. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. AFRICAN LILY. dpapnrtthns umbellatus. jOTHING that the great African continent has given us in the way of flowers can surpass in value the glorious old African lily, which brings the rare blue colour into the great family of lilies. From Africa we have the magnificent ter- restrial orchids called disas, any number of heaths and pelargoniums, not a few of the finest palms, and the hard- leaved eycads. But for use- fulness, the agapanthus stands alone; and if we are called upon to find a companion for it, the Valletta purpure
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. AFRICAN LILY. dpapnrtthns umbellatus. jOTHING that the great African continent has given us in the way of flowers can surpass in value the glorious old African lily, which brings the rare blue colour into the great family of lilies. From Africa we have the magnificent ter- restrial orchids called disas, any number of heaths and pelargoniums, not a few of the finest palms, and the hard- leaved eycads. But for use- fulness, the agapanthus stands alone; and if we are called upon to find a companion for it, the Valletta purpurea shall have the preference over all other African plants; and this, although called Scar- borough Lily," is, strictly speaking, an amaryllis. The agapanthus, or African lily, has been classed as a crinum, as a hyacinth, as a polyanthus,. 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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