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Definition of Hyacinthus candicans
1. Noun. Southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyacinthus Candicans
Literary usage of Hyacinthus candicans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Garden Colour: Spring, by Mrs. C.W. Earle ; Summer, by E.V.B. ; Autumn, by by Margaret H. Waterfield (1907)
"... grass called Elymus glaucus, with ribbon-like leaves, as a neighbour, and a
most successful bed can be made with clumps of Hyacinthus candicans between ..."
2. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"The flowers have an odour of musk. Hyacinthus candicans.—A plant of great beauty
which is allied to the Hyacinths is Hyacinthus (sometimes called ..."
3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"They are well adapted for growing in clumps for lawn decoration. G. candicans,
is best known in cultivation as Hyacinthus candicans, which see. Gama Grass. ..."
4. My Garden by Louise Beebe Wilder (1916)
"... Hyacinthus orientalis, Leucojum vernum, Poet's Narcissus. Spanish and English
Iris, Madonna Lilies, Hyacinthus candicans, Gladioli. Plants. ..."
5. Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plants: Their History, Description, Methods of by Charles Linnaeus Allen (1893)
"[Hyacinthus candicans.] G. candicans, the only species, a native of South Africa,
is one of our most ornamental border plants, growing from four to six feet ..."
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