. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). Fig. liO.—FrUillaria imperialis, seed-pods. (J.) P. involuorata.—A species from the Maritime Alps about 1 ft. high, having whorls of narrow lance-shaped leaves and wine - purple flowers slightly tessellated. p. Karelin! {Rhinopetolum Rare- lini).—An Asiatic species about 6 ins. high, with broad stem - clasping leaves, and
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). Fig. liO.—FrUillaria imperialis, seed-pods. (J.) P. involuorata.—A species from the Maritime Alps about 1 ft. high, having whorls of narrow lance-shaped leaves and wine - purple flowers slightly tessellated. p. Karelin! {Rhinopetolum Rare- lini).—An Asiatic species about 6 ins. high, with broad stem - clasping leaves, and terminal racemes of nodding bell-shaped flowers about 1 in. deep, produced late in autumn or in spring according to the time of planting. The blossoms are pale purple with deeper purple spots and veins, and a greenish-yellow nectary- hollow at the base of each segment. (,Bot. Mag. t. 6406.) P. lanceolata.—A native of America, 1 to 1^ ft. high, with lance- shaped leaves in whorls, and sombre wine-purple coloured flowers. P. latlfolla.—A variable Caucasian Fritillary about 1 ft. high, with drooping flowers varying in colour through various shades of purple, black, lilac, and yellow. There are. 228 Fig. 151.—Fritillaria lanceolata. The best known is F. lutea, 6 to 12 ins. high, with alternate huear lance-shaped leaves, and solitary drooping yeUow flowers more or less tinged with purple, produced in April and May (B'ot. Mag. tt. 1207, 1538; Belg. HoH. i. 49; Red. Lil. i. 57). P. macrandra.—A native of the Island of Syra, with oblong lance- shaped fleshy leaves, and purple flowers covered with a glaucous bloom outside, but yellow and blotched vidth green within. P. Meleagrls (Snake's Head).—1h]s distinct and pretty species grows wild in parts of England in moist meadows. It is 12 to 18 ins. high, with flat linear leaves 6 to 8 ins. long, and usually solitary drooping flowers 1^ ins. deep in April and May,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned
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