short mucro which 



horn 



It is by the 



free from glands, and forms a minute 



of 



lobes of the style are produced 



such stigmata that the 



Fig 



presents a petal 



from within ; % is a view 



of the column, and 3. of the style and stigmata apart 



Hydrotaenia is a greenhouse bulb of which the cultivati 

 is extremely simple. The pots in which it is kept ought 



after the leaves have withered 



autumn, 



until they begin to grow again in spring. A dry shelf in the 

 greenhouse is an excellent place to keep it during the winter. 

 When it commences its growth it ought then to be placed in 

 a light situation, and to be watered gentlv at first and then 

 freely afterwards, when it will soon form its leaves and 

 flowers. It succeeds perfectly in equal parts of loam, leaf- 

 mould and sand, and is multiplied by offsets or seeds. 







