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autumn — say in September and October — to secure a 
display of flowers early tlie following year : — Snow- 
drops, Crocuses, Hyacinths, Daffodils and Narcissi, 
Tulips, Scillas, Chionodoxas, Muscari (Grape 
Hyacinth) Fritillarias, Calochortus (Mariposa Lilies), 
some of which are shown on Plate 27 ; Erythroniums 
or Dog’s Tooth Violet, shown on Plate 13, fig. 38. 
About March, if the weather is mild and open, the 
bulbs of many Liliums like candidnm, auratum, 
tigrinum, croceum, chalcedonicum, elegans, longi- 
florum, Martagon, monadelphum, pardalinum, 
superbum, and umbellatum, may be planted ; also the 
corms of such Gladioli as brenchleyensis, Childsi, 
Lemoinei, and Nanceianus ; and of Montbretia 
crocosmiaeflora, all of which flower during the summer 
and early autumn months. 
BUPHTHALMUM cordifolium (Telelria speciosa; Ox- 
eye ). — This perennial grows 3 to 5 feet high, its large 
heart-shaped leaves, a foot or more long, are coarsely- 
toothed on the margins, and give the plant a bold and 
ornamental appearance. The deep orange-yellow 
flower-heads, each 3 to 5 inches across, with linear ray- 
florets, surrounding a purplish centre, appear from July 
onwards, often till the frost comes. The plants flourish 
in any good garden soil and may be easily increased 
by division in spring or early autumn, or from seeds. 
Other species of Ox-eye are grandiflorum, with smooth 
lance-shaped leaves; and salicifolium, with lance-shaped 
hairy leaves. Effective on the margins of lakes, &c. 
CALENDULA officinalis [Marigold ). — The common 
Yellow Marigold is a strong-growing annual that 
requires but little care in its cultivation. A few fine 
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