THE PERUVIAN SQUILL.— This belongs to the large family of Scillas, with the old English name of Squills, and well represented in our gardens by the common Wood hyacinth, the hardiest of our spring-flowering bulbs which are white and round. S. peruviana (a misnomer as it comes from Algeria, by the way) gives a quaint head of dark blue flowers in November with a mass of strap leaves 1ft high. The flowers appear above the foliage and are peculiar and distinct, and form quite a pattern in the bulb beds.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29051, 13 November 1959, Page 10
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90THE PERUVIAN SQUILL.— This belongs to the large family of Scillas, with the old English name of Squills, and well represented in our gardens by the common Wood hyacinth, the hardiest of our spring-flowering bulbs which are white and round. S. peruviana (a misnomer as it comes from Algeria, by the way) gives a quaint head of dark blue flowers in November with a mass of strap leaves 1ft high. The flowers appear above the foliage and are peculiar and distinct, and form quite a pattern in the bulb beds. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29051, 13 November 1959, Page 10
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