. The perfect garden, how to keep it beautiful and fruitful, with practical hints on eonomical management and the culture of all the principal flowers, fruits, and vegetables; . d. Or the bulb-dealer will sell you plants at about a shilling are several varieties, two of the best known beingthe narrow-leaved angustifolius, and the large maximus. The meadow saffron {colchicuni autumnale) has thepeculiarity of flowering in autumn, and not throwing upleaves until spring. Kentish cottagers call it nakedboys because of this. The type is like a very largepurple crocus, and it is sometimes
. The perfect garden, how to keep it beautiful and fruitful, with practical hints on eonomical management and the culture of all the principal flowers, fruits, and vegetables; . d. Or the bulb-dealer will sell you plants at about a shilling are several varieties, two of the best known beingthe narrow-leaved angustifolius, and the large maximus. The meadow saffron {colchicuni autumnale) has thepeculiarity of flowering in autumn, and not throwing upleaves until spring. Kentish cottagers call it nakedboys because of this. The type is like a very largepurple crocus, and it is sometimes called the autumncrocus. There are several varieties of it, some meadow saffron makes interesting little patches ofcolour in its season. The crinmn is a splendid bulb, and it is sad that it isnot perfectly hardy. Like the butterfly tulip it must havea warm, sheltered place, such as a sunny greenhouseborder, if it is to thrive in the open air. The prettypink species capense, sometimes known as longifolium,and its white variety, also the rose-coloured Powellii,are the most likely of these beautiful amaryllids tosucceed out of doors. They suffer a great deal from. BULB BEAUTY 185 cold winds, and must be protected from north andeasterly gales. Given that shelter, and a deep, loamysoil, they are gloriously beautiful. Purchasable inautumn, they are not at all dear, although they do notcome into the class of bulb that the average person canafford to buy by the thousand. Some of the most beautiful of the species of crocuswere named in the selections of plants for rockwork,but we must not despise the spring-flowering Dutchsection, such as Avalanche, King of the Blues, GoldenYellow, and Sir Walter Scott. These bright littleplants are dirt cheap, and make very cheerful find that birds are very fond of pulling theyellow flowers to pieces. A line of black thread justabove them generally suffices for protection. We have already discussed the Crown Imperial (seethe
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