This section is from the book "Handbook Of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, And Herbaceous Plants", by W. Botting Hemsley. Also available from Amazon: Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants.
The Guernsey Lily belongs to this genus, and, though scarcely hardy, deserves mentioning here on account of its extensive culture. It received the name N. Sarniensis in error, being a naturalized plant in Gruernsey. It is a native of South Africa, and about the year 1680 a ship containing a quantity of its bulbs was wrecked in the Channel, and the bulbs washing ashore struck root and increased. But it is no longer found there in a wild state. It is a very beautiful plant with rose or scarlet umbellate flowers, appearing in Autumn before the leaves. Perianth 6-parted, tubeless.
 
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