The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Nectaroscordum

(from nektar, nectar, and Skorodon, Garlic; referring to honey pores in the flower). ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic genus, now included, by Bentham and Hooker, under Allium (which see for culture of the species). N. siculum (Sicilian). fl. green and purplish, in a loose umbel, on drooping pedicels; perianth somewhat bell-shaped; scape 1ft. to 3ft. high. June. l. linear-lanceolate, channelled. Sicily, 1832. (B. R. 1912.)

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