. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. ORNITHOGALUM midale seera to be the most desirable. These are the best to place among shrubbery and leave undisturbed for yt-ars. A particularly robust clump of O. tatifolium is a'. In aring Over a hundred spikes of flowers on stalks ;t ft. hiirh. O. pyramid
. 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. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. ORNITHOGALUM midale seera to be the most desirable. These are the best to place among shrubbery and leave undisturbed for yt-ars. A particularly robust clump of O. tatifolium is a'. In aring Over a hundred spikes of flowers on stalks ;t ft. hiirh. O. pyramidale is here doubtfully ('. .V<, but there is no doubt about the beauty ot the plant which English gardeners call O. pyramidale. For formal beauty it is hard to excel. It sometimes makes a perfect pyramid of starry white flowers, the spike 12-18 in. long, the fls. an inch across, and a hundred or more fls. in a spike. The tender kinds in cultivation are chiefly from the Cape of Good Hope, though O. Arabicum is found in the Mediterranean region. Connoisseurs are divided be- tween O. Arabicum and O. nrulutnm, but the former has been more pictured Iii- ,i _i. m. r- number of almirers. When well grown i! , : i, ' i In- showiest plant of thi. whole genus, d. \ ihkle plant. U grows to perfection in (;i,. :,,-.,. Malks :t ft. high and fls. 2 iu. across, burn, m ini, clus- ters. The tall-spiked waving masses of white remain in good condition for some weeks. In Guernsey they are esteemed for cut-flowers. The white of the large, broad- petaled fls. is set off by a gleaming black -pistil, which makes a striking and pretty feature. O. Arabicum is suitable for pot culture in northern conservatories, but perhaps the best way to grow it is in quantity in a frame. The bulbs have a way of remaining dormant for a season or two, a difficulty possibly to be associated with their iusufiicient ripening. W. Goldring writes: "To keep the pots with the bul
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