90 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLAN. 
grow them to the greatest perfection they should be car- 
ried on from single bulbs, without division, until they 
fill tubs three feet in diameter. With a sufficient num- 
ber of these a succession of bloom can be obtained nearly 
the whole season. The bulbs need but little rest, and 
this can be so regulated, by the withholding of heat and 
moisture, as to keep up the succession. Potting may be 
done at any time, care being necessary so as not to injure 
the roots. The soil which best suits them is a good 
strong loam, with plenty of coarse sand, and made very 
rich with thoroughly rotted manure; that from the cow- 
stable being preferable. While in a growing state water 
cannot be too freely applied, when sufficient drainage 
has been provided. Liquid manure should be given, at 
least, twice a week, and the plants syringed twice a day 
to keep off thrip and red spiders. The temperature of 
the house should not fall below 70° during winter, and 
during that season give them all the sunshine possible. 
To secure flowers in the winter months water sparingly 
from August to October. 
E. amazonica.—The type. The variety, grandi- 
flora, is the larger, and by far the most desirable. 
E. padi —A smaller flowered species; flowers 
from three to six in an umbel, produced on spikes about 
two feet high ; leaves solitary on each bulb. 
E. Sanderiana.—This differs from 2. grandiflora 
in the filaments and inside of the tube being yellow. 
In all other respects and in general habit‘it is like the 
species referred to. 
EUCOMIS. 
A small genus of coarse-growing Cape of Good Hope 
bulbs, the only merit of which is the pleasant fragrance 
of their flowers. 
E. bifolia.—The best known of the species has but 
two leaves, which lay flat upon the ground; flowers are 
greenish, produced on short racemes. 
