. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Liliacecs—OrnitJiogalnni. 5 21 plants, the hardy ones chiefly from the Mediterranean region. Name from opvis, a bird, and <yd\a, milk ; of obscure appli- cation. The following species are familiar, and the first three either naturalised or native in Britain. 1. 0. umbeUiitum (fig. 254). Star of Bethlehem.—This grows about a foot high, with concave le
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Liliacecs—OrnitJiogalnni. 5 21 plants, the hardy ones chiefly from the Mediterranean region. Name from opvis, a bird, and <yd\a, milk ; of obscure appli- cation. The following species are familiar, and the first three either naturalised or native in Britain. 1. 0. umbeUiitum (fig. 254). Star of Bethlehem.—This grows about a foot high, with concave leaves green with, a. Fig. 254. Ornithogalum (J uaL. size.) white stripe down the middle. Flowers white, numerous, umbellate, with slender pedicels and long bracts. May and June. 2. 0. Pyrenaicum.—Flowers numerous, in racemes. Fila- ments dilated upwards. Perianth-segments greenish-white on the margin. June and July. 3. 0. nutans.—Flowers racemose, fewer than in the pre- ceding, drooping. Filaments dilated upwards and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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