, " go blind.’’ 
Naturalization.— The Lily of the Valley is admirably adapted for naturalizing in woods, etc., and the 
Dutch Crowns will be found the best for this purpose. 
each — s. d. 
772 Extra Strong Selected Clumps, p. doz. 12/ 1 3 
773 Strong Berlin Crowns, for early-forcing, 
per 100, 6s . ; per bundle of 25, 2 s. 
774 Dutch Crowns, for out- door planting, and 
naturalizing in woods, etc., 
per ioo, 5*. 6 d. ; per 1000, 42 s. 
DIELYTRA (LYRE FLOWER), for forcing or planting out. 
The most elegant of all forced plants for conservatory and room decoration, and also to cut for furnishing 
vases. The graceful pendant branches are loaded with beautiful red heart-shaped flowers, and furnished witli 
the most delicate rich green foliage. In shrubberies or herbaceous borders, few plants in summer are so 
attractive as the Lyre Flower. 
each — s. d. each— s. d. 
775 Spectabills, clumps, p. doz., 5/6 & 7/6; 6t/.& o 9 | 776 Spectabilis alba, white, 2 ft 1 6 
SPIRAEA (THE MEADOW SWEET ), for forcing or planting out. 
The large graceful, feathery, pure white, fragrant flowers of Spiraea japonica surpass all else in this way to 
cut for furn ishing vases, while the plants are amongst the most decorative for the conservatory and room. In forcing, 
a moist atmosphere and abundance of water is necessary. Spiraea palmata has feathery clusters of lovely rosy 
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