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might have been aired in the balcony ivlien 

 fine, I am quite cleai", from this experiment, 

 that the followiug bulbs would succeed 

 •well: — Laclienalia, Ixia, Sparaxis, Babiana 

 Tritonia, Scilla prjecox,a nd Anoraatheca 

 cruenta; the three last-named I succeeded 

 in obtaining hixuriant bloom from by 

 giving them abundant air on a window-sill 

 to the north from May. I should mention 

 that the Tritonia did not blossom till June, 

 and the Anomatheca a month later; the 

 fonner was very showy and handsome, the 



latter would have looked better in a border 

 or clump. The Scilla flowered early in 

 February. With Polyanthus narcissus I 

 succeeded fairly ; their height was rather 

 too great, but the plants were healthy, and 

 flowered well. One " Grand Monarque," 

 planted the end of November, was out well 

 by the first of March, and had a lovely 

 bunch of eleven flowers. Few of the hya- 

 cinths and crocuses flowered. 



Lansdowne. 



ALOCASIA MACROEHIZA VARIEGATA. 



The nitural famil}' of plants, of which the 

 Wake Robin of our hedgerows is the only 

 British representative, furnisiies us with 

 many of the most beautiful of our foliage 

 plants. Thus, we have all the varied forms 

 of Caladium, Pothos argyrsea (that beau- 



plants remarkable f)r large and conspi- 

 cuously variegated foliage, Alocasia macro- 

 rliiza variegata is, without doubt, the best. 

 We give a little sketch below, which will 

 furnish some idea of the habit of this plant 

 while young. The specimen from which it 



ALOCASIA MACKOEHIZA VABIEGAIA. 



tiful plant which Mr. Low introduced a year 

 or two ago), Alocasia metallica, and dozens 

 of species of Philodendron and Anthurium 

 which, though they are seldom seen in 

 English gardens, are yet extensively culti- 

 vated upon the Contment. But of all the 



was drawn was only a few months old; as 

 it attains maturity it makes a thick, erect 

 stem, and the leaves are thrown out in 

 noble grandeur. It will make a grand 

 specimen, which nothing that has yet been 

 introduced can rival. The leaves in the 



