Galtonia
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Read about Galtonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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