122 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
compost and giving little water at first. Repot as 
needed. Shade during summer and syringe fre- 
quently, give 55 to 60 degrees in winter, with liquid 
manure while flowering. When the leaves begin 
to look yellowish, dry off, and give a short rest but 
don’t let them get dry enough to shrivel. 
The Gloxima (Sinningia speciosa) may receive 
much the same treatment but is a summer bloomer. 
The bulbs or dried roots should be potted up in 
February or March and kept growing on and re- 
potted. One of their valuable characteristics is the 
great range of colors and combinations in the 
flowers, which are freely produced. 
The Amaryllis-lke Group. Amaryllis (Hippe- 
astrum) is altogether too little known in its modern 
varieties. Everyone has seen one of the old forms, 
red or red with a white stripe, with the lily-like 
flowers borne well aloft above scant foliage. But 
the new named sorts are tremendous improvements 
and should by all means be tried, even if they seem 
expensive beside other bulbs, of which you can get 
a dozen for the price of one good amaryllis. Re- 
member, however, that the amaryllis is of the very 
easiest culture and will last for years. 
Pot the bulbs up as soon as received — they come 
in November — and let them stay dormant awhile. 
In a month or two they will begin growth and 
flower (unfortunately) long before the leaves 
have made much of a show. Do not dry off just 
