BRUNSVIGIA.—CRINUM, 19 
B. Josephinez (Syn. B. gigantea).—This is the 
largest and handsomest of the species, and the one most 
generally grown; flowers scarlet, produced in a many- 
flowered umbel. 
B. toxicaria (Poison Bulb).—Flowers pink, pro- 
duced in a many-flowered umbel; leaves erect and shin- 
ing. The genus is of so little consequence, to other 
than the botanist, that a further enumeration of the 
species here would be of little interest to the florist. 
CRINUM. 
This is a large genus of Amaryllis-like plants, re 
markable both for the size, number and beauty of theit 
flowers, and for the enormous size of the plants. The 
bulbs of the Crinums are of great size and height, the 
flowers springing from the sides of their long necks. 
The leaves of some of the species are of gigantic dimen- 
sions, extending from three to six feet in length, and 
averaging from three to six inches in width. The flower 
stalks of some of the species are proportionately large, 
nearly two inches in diameter, rising to the height of 
from three to four feet, and terminating with a large 
umbel of from fifteen to thirty flowers. The flowers are 
mostly pure white, or a delicate mixture of rose or pale 
red and white, some of them nearly a foot in length and 
from six to nine inches across. Some of the species are 
nearly hardy, and all are remarkably tenacious of life; 
the bulbs of C. capense will remain out of the earth, 
dry, for two years, without apparent injury. Most of 
the species are of tropical origin; they are, however, 
easy of culture, and free flowering, the only objection ta 
them being their size, which is not proportionate to 
their beauty. They are, however, in many respects 
especially interesting, and when the time comes that 
plants are grown for what there is in them, rather than 
for what can be made from them, in the way of profit 
