The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . FIG. 151.—VIOLET CALIFORNIA.(SEE P. 385).. Fir;. 152.— VABIETIES OF VIOLET. 1. V. Odorata, typical. 2. V. Princess o£ Wales 3. V. primavera. (see p. 385.) 4. V. Amiral Avellan. 5. V. Princess Beatrice.(3. V. Italia. are considered to be shy flowering,but given proper treatment they afford abrave show at a season when few other bulbousplants are in flower. Nerines suffer from dis-turbance at the root and a close ill-ventilatedhouse, and succeed in relatively small pots, and when thoroug
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . FIG. 151.—VIOLET CALIFORNIA.(SEE P. 385).. Fir;. 152.— VABIETIES OF VIOLET. 1. V. Odorata, typical. 2. V. Princess o£ Wales 3. V. primavera. (see p. 385.) 4. V. Amiral Avellan. 5. V. Princess Beatrice.(3. V. Italia. are considered to be shy flowering,but given proper treatment they afford abrave show at a season when few other bulbousplants are in flower. Nerines suffer from dis-turbance at the root and a close ill-ventilatedhouse, and succeed in relatively small pots, and when thoroughly exposed to sunshine during thesummer months. In cool summers the bulbs arethe better for being placed in a garden frame,and the sun allowed to shine full upon them. , N. pudica, N. rosea, N. flexuosa and itsvar. alba, N. Fothergilli, and N. Fothergillimajor, are all well worthy of cultivation. Vallota purpueea (The Scaeboro Lilt),so often seen in perfection in cottage windows on. the south coast, is a somewhat difficult bulb toflower in or around London. It is said that seaair is necessary to flower it in perfec
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