. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. SCILLA SCILLA 1G31 Ivs. but occasionally the two come up together. As the flowering advances, in most cases a tuft of Ivs. similar to those of >S. venia shoot out by the side of the stem for the following year. 7. Peruviana, Linn. {S. cilidris, Hort. S. Glusii. Pari.). Cuban Lily. Peruvian Jacinth. Hyacinth
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. SCILLA SCILLA 1G31 Ivs. but occasionally the two come up together. As the flowering advances, in most cases a tuft of Ivs. similar to those of >S. venia shoot out by the side of the stem for the following year. 7. Peruviana, Linn. {S. cilidris, Hort. S. Glusii. Pari.). Cuban Lily. Peruvian Jacinth. Hyacinth OF Peru (once thought to be a Peruvian plant). 2274. Scilla Peruviana, at the end of its flowering season. 2273, 2274. Bulb large, ovate, tunicate : Ivs. many, broad-linear, 6-12 in. long; margins ciliated with mi- nute white bristles, channeled: scape robust, terminated by a many-fid. conical, broad and compact raceme of purple, lilac, reddish or whitish fls.: fls. rotate; corolla persistent; anthers short. May, June. Region of Medi- terranean, not Peru. 749. Gn. 27, p. 288. 1882, p. Peruisnothardyiu Mass. It propagates freely by offsets. It flowers all through May and June and forms a most attractive object in the herbaceous border orbed. S. Peruviana, however, has one fault that may tell against it in the opinion of many cultivators âit never flowers two years in succession; it seems to need a whole year's rest after the effort of pro- ducing its large spike of fiowers. 8. monophyllos. Link {S. monophylla. Plan. S. pu- mila, Brot.). Dwarf Squill. Leaf solitary, inclosing the base of the scape, 2 in. long, Yn in. broad, involute, ovate-acuminate, with a callous apex, glabrous: scape erect,slender,usually 5-20-fld.: pedicels long,ascending, springing from a small sheathing bract: perianth bright lilac, 3^2 in. across, open, spreading; filaments lilac-blue, dilated at base; anthers erect, blue. May. Spain, Portu- gal. 9. bi
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