Beautiful Bulbous Plants for the Open Air

FRONTISPIECE. PLATE 1.
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BEAUTIFUL
BULBOUSFOR THE OPEN AIR
PLANTS
JOHN WEATHERS, F.R.H.S., N.R.S.,
LECTURER ON HORTICULTURE TO THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL FORMERLY OF THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW: ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, &C. AUTHOR OF A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS. BEAUTIFUL ROSES. BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS, BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS.
With 33 full page Coloured Plates by Mrs. Philip Hensley.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO., Ltd.
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Although many articles have appeared from time to time in the horticultural newspapers and periodicals dealing with various aspects of the subject, it cannot be said that Bulbous Plants have hitherto received the attention they deserve in gardening literature. This volume therefore appears at an opportune moment to meet a recognised want, and in fulfilment of the promise made in the preface to Beautiful Garden Flowers.
While Bulbous Plants as a class have been somewhat neglected, it may be noted that one or two families have been dealt with specially in years gone by. In this connection mention may be made of the magnificent Monograph of the Genus Lilium, by Mr. H. J. Elwes; the Narcissus, its History and Culture, by Mr. F. W. Burbidge, M.A., and Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S.; a History of the Genus Crocus, by the Hon. and Rev. Dean Herbert, whose original drawings and MS. notes are preserved in the Lindley Library. Mr. Geo. Maw has also dealt specially with the Crocus ; and more recently the Rev. Eugene Bourne with the Daffodil ; Miss Jekyle and Mr. Goldring with Lilies, &c.