Galtonia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Galtonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Galtonia (after Sir Francis Gallon, the distinguished author and anthropologist, 1822-1911). Liliaceae. Giant Summer Hyacinth. Large and handsome Cape bulbs, of three species, one of them being cultivated in the open for summer bloom. Scape or peduncle, 2-4 ft. high, from a tunicated bulb: lvs. long and large, more or less fleshy, all from the crown: fls. white or tinged green, large, in an open raceme; perianth-tube short, oblong or club-shaped; stamens 6, with linear-oblong versatile anthers: fr. an oblong 3- valved caps., containing many angled black seeds.—The genus differs from Hyacinthus mainly by its more numerous and flattened crowded seeds. The other 2 species are inferior to the following, which was intro. by Leichtlin in the early seventies of last century, and now holds a permanent place in horticulture. The plants prefer a rich, open, moist soil. G. clavata, Baker. Bulb ovoid, 3-4 in. diam.: lvs. 6-8, soft, 2-2 ½ ft. long, with whitish margin: scape 2 ft., bearing a lax raceme; fls. with a clavate tube which in 1 in. long and which is twice as long as the segms. B.M. 6885.—-G. princeps, Decne. Much like G. candicans, but fls. fewer and raceme shorter: stamens inserted below middle of tube. L. H. B. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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