Hyacinthus, 47-49, 124 _candicans_, 58 _orientalis_, 49, 58
_Iris anglica_, 62 _Bakeriana_, 64 _hispanica_, 14 _histroides_, 64 _reticulata_, 64 _susiana_, 17, 65, 66, 67 _xiphion_, 60
Irises, 13, 17, 47, 48, 49, 60-67, 161 legends connected with, 48 new varieties from seed, 62 purple, 15 remedial uses of, 60 Spanish, 60, 63
Land, preparation of new, 161 value of, 13, 33, 44, 108
Narcissi, 74-82, 161 _Barri_, 78 _Emperor_, 78 _Empress_, 78 _Golden Spur_, 78 _Grandee_, 78 _Henry Irving_, 78 legends connected with, 79-81 _Poeticus_, 78, 79 _polyanthus_, 77-79 protection from cold, 77 Red, 77 _Sir Watkin_, 88 _Van-Sion_, 75 _Will Scarlet_, 77
Narcissus, 79, 80 _Clusii_, 75 _maximus_, 75 _Tazetta_, 78
Parkinson, 16, 33, 41, 45, 49, 58, 59, 76, 77, 87 quoted, 16, 50, 65, 71, 82, 93, 95
Ranunculus, 10, 23, 68-70 _asiaticus_, 68
Saint-Simon, 121, 122, 126, 128, 146, 147, 167
_Scilla alba_, 45, 59 medical uses, 59 multiplication of, 43 origin of, 43 _rubra_, 59 _sibirica_, 31, 43-45
Snowdrops, 39-43, 105, 113 legends connected with, 40 liking for neglected soil, 39-40 multiplication of, 41
Soil, 5, 40, 51, 57, 91, 108, 121, 149, 151, 153 _et seq._
_Tulipa Gesneriana_, 96 _Gesneriana spathulata_, 98 _kaufmanniana_, 92 _turcica_, 95
Tulips, 83-103, 113, 161 _Bizarres_, 94 _Bybloomens_, 94 _Californian_, 17 _Chimney Sweep_, 89 Darwin, 100 disease in, 92 _Dora_, 85 _Duc van Tholl_, 91, 96, 102 feathered, 94 “Flamed,” 94 gambling in, 169 _Gesneriana spathulata_, 85 high prices paid for, 84, 85, 86 _Louis the XVI._, 84 manuring the ground, 91 new varieties from seed, 92 origin of, 96-100 _Painted Lady_, 89 _Parrot_, 95 protection from mice and other vermin, 90 protection of bulbs by straw, 91 _Rose_, 94 _Semper Augustus_, 84, 169, 170 Seventeenth-century mania for, 168 _et seq._ storing the bulbs in the barns, 106 the “breaking” of seedlings, 93 _The Citadel of Antwerp_, 85 variegated, 84 wild, 100 _Yellow Fool’s Coat_, 95
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