. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2273. Scilla Peruviana in full bloom (X%).Also known as Hcilla ciliaris. 6. autumna,lis, Linn. Autumn Squill. Starry HvaOiNTH. Lvs. several, obtuse, channeled, half-terete,growing on through the winter and dying away in thespring: scapes several: racemes corymbose, spicate,open : p
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . 2273. Scilla Peruviana in full bloom (X%).Also known as Hcilla ciliaris. 6. autumna,lis, Linn. Autumn Squill. Starry HvaOiNTH. Lvs. several, obtuse, channeled, half-terete,growing on through the winter and dying away in thespring: scapes several: racemes corymbose, spicate,open : perianth rose-colored, 14 in. across. July-Sep-t(ml)er. Europe (Great Britain), North Africa. —Hardy. The flowering stems generally precede the SCILLA SCILLA 1631 Ivs. but occasionally the two come up together. As theflowering advances, in most cases a tuft of Ivs. similarto those of S. verna shoot out by the side of the stemfor the following year. 7. Peruviana, Linn. (S. cilidris, Hort. S. Clusii,Pari.). Cuban Lily. Peruvian Jacinth. HyacinthOP Peru (once thought to be a Peruvian plant). 2274. SciUa 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, terminatedby a many-fld. conical, broad and compact raceme ofpurple, lilac, reddish or whitish fls.: fls. rotate; corollapersistent; anthers short. May, June. Region of Medi-terranean, not Peru. 749. Gn. 27, p. 288. , p. 508.—The Hyacinth of Peru is not hardy in propagates freely by offsets. It flowers all throughMay and June and forms a most attractive object in theherbaceous border or bed. S. Peruviana, however, hasone fault that may tell against it in the opinion of manycultivators —it never flowers two years in succession; itseems to need a whole years rest after the effort of pro-ducing its large spike of flowers. 8. monophyllos, Link {S. m
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