. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). CAMASSIA THE BULB BOOK CAMASSIA Leaves linear, produced after the flowers. These are dark purple, about J in. long, as many as ten to twenty in an umbel on top of a slender com- pressed stalk 1 to 2 ft. long. The variety cameuni {Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 26) has rather larger flowers, pale purple or white in colour. {Bot. Mag. t
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). CAMASSIA THE BULB BOOK CAMASSIA Leaves linear, produced after the flowers. These are dark purple, about J in. long, as many as ten to twenty in an umbel on top of a slender com- pressed stalk 1 to 2 ft. long. The variety cameuni {Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 26) has rather larger flowers, pale purple or white in colour. {Bot. Mag. t. 2100; Bot. Reg. t. 422; t. 1135.). Fig. 90. — Cdlost&m/ma alium. CAjyCASSiA (from Qimmash, the name given by the N. American Indians, who eat the bulbs). Nat. Ord. Liliacese.—^A small genus of N. American plants closely related botanicaUy to the Scillas and Ornitho- galums, having tunicated bulbs, linear or strap-shaped leaves, and blue, purplish, or whitish flowers in loose racemes. The perianth consists of six nearly equal, distinct, spreading segments, finely veined. Camassias. are excellent plants for massing in the ordinary flower-border, 131 which they embellish from May to July with their slender erect spikes of graceful blossoms. They flourish in any well-drained garden soU, but prefer a good sandy loam and leaf- soil in warm and sheltered spots. Heavy soil saturated with water is fatal to the bulbs during the winter. Increase in the stock is effected by detaching the offsets from the older bulbs late in the summer or early autumn, when the plants have finished their growth. The offsets and old bulbs should be replanted immedi- ately, or stored in sand or dry soil till September. In any case they should be replanted not later than October, to secure a good display the following season. It is generally un- necessary to put stakes to the flower stems, although this may be necessary in very windy localities. C. Cusicki.—A native of the Blue Mountains
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