Beautiful Bulbous Plants for the Open Air

by John Weathers

I also owe my best thanks for the specimens kindly supplied to illustrate the work by A. Worsley, Esq., of Isleworth; Messrs. Barr and Son, of Covent Garden; Messrs. Wallace and Company, of Colchester; Messrs. Ware, of Feltham; and Mr. Perry, of Winchmore Hill.

JOHN WEATHERS.

LIST OF PLATES.

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[1. Ixias] (Frontispiece)	1-6	[18. Camassia Cusicki]	70
[2. Scilla sibirica multiflora]	7	Lilium pyrenaicum	71
Galanthus nivalus	8	Allium Erdelii	72
Chionodoxa Luciliæ	9	Ixiolirion Pallasi	73
Hyacinthus azureus	10	[19. Ornithogalum pyramidale]	74
[3. Bulbous Irises:]		Brevoortia Ida-Maia	75
I. Histrio	11	Brodiæa laxa	76
I. Bakeriana	12	Brodiæa ixioides	77
I. Kolpakowskyana	13	[20. Galtonia candicans]	78
I. Danfordiæ	14	Sisyrinchium grandiflorum	79
I. persica	15	Brodiæa Howelli lilacina	80
[4. Daffodils:]		[21. Early-flowering Gladioli]	81-83
Ellen Willmott	16	[22. Calochortus venustus]	84
Mdme. de Graaff	17	Calochortus albus	85
Horsfieldi	18	Calochortus pulchellus	86
[5. Daffodils:]		[23. Gladiolus oppositiflorus]	87
Cyclamineus	19	Lilium canadense, vars.	88-89
Triandrus albus	20	[24. Lilium tigrinum]	90
Princess Mary of Cambridge	21	Brodiæa Bridgesi	91
Gloria Mundi	22	[25. Lilium tenuifolium]	92
Sir Watkin	23	Lilium Hansoni	93
[6. Daffodils:]		Lilium longiflorumb	94
Grand Monarque	24	[26. Lilium Martagon album]	95
Soleil d'or	25	Watsonia Ardernei	96
Weardale perfection	26	Lilium rubellum	97
Lulworth	27	Lilium colchicum	98
[7. Gardenia Narcissus]	28	[27. Watsonia Meriana]	99
Poet's Narcissus	29	Watsonia alba	100
Hyacinthus amethystinus	30	Watsonia angusta	101
[8. Fritillarias:]		Montbretia crocosmiæflora	102
F. Moggridgei	31	[28. Gladiolus Nanceianus]	103
F. Walujewi	32	Gladiolus Lemoineib	104
F. Meleagris alba	33	Gladiolus Childsi	105
F. recurva	34	[29. Zephyranthes Atamasco]	106
[9. Tulips]	35-38	Ornithogalum arabicum	107
[10. Tulips]	39-42	Ornithogalum nutans	108
[11. Hyacinths]	43-46	[30. Crinum Moorei]	109
[12. Leucojum vernum]	47	Tigridia lilacea	110
Muscari conicum	48	[31. Belladonna Lily]	111
Erythronium Johnsoni	49	Dierama pulcherrima	112
Tecophilæa cyanocrocus	50	[32. Tulbaghia violacea]	113
[13. Brodiæa uniflora]	51-52	Zephyranthes candida	114
Chionodoxa sardensisb	53	Crinum Powelli album	115
Erythronium Dens-Canis	54-55	Lycoris squamigerab	116
[14. English Irises]	56-59	[33. Crocus medius]	117
[15. Spanish Irises]	60-63	Colchicum speciosum	118
[16. Madonna Lily]	64	Sternbergia lutea	119
Fritillaria imperialis, vars.	65-66	Sternbergia macrantha	120
[17. Lilium croceum]	67	Crocus ochroleucus	121
Allium Moly	68	Crocus speciosus	122
Scilla peruviana albab	69

Contents

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• [Preface]
• [List of Plates]
• [Index]
• [Introduction]
• [Geographical Distribution]
• [Something about Bulbs and Corms]
• [Soil for Bulbous Plants]
• [Hints to Beginners]
• [How Deep should Bulbs be Planted?]
• [Natural Sinking of Bulbs and Corms]
• [Bulbs without Contractile Roots]
• [Propagation of Bulbous Plants:—] By [Offsets], [Bulbils], [Leaf-Scales], [Division], [Seeds].
• [Lifting and Storing Bulbs]
• [Combinations of Bulbous and Non-Bulbous Plants]
• [Naturalising Bulbous Plants in the Grass]
• [Bulbous Plants under Trees and Shrubs]
• [Bulbous Plants for Cut Flowers]
• [Bulbous Plants for Cold Greenhouses]
• [Bulbous Plants for Window Boxes]
• [Descriptions, Culture, Propagation, &c. of the Best Bulbous Plants for the Open Air]
• [Enemies of Bulbous Plants]
• [Manuring Bulbous Plants]

INDEX

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