SCILLAS, PUSCHKINIA, MUSCARI, LILY OF THE VALLEY, AND DIELYTRA. 17 
SCILLAS — continued. 
SCILLAS, VARIOUS SPECIES. 
Peruviana and Ciliaris are the giant-flowering Scillas of Summer, and when established are grand border 
plants. Autumnalis japonic a has beautiful rose-coloured flowers, and blooms from August. Italica is very 
beautiful and well worthy of a select spot on rockeries. 
each—*, d. 
785 kvXixrcmdlftB, purple-blue per doz. 3/6 o 4 
786 ,, Japonlca, rose per doz. 3/6 o 4 
787 Ciliaris, large heads of (lowers dark and 
light blue to pearly white ...p. doz. 5/6 o 6 
each—*, d. 
788 Italica, racemes of pretty pale blue flowers 
in May per doz. is. o 3 
789 Peruviana, large handsome heads of dark 
blue flowers ...per doz. 4*. 6d. o 6 
790 Verna, lilac-blue per doz. is. 6 d. o 3 
PUSCHKINIA. 
The beautiful variety of Puschkinia we offer 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. 
791 Puscliklnla libanotlca compacta, white, deeply shaded and striped blue, height 4 to 6 in. , s. d. 
per 100, 10s. 6 d.\ per doz. is. 6d. ; each o 3 
MUSCARI. 
“ The Muscarl,” says Mr. William Robinson , in his paper at the Conference on Hardy Flowers, " / made 
trial of and was delighted with the pretty clouds of blue in the grass." These Grape, Starch, Musk, and 
Feathered Hyacinths require no special culture or soil , they are very beautiful in the rock and flower border, 
and continue a long time in bloom. 
per doz. each 
792 Armenlacum, ultramarine blue, very *. d. *. d. 
beautiful , ht.^ft per 100, ys. 6d. 1 3...0 3 
793 Azureum, beautiful sky-blue, the 
earliest of all. Figured 
in The Garden , 1889 ... 5 6 ..0 6 
robustum (new), a great 
beauty 2 6 
amphibolis (new), bright 
blue, beautiful 1 6 
pygmaeum (new), a pretty 
little early variety 1 6 
797 Botryoides cceruleum (Grape Hya- 
cinth), dark blue, ht. 6 in 
794 
795 
796 
p. iooo, 11s . ; p. 100, is. 6 d. 
0 
6... . 
798 
,, album, beautiful pure white 
p. 1000, 30J. ; p. 100, 31. 6d. 
0 
8 
799 
,, candid urn, white, tinged rose 
5 
6...0 
6 
800 
,, leucophaeus, beautiful pale 
porcelain-blue 
S 
6...0 
6 
801 
„ pallidum grandlflorum, tvry 
beautiful pale azure-blue 
3 
6...0 
4 
802 Conicum, one of the most beautiful and per doz. each 
valuable of early Spring flowers, #. d. *. a. 
and no garden should be without it. 
I ts large sturdy erect spikes of bright 
blue remain in beauty a long time, 
and attract the eye at a long dis- 
tance, very fragrant, ht. h ft. 
per 100, qs. 6d. 1 3...0 3 
803 Heldreichi, large spikes of bright 
blue flowers, beautiful and. rare 1 o 
804 Moschatum, the Musk-Hyacinth, 
very fragrant, ht. 8 in. 4 6...0 6 
805 „ major, the Large Musk- 
Hyacinth, fragrant 6 6...0 8 
806 ,, flavum, large spikes of 
fine yellow fragrant flowers, rare 3 6 
807 Neglectum majus, blue-black , large 
and veiy early. Remains 
long in beauty, p.100,5/6 o 10 
808 Paradoxuni, handsome spikes of dark 
blue- black flowers 10 6 1 o 
809 Plumosum monstrosum (Feathered 
Hyacinth), purple-lilac, p. 100,5/6 o 10 
810 Szovitzianum, pretty light blue, 
dwarf species 2 3...0 3 
LILY OF THE VALLEY. For forcing, and malting 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 to crowns. The supply ot Extra Selected Clumps being limited, 
orders 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, then they are removed to a less shady situation. If they are grown in a dry atmos- 
phere, or get an insufficient supply of water at the roots, the crowns, technically speaking, “ go blind.” 
Naturalization. - 
will be found the best. 
811 Extra strong selected clumps, p. doz. 12/ 
812 Strong Berlin Crowns, for early-forcing, 
per 100, 6s . ; per bundle of 25, 21. 
-The Lily of the Valley is admirably adapted for this purpose, and the Dutch Crowns 
each — ». d. 
813 Dutch Crowns, for out door planting, and 
naturalizing in woods, etc., 
per 100, 51. 61 i . ; per 1000, 421. 
DIELYTRA (lyre FLOWERS). For forcing, or planting out. 
The most elegant of all forced plants for conservatory and room decoration, also to cut for furnishing vases. 
The graceful pendant branches are loaded with beautiful rosy crimson heart-shaped flowers, and furnished with 
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. 
814 Spectabills, clumps, p. doz. 5/6 & 7/6 ; 6d. & o 9 | 815 Spectabilis alba, while, 2 ft 1 6 
Ring Street, Covent Garden, 1894.] 
