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HANDBOOKS OF PRACTICAL GARDENING--V

EDITED BY HARRY ROBERTS


THE BOOK OF BULBS

[Illustration: EARLY TULIPS]




THE BOOK OF BULBS

BY

S. ARNOTT, F.R.H.S.

TOGETHER WITH AN INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER ON THE BOTANY
OF BULBS BY THE EDITOR

JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON AND NEW YORK.      MCMI

_Printed by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh._




CONTENTS


                                                                 PAGE


Editor's Note                                                       x

Concerning Bulbs                                                   xi

Introductory                                                        1
    Value of Bulbs--Bulbs in Grass--Arrangement in Borders--Bulbs
    for Cutting--Propagating Bulbs--Diseases of Bulbs.

Hardy Bulbs                                                         7
    Aconitums--Alliums--Alstr merias--Anemones.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        15
    Amaryllises--Anthericums--Antholyzas--Apios--Arisae--Arums--
    Asphodelines--Asphodeluses--Belamcanda--Bloomerias--Brodiaeas
    --Bulbocodiums.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        21
    Calochorti and Cyclobothras--Camassias--Colchicums--
    Convallarias--Forcing Lily of the Valley--Corydalises--
    Crinums--Crocosmias and Montbretias--Crocuses.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        29
    Cyclamens--Dicentras--Dieramas--Eranthis--Eremuruses--
    Erythroniums--Eucomises.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        35
    Fritillarias--Funkias--Galanthuses--Galtonias--Gladioli--
    Hemerocallises.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        42
    Hyacinths--Hyacinths in Pots--Scillas--Puschkinias--
    Chionodoxas--Chionoscillas--Muscaris.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        48
    Irises--Kniphofias--Lapeyrousias--Leucojums.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        54
    Liliums--Liliums in Pots--Malvastrum--Merenderas--Millas--
    Narcissi--Narcissi in Pots.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        60
    Ornithogalums--Oxalises--Paeonias--Ranunculuses--Romuleas--
    Sanguinarias--Sternbergias--Schizostylis--Tecophilaeas--
    Trilliums.

Hardy Bulbs                                                        65
    Tulips--Zephyranthes.

Half-hardy Bulbs                                                   72
    Acidantheras--Albucas--Alstroemerias--Androstephiums--
    Besseras--Boussingaultias--Bravoas--Cypellas--Dahlias--
    Galaxias--Geissorhizas and Hesperanthas.

Half-hardy Bulbs                                                   77
    Gladioli--Ixias--Sparaxises--Babianas--Morphixias--Tritonias.

Half-hardy Bulbs                                                   83
    Ixiolirions--Moraeas--Ornithogalums--Oxalises--Phaedranassas
    --Pancratiums--Tigridias--Zephyranthes--Cooperias.

Greenhouse and Stove Bulbs                                         