. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Botany; Horticulture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. V. SAIlT FRANCISCO, JANUARY, 1875. No. 1. THE LILY OF THE VALLEY. BY F. A, MXLLEE. Very few plants enjoy a greater popu- larity than the Lily of the Valley {Con- vallaria majalis) and the number of plants furnished annually by the bulb- growers of Holland is enormously large, which fact in itself goes far to prove that it has become a universal favorite. The Garden, of London, in a recent arti- cle on the subject, says: "Fortunes ai'e being built up on this humble plant; it
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Botany; Horticulture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. V. SAIlT FRANCISCO, JANUARY, 1875. No. 1. THE LILY OF THE VALLEY. BY F. A, MXLLEE. Very few plants enjoy a greater popu- larity than the Lily of the Valley {Con- vallaria majalis) and the number of plants furnished annually by the bulb- growers of Holland is enormously large, which fact in itself goes far to prove that it has become a universal favorite. The Garden, of London, in a recent arti- cle on the subject, says: "Fortunes ai'e being built up on this humble plant; it employs thousands for several months in the year, in this and other countries; it is the most favored of all the plants that come into Covent Garden Market, in the winter and spring months; and, loaded with little green-tipi)ed lumps of white, is undeniably a queen among flow- ; Most of our people here are un- der the impression that the roots ex- posed for sale are simply dug up from the forests of Europe. This is not the case. The roots offered here are espe- cially grown for market. So far but few persons have met with success in the cultivation of this pretty plant, but the failure must be attribut- ed, first, to very inferior roots, contain- ing no flower-buds; and secondly, to im- VOL. v.—2. proper treatment. The roots are sent out as single crowns or in clumps; the latter are masses of flowering and leaf crowns. Single crowns have no soil attached, and are apt to suffer from the effects of a long journey. In purchas- ing these, the crown should be careful- ly examined, and if found plumj^ and firmly attached to the root, its healthy condition can be relied upon. Fre- quently I have seen crowns offered for sale, which were simj^ly leaf-buds, and would not produce any flowers. The two are easily distinguished; the flow- ering-crown is much larger and more roundish than the leaf-crown. A very little experience will enable anyone to distinguish one from the other
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