short mucro which is free from glands, and forms a minute 

 horn. It is by the union of 3 such stigmata that the nine 

 lobes of the style are produced. 



Fig. 1 . represents a petal seen from within ; 2. is a view 

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



Hydrotsenia is a greenhouse bulb of which the cultivation 

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

 receive no water after the leaves have withered in 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 gently 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. 



