. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 681.— Camassia esculenta. Fig. 682.—Allium nutans. Fig. 683.—Oxalis rosea. The common fields in Italy are covered at Easter time with yellow and red tulips growing wild. I brought from Florence many bulbs. The flowers are really fine (fig. 684), and are used 10 decorate the Italian churches at Easter,— or rather, they are used in them on Holy Thursday, for the gardens of the Holy Sepulchre. The Amaryllis, or Stern- /WA%li/,/^Wi^ lergia lutea (fig. 685), or Lily of
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 681.— Camassia esculenta. Fig. 682.—Allium nutans. Fig. 683.—Oxalis rosea. The common fields in Italy are covered at Easter time with yellow and red tulips growing wild. I brought from Florence many bulbs. The flowers are really fine (fig. 684), and are used 10 decorate the Italian churches at Easter,— or rather, they are used in them on Holy Thursday, for the gardens of the Holy Sepulchre. The Amaryllis, or Stern- /WA%li/,/^Wi^ lergia lutea (fig. 685), or Lily of the Field of the Bible, grows freely in the driest places of our al- fic. of the Field, pineries, and may be propagated by division. In Palestine in autumn, it is said to come up in large patches ; and the glossy leaves with bright yellow flowers, growing in masses in the midst of an arid, desolate , must produce a great effect on the Fig. 684.—Tulip from 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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