PLANTS WORTH GROWING 85 
commences. Seeds are freely produced, and ger- 
minate well if sown as soon as ripe. It is best to 
pot off seedlings while small, planting out from 
pots in partially shaded positions where the plants 
will not suffer from drought during the flowering 
season. 
A. Liliago is one of the best known. Its flower 
spikes rise to a height of about two feet, the blossoms 
being of shining satiny white, a bunch of bright 
yellow anthers lighting up the centre of each. 
Another good plant is A. ramosum, which has a 
distinctive method of growth, spreading itself by 
means of ramifying underground stems from which 
rise tufts of foliage and spikes of white flowers. 
A plant frequently met with under the name of 
Anthericum Liliastrum is more correctly named 
Paradisea Liliastrum. There are two or three 
fine varieties of this excellent subject which in 
general character must be described as very similar 
to the true Anthericum. 
So near akin in fact are the Anthericums and 
Paradiseas that an intermediate variety exists under 
the name of Anthericum hybridum Arethusa. This 
is a plant of extremely graceful character, its flowers 
being dainty in form, yet substantial and serviceable 
for cutting. 
Antirrhinum. — Worthy of a chapter to themselves 
by reason of their many sterling qualities, exceptional 
serviceability, and wide range of most delightful 
colours, the Antirrhinum has of late years made 
