[Acis][Habranthus][Lily Mariposa]
[Ajax Daffodils][Homeria][Lily Orange]
[Allium][Hyacinth, Grape][Lily Sacred]
[Amaryllis][Hyacinth, Musk][Lily Swamp]
[Angel's Tears][Hyacinth, Ostrich feather][Lily Tiger]
[Anomatheca][Hyacinth, Star][Lily Turk's Cap]
[Antholyza][Hyacinth, Wood][Lime]
[Babiana][Hyacinths in glasses][Liver of Sulphur]
[Baboon Root][Hyacinths in pots][Lycoris]
[Basal rot][Hyacinthus]Madonna Lily [1] [2]
[Basic Slag][Iris][Manures for Bulbs]
[Beginners, Hints to][Iris, English][Meadow Saffron]
[Belladonna Lily][Iris, Spanish][Merendera]
[Bessera][Ixia][Merodon]
[Bicolor Daffodils][Ixiolirion][Milla]
[Bloomeria][Jacobæa Lily][Montbretia]
[Bluebell][Jonquil][Muscari]
[Bluebell Spanish][Jonquil, Queen Anne's][Narcissus]
[Bobartia][Joss Flower][Narcissus Fly]
[Bravoa]Kainit [1] [2][Narcissus Poet's]
[Brevoortia][Lapeyrousia][Narcissus Polyantha]
[Brodiæa][Leaf-scales][Narcissus Tazetta]
[Bulbils][Leaves, importance of][Narcissus When to plant]
[Bulbocodium][Lent Lily][Naturalising bulbs]
[Bulbs, buying][Leopard Lily][Nitrate of soda]
[Bulbs, and corms][Leucojum][Nothoscordum]
[Bulbs, in grass][Lilium][Offsets]
[Bulbs, lifting][Lilium, Alexandræ][Orange Lily]
[Bulbs, sinking of][Lilium, auratum][Ornithogalum]
[Bulbs, storing][Lilium, Batemanniæ][Pancratium]
[Butter and Eggs][Lilium, Bloomerianum][Planting bulbs]
[Calochortus][Lilium, Browni][Polianthes]
[Calliprora lutea][Lilium, bulbiferum][Poor Men's Orchids]
[Camassia][Lilium, Burbanki][Propagation]
[Camass Root][Lilium, canadense][Puschkinia]
[Chionodoxa][Lilium, candidum][Quamash]
[Chiono-Scilla][Lilium, Catesbæi][Roots, contractile]
[Chlorogalum][Lilium, chalcedonicum][Sacred Lily]
[Cloves][Lilium, colchicum][Salicylic Acid]
[Codlins and Cream][Lilium, concolor][Salt]
[Colchicum][Lilium, cordifolium][Schizostylis]
[Combinations with Bulbs][Lilium, croceum][Scilla]
[Contractile Roots][Lilium, Dalhansoni][Seed sowing]
[Corbularia][Lilium, dauricum][Sisyrinchium]
[Corms][Lilium elegans][Snowdrop]
[Corn Flag][Lilium, excelsum][Snowflake]
[Corn Lily][Lilium, giganteum][Soap Plant]
[Crinum][Lilium, Grayi][Soil for bulbs]
[Crocosma][Lilium, Hansoni][Soot]
[Crocus][Lilium, Henryi][Sparaxis]
Crocus Autumn [1] [2][Lilium, Humboldti][Sparrows]
[Crocus Chilian][Lilium, japonicum][Spawn]
[Crocus Cloth of Gold][Lilium, kewense][Sprekelia]
[Crocus Cloth of Silver][Lilium, Krameri][Squill]
[Cut Flowers, bulbs for][Lilium, lancifolium][Star of Bethlehem]
[Cyclobothra][Lilium, Leichtlini][Star of Bethlehem yellow]
[Daffodils][Lilium, Loddigesianum][Sternbergia]
[Daffodils Ajax][Lilium, longiflorum][Storing bulbs]
[Daffodils Bicolor][Lilium, maritimum][Superphosphate]
[Daffodils Hooped Petticoat][Lilium, Marhan][Swamp Lily]
[Daffodils Star][Lilium, Martagon][Sword Lily]
[Daffodils in Scilly Isles][Lilium, monadelphum][Tecophilæa]
[Daffodils Tenby][Lilium, pardalinum][Tiger Flower]
[Dierama][Lilium, pomponium][Tiger Lily]
[Dog's Tooth Violet][Lilium, Parryi][Tigridia]
[Enemies of bulbous plants][Lilium, pyrenaicum][Trees and Shrubs, bulbs under]
[Erythronium][Lilium, Roezli][Tritonia]
[Eucomis][Lilium, rubellum][Tuberose]
[Ferraria][Lilium, speciosum][Tulbaghia]
[Fire Cracker, Californian][Lilium, superbum][Tulip]
[Flag, Corn][Lilium, Szovitsianum][Tulip, Cottage]
[Flowers, when to pick][Lilium, tenuifolium][Tulip, Darwin]
[Fritillaria][Lilium, testaceum][Tulip, Dragon]
[Fungoid diseases][Lilium, Thunbergianum][Tulip, Mayflowering]
[Gagea][Lilium, tigrinum][Tulip, Parrot]
[Galanthus][Lilium, umbellatum][Tulip, Seedling]
[Galtonia][Lilium, Washingtonianum][Tulip, Star]
[Ganymede's Cup][Lilies, distribution of][Tulip, Wild]
[Gladiolus][Lilies, planting][Turk's Cap Lily]
[Glory of the Snow][Lilies, for damp soils][Watsonia]
[Grass, bulbs in the][Lily Disease][Window boxes, bulbs for]
[Green leaves, value of][Lily of the Field][Winter Daffodil]
[Greenhouses, bulbs for][Lily Jacobæa][Wireworms]
[Grubs][Lily Leopard][Zephyranthes]
Lily Madonna [1] [2][Zephyr Flower]

