. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . lowers fragrant. N. Tazetta, or polyan-thus narcissus, hears from four to eight flowers in an umbelon tall, slender scapes; perianth white, crown rich yellow,very fragrant. Mst ? »f the species are fine 1 >rder plants andare sometimes used for e<l<,dn<_r walks in kitchen gardens. Snowdrop, Galanihus nivalis.—A well-known flower ofearly spring, growing four or five inches high; perianth ofthree white, conspicuoussegments, and the three in-ner one- -mailer with greenspots at the apex. Therea
. Lawns and gardens. How to plant and beautify the home lot, the pleasure ground and garden . lowers fragrant. N. Tazetta, or polyan-thus narcissus, hears from four to eight flowers in an umbelon tall, slender scapes; perianth white, crown rich yellow,very fragrant. Mst ? »f the species are fine 1 >rder plants andare sometimes used for e<l<,dn<_r walks in kitchen gardens. Snowdrop, Galanihus nivalis.—A well-known flower ofearly spring, growing four or five inches high; perianth ofthree white, conspicuoussegments, and the three in-ner one- -mailer with greenspots at the apex. Thereaii- several very handsomevarieties with larger flow- FIQ 162-_SNOWDROPS (galanthus nivalis). ere G. Elwesii is a stronger species with larger are fine fr naturalizing in shrubberies and half-shadylawns. They thrive well in ordinary garden soil. Snowfiake, Leucoium vemum.—This differs from thesnowdrop in having all the segments of the perianthequally large. The flowers are white ami appeal late inspring. Very desirable for rockeries and 366 iberbaceous plants. Peruvian Lily, Alsfocemeria aurantiaca.—A very beau-tiful plant with highly-colored flowers late in be planted in a warm, sheltered position in lightand rich soil and must be covered in winter in the of a rich orange color, ten to fifteen in an umbelon leafy stems three feet high; stem-leaves linear, ellipti-cal, radical; lower ones larger and broader. Tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa.—A tall, bulbous plantwith simple stems two or three feet high with linear-lanceo-late leaves and long spikes of white fragrant flowers, mostlydouble. May be planted out in the bolder for the sake ofthe flowers which are useful for cutting. THE IRIS FAMILY. Flower de Luce or Flag, Iris.—This is a genus of ex-tremely fine, often bulbous- or tuberous-rooted plants, withlinear or sword-shaped leaves and highly col-ored flowers. Some, like the yellow flag and*lJWvlt^ the Japanese iris, are
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