16 PUSCHKINIA, MU SCARIS, LILY OF THE VALLEY, DIELYTRAS, SPIRyE AS, & IRIS. 
PUSCHKINIA. 
I bis beautiful variety of Puschkinia is a first-class hardy April-flowering bulb, and should be represented in 
u 1 n ‘ A coloured p' a,e of it appeared in The Garden, 1878 and 1881. s d 
636 Puschkinia Ubanotlca compacta, white, deeply shaded and striped blue per doz., Sr. 6 d.- each 0 6 
MUSCARI. 
M botryoides, the Grape Hyacinth, has a neat dwarf compact growth, with flower spikes of dark blue, clear 
peat -blue, and pure white. It is an admirable plant for edgings to permanent beds, and beautiful under glass, 
6 bulbs in a pot. M. racemosutn, the Starch Hyacinth, is in bloom with M. botryoides, but differs in having a 
arger flower spike and the foliage being recumbent. M. moschatum, the Musk-Hyacinth, and its varieties 
nave delightfully fragrant flowers, and are recommended for pot-culture. M. plumosum monstrosum the plume- 
Iike 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. The Muscari, like the Wood Hyacinth, is a fine 
p ant lor naturalization, continues long in bloom, and is not particular as to soil or situation. 
per 100. per doz. 
9 ° 
637 Argoei, intense dark blue, a very fine 
species 
638 Arm8Hiacum, ultra-marine blue, 
very beautiful 
639 Atlanticum, sky-blue, large and 
beautiful 
640 Azureum, sky-blue, earliest of all the 
Muscari s 
641 Botryoides cceruleum, dark blue 
per 1000, 25 s. 3 6 
642 » album, white, beautiful ... 
^*3 „ pallidum, pearl-blue , 
very pretty 
c 1 * ,, roseum,yf«r rose 
LILY OF THE VALLEY, Vo 
.7 6 
•7 6 
9 o 
646 Commutatum, light blue, a remark 
ably neat dwarf species 10 
646 Heldreichii, long spikes of fine large 
blue flowers 
647 Moschatum, the Musk-I-Iyacinth, 
very fragrant 
648 ,, major, the Large Musk- 
Hyacinth, fragrant ... 
649 ,, flavum, the Large Yel- 
low Musk-Hyacinth, dense spikes , 
2 to 3 inches long, of fine yellow 
fragrant flowers, new and rare, each 5/6 
660 Plumosum monstrosum, purple-lilac *io 
661 Racemosum, very dark blue 5 
per 100. per doz. 
6...I 6 
-5 
...6 
6.. .1 
6 .. . 1 
''forcing, and making ‘plantations out-of-doors. 
I he clumps of Lily of the Valley quoted, have been specially prepared, and cannot fail to give abundance 
ot 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 penetraies to the centre 
of me clump. I repared 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 best for very early work ; the Devonshire crowns force best 
after Christmas. 1 he prepared clumps we think will be found by private growers preferable to crowns. The 
supply of Extra Selected clumps being limited, orders should be booked early, for dispatch in November. 
11 . L T UR ^‘ A moist atmosphere and abundance of water is indispensable to success in forcing Lilv of the 
alley , 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 moisture, the crowns, technically speaking, “ go blind.’’ 
. each — a. d. 1 
652 Fine clumps per doz. 12*. o d. 1 3 
653 Extra selected clumps ,, 15*. 1 g 1 
664 Strong Berlin Crowns, specially selected 
for early-forcing, per 100, 8*. 6 d. ; per 
bundle of 25, 2 s. 6d. 
each — 8 . 
655 Strong Devonshire Crowns, ‘ Victoria." 
for late-forcing, per roo, 8r. 6 d. ; 
per bundle of 25, 2 s. 6 d. 
65 S Dutch Crowns, for out-door planting, per 
100, 5*. 6 d . ; per 1000, 42 s. 
DIELYTRA (Lyre Flowers). For forcing and 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 red heart-shaped flowers, and furnished with 
tin; most delicate rich green foliage. In shrubberies or herbaceous borders, few plants in summer are so 
attractive as the Lyre Flower. . , 
J each— 8. a. cac h g 
667 Spectabilis per doz., 5/68:7/6; 6ar. & o 9 | 668 Spectabilis alba, white, 2 ft 2 6 
659 Spectabilis fol. aureo-variegatis, 2 ft per doz., 7s. 6d. ; each, gd. 
SPIR^A (The Meadow Sweet). For forcing , and planting out. 
The large graceful, feathery, pure white, fragrant flowers of Spirccn japonica surpass all else in this way 
to cut for furnishing vases, and the plant is one of the most decorative for the conservatory and room. In forcing, 
.a moist atmosphere and abundance of water is necessary. Spircea palmata has bright red leathery flower spikes, 
which are strikingly beautiful. Spircea japonica fol. a ureo-reticu tat is is a unique plant, forces the same as S. 
japonica, and is remarkable for the fine yellow veining or reticulation of the leaves. In sheltered moist borders 
out of doors, these plants are very decorative. 
each — 1 
G 60 Dlgitata, white, with red anthers, p. doz., 7/6 < 
661 Japonica, strong clumps, specially pre- 
pared for forcing... p. doz., 7/6 
662 ,, fol. aureo-reticulatls, leaves 
reticulated yellow and green, 
prepared clumps per doz. 10/6 
663 Palmata, red per doz. 5/6 
o 9 
each— s. 
664 Palmata, strong plants for forcing, p.doz.7/6 o 
665 ,, alba (new), elegant light-green foliage 
with large spreading plumes of 
snow-white flowers 2 
666 Ulmarla aureo-picta, a very ornamental 
foliage plant, with golden 
variegated foliage 1 
IRIS 
The Iris is the “ Orchid ” of the flower garden ; its blossoms are the most rich and varied in colour of hardy 
plants. It should be extensively planted in flower and shrubbery borders, and naturalized in wild gardens. As a 
cut-flower the Iris is invaluable, competing in richness and variety of colour with the choicest and the most 
beautiful Orchids. A judicious selection of Iris should include not only the rich colours and the aesthetic combin- 
ations: of colours but such varieties that will ensure a succession from Christmas to August, and this is achieved 
[Bat r and Son , 
