withered ; they have been kept dry till they begin to shoot, 
which is about Christmas ; and they have then been planted 
in pots in the greenhouse, whence they will be again trans- 
ferred to the open border as soon as the chance of spring 
frosts is over. Ín the garden of the Horticultural Society 
they have been tried both in common garden mould and in 
loam, and they seem to succeed egually well in either. 
The stems grow about two feet high, and are sparingly 
clothed with rather stiff narrow green leaves, which guickly 
roll up, and become sharp-pointed when dry weather sets 
in. The flowers are placed on stiff stalks, and remain ex- 
panded for several days; but they offer so broad a surface 
to the weather, that they are apt to be damaged and de- 
faced by storms of rain. The sepals are green ; the petals 
are pure white at all the widest parts, and yellowish at the 
base, where they have a deep crimson wedge-shaped stain 
terminated by a yellowish Spot ; above the latter is a deep 
stain resembling a clot of dried blood, bordered with yellow, 
and between the last and the end of the petal is another and 
a paler spot of dirty red without any yellow. A short dis- 
tance above the base of the petals there is a tuft of hairs 
which partly overspread the vicinity of the tuft. 
