Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1878 [PAGE 275]

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TRILLIUM, Three-leaved Nightshade, Wake Robin, Birthroot. sessile, native, L a p h a m . r e c u r v a t u m , native, Lapham; Cook county, Babcock; Champaign c o i n t y . grandiflorum, large white trillium or Wake Robin. erectum, Purple Trillium or BUthroot, native, L i p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. v a r . deciinatum, Gray; woods n o r t h w a r d . cernuum, Nodding Trillium or Wake RoMn. nivale, Dwarf White Trillium, native, Vasey; P e o r i a county, Brendel. COLCHICUM, cultivated from E u r o p e for o r n a m e n t . autumnale, Common Colchicum. variegatum, perhaps a variety. CHAM^ELIRIUM, Devil's Bit. luteum, Blazing Star, native, Gray. STENANTHITJM. angustifolium, native, Vasey; Pike county, Mead; Union county, Miss Holmes. VERATRUM, False Hellebore. woodii, native, L a p h a m ; Hancock county, Mead. ZYGADENUS. glaucus, native, Vasey; n o r t h e r n Illinois, G r a y . U V U L A R I A , Bellwort. grandiflora, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. perfoliate, native, L a p h a m ; scarce. MELANTHIUM. virginicum, Bunch Flower, native, L a p h a m ; infrequent, P a t t e r s o n . TOFIELDIA, False Asphodel. glutinosa, native, V a s e y ; northward. CONVALLER1A, Lily of the Valley, majalis, cultivated from E u r o p e ; wild on the Alleghanies. SMILACINA, False Solomon's Seal. trifolia, desf., Cook county, Babcock; Hancock, Mead. racemosa, False Spikenard, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. stellata, native, Lapham. bifolia, native, V a s e y : north, Bebb. POLYGONATUM, Solomon's Seal. biflorum, Smaller Solomon's Seal, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. giganteum, Great Solomon's Seal, native, Vasey; Champaign county. ASPARAGUS, officinalis, Common Asparagus, cultivated from E u r o p e for its esculent shoots and adventive. MYRSIPHYLLUM. asparagoides, conservatory climber, commonly known as Boston smilax. LLLIUM, Lily. philadelphieum, Wild Orange Lily, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county. canadense, Wild Yellow Lily, native, Lapham. super bum, Turk's Cap Lily, native, Vasey; Tazewell county, Brendel. tigrinum, Tiger Bulblet-bearing Lily, cultivated from China. pomponium, turban lily of Europe. chalcedonicum, red lily of Palestine. martagon, or Turk's cap of E u r o p e . speciosum, of J a p a n . a u r a t u m , golden-banded, of J a p a n . candidum, common white lily, from J a p a n . longiflorum, long-flowered white lily, from J a p a n . " T h i s is a large family of ornamental bulbs. Many of t h e m are hardy and indispensable in the flower-garden." —Rand. FRITILLARIA. meleagris, Guinea, Hen Flower, cultivated from E u r o p e . imperialis or Petelium imperiale, Crown Imperial, cultivated from Asia. " T h e y are highly o r n a m e n t a l and will thrive in any deep, rich soil."—Rand. TULIPA, Tulip, cultivated for o r n a m e n t . gesneriana, Common Tulip, from Asia Minor. suaveolens, Sweet Tulip, from E u r o p e . ERYTHRONIUM Dog's Tooth VioUt. americanum, Yellow Dog's Tooth, Adder's Tongue, native, Lapham. albidium. White Dog's Tooth Violet, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. dens canis, Dog Tooth Violet, cultivated from E u r o p e . ORNITHOGALUM, Star of Bethlehem. umbellatum, Common Star of Bethlehem or Ten O' Clock, cultivated from E u r o p e . SCILLA, Squill, fraseri, Eastern Quamash, Wild Hyacinth, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley; also cultivated, amoena, verna, e t c . , are cultivated for o r n a m e n t from E u r o p e . ALLIUM, Onion, Garlic. tricoccum, Wild Leek, native, Lapham. cernuum, Wild Onivn, native, L a p h a m . stellatum, native, L a p h a m . canadense, Wild Garlic, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county. striatum, native, Lapham"