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light and water. Three or four bulbs may be put into a 
five-inch pot with good effect. They increase rapidly by 
offsets. 
MILLA BIFLORA. 
ANHIS is called the Mexican StarFlower. A very pretty 
== Mexican bulbous plant, growing about one foot in 
height, producing numerous snow-white wax-like fiowers 
about three inches in diameter, star-shaped, and exquis- 
itely beautiful and delicate. It is excellent for cutting, 
keeping fully a week in water; forces well, and is now 
being largely used by florists for the holiday trade. It 
should be planted in the early Fali for blooming during 
_ Winter in the parlor or greenhouse; for out-doors, plant 
in May, and take up the bulbs in the Fall like Gladiolus. 
BABIANA. 
= _ GENUS of Cape plants, with solid bulbs or corms, 
== which are eaten by the Hottentots, and which, when 
F roasted, are said to resemble chestnuts, All the species 
: have showy flowers of various colors, blue predominat- _ 
ing. Some of the varieties are finely variegated. They 
succeed in very sandy loam, and may be grown either 
- in pots for ornamenting the greenhouse, or in the open 
Re - ground, where they may be allowed to remain alto- 
; gether. They increase rapidly by offsets. 
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CHIONODOXA LUCILILA, 
&LORY of the Snow. This plant is increasing in popu- 
= larity every season, and the more it is seen the more 
it is appreciated. It is a perfect gem for Spring decora- 
