Mr. Groom, of Clapham Rise, in September last. It is a 

 beautiful plant. 



Those who wish to grow these African Blue-Lilies in the 

 best manner, should proceed with them thus : — About the end 

 of February the plants should be fresh potted, in a mixture 

 of rich loam, and well decomposed leaf-mould, or well rotted 

 dung, and placed in a warm part of the greenhouse, where 

 they will soon begin to grow freely. They will then require 

 to be abundantly supplied with water, and about the end of 

 May should be removed to the open air, if it is intended that 

 they should flower out of doors. The pots should be placed 

 in a sheltered situation, in large pans filled with water, so that 

 one-third of the pots is immersed ; or the pots may be placed 

 by the side of a pond, and the plants treated as subaquatic, 

 in which situation they will flower freely during the summer. 

 If they are retained in the greenhouse during the blooming 

 season, they must have plenty of air and water, or they will 

 become weak, and lose that beautiful deep blue colour, which 

 so much distino-uishes them. 



When they have done flowering, in the autumn, they 

 should be gradually dried, by withholding water, and finally, 

 when the soil in the pots has become tolerably dry, and 

 there is danger of frost, the pots should be removed for the 

 winter, either into a cold pit, or under the stage of the green- 

 house. Or they may be placed in a cellar, but then they must 

 be kept very dry, and should be removed from such a situa- 

 tion as soon as they shew signs of vegetation. 



These plants will also force freely, if well supplied with 

 moisture and bottom heat ; but in that case the flowers be- 

 come very pale. They are easily increased by dividing the 

 old plant when in a dormant state. They seldom require 

 shifting when once established, if supplied once or twice, 

 during the growing season, with a little liquid manure. 



