furrow on one side, deep green not glaucous, and about 

 twice as thick as the scape, which is two feet high. He also 

 states, that wlien first the anthers burst the pollen is bluish 

 orev, but it becomes yellow after a day or so exposure to 

 light and air ; and the pollen of the first flowers was darker 

 than that of the later ones. The first flower expanded 

 September 12th, and it was still in beauty in October. The 

 bulb is tunicated, obconical, and about the size of a Crocus. 



Little is as yet known of the habits or cultivation of the 

 plant. Although perhaps hardy it is more advisable that 

 it should be grown in pots in the greenhouse, or planted out 

 in a conservatory. If planted out in a cold pit or frame, it 

 should be well protected in severe weather. If it ripens its 

 seeds, they ought to be sown in light soil, and in order that 

 they may germinate more readily they may be plunged in 

 bottom heat, in a frame that is nearly exhausted. As the 

 first year's bulbs will be small they ought not to be dis- 

 turbed in the seed pot, and should be kept perfectly drj^ 

 after the growing season is past. As soon as they are pretty 

 strong, they may be potted ofl" in a mixture of peat and sand, 

 and then the only thing to be attended to will be to give 

 them a free supply of water while growing, and to keep them 

 perfectly dry and cool w^hen the leaves wither and drop ofl", 

 until the next season. 