BEAUTIFUL BULBOUS PLANTS.

INTRODUCTION.

The cultivation of Bulbous Plants has reached a point of popularity at the present day that it has never before attained. And there is every reason to believe that this popularity is increasing from year to year as more people become better acquainted with these plants, and the ease with which the great majority of them may be grown in almost any garden. Indeed there are now so many kinds of bulbous plants that there is no difficulty in making a selection to suit the smallest garden or the most modest purse.

Of course, some kinds, such as Tulips, Daffodils and Narcissi, Hyacinths, Crocuses, Snowdrops, Scillas, Bluebells, Chionodoxas, Grape Hyacinths, Lilies, Colchicums, Gladioli, and Montbretias, will be always probably amongst the first favourites with garden lovers. But there is no reason why the Mariposa Lilies and Star Tulips, the Brodiæas and Millas, the Sternbergias and Fritillarias, and many others should not in the course of time become almost equally popular when they become better known.

Some kinds of bulbous plants have been known in British Gardens—and no doubt in continental ones also—ever since such a thing as gardening proper came to be distinguished from mere agriculture. Our native or naturalised bulbs—such as the Snake's Head Fritillary (Fritillaria Meleagris), the Yellow Star of Bethlehem (Gagea lutea), as well as the white ones (Ornithogalum nutans, pyrenaicum, and umbellatum), the Autumn Crocus (Colchicum autumnale), the Lent Lily or Daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus), the Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), the Snowflake (Leucojum vernum), the Grape Hyacinth (Muscari racemosum), the Squill (Scilla verna), and the Bluebell (S. festalis), the Martagon Lily (Lilium Martagon), and the [Wild Tulip] (Tulipa sylvestris) have been grown as garden plants for 400 years or more.

The great monastic establishments were the seats of gardening as of learning, and it is in connection with them we find the first traces of bulbous or any other plants being intelligently cultivated. Besides the plants mentioned, our earliest garden records show that such bulbous plants as the Dog's Tooth Violet (Erythronium Dens-Canis), the Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis), Gladiolus communis, the Garden Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis), the Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum), the Poet's Narcissus and the Jonquil (N. poeticus and N. Jonquilla), the Star Hyacinth (Scilla amoena), the Lily of the Field (Sternbergia lutea), and Gesner's Tulip (T. Gesneriana), were among the first kinds cultivated from the beginning of the 16th century, and they are all more popular to-day than ever. Following these we find such Tulips as suaveolens and Clusiana, the yellow-flowered Onion (Allium Moly), the Cloth of Gold Crocus (C. Susianus), the Byzantine Gladiolus (G. byzantinus), and others in the 17th century. The beginning of the 18th century saw the introduction to our gardens of the Belladonna Lily (Amaryllis Belladonna), and later on the Babianas, Ixias, and other Gladioli like blandus, cuspidatus, and cardinalis.

It is to the 19th century, however, that we owe not only many introductions of new kinds, but also the development of the great enterprise that has been shown in their extensive cultivation, and the natural methods of using them in the garden.

To this period, and especially to the latter half of it, belong most of our fine Lilies, Bulbous Irises, Mariposa Lilies and Star Tulips, Brodiæas, Chionodoxas, Scillas, and American Dog's Tooth Violets. It has also been the age when the florist's varieties of Gladiolus, Daffodils, Tulips, Hyacinths, and Crocuses have been brought almost, if not quite, to the acme of perfection by intelligent cultivation and careful selection.