248 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
ble, and water as required. ‘They will at once show, by 
the drooping of the foliage, any neglect in this respect 
they may receive; they will soon come into flower, and 
continue for two or three months. This species would 
be well worth growing for the beauty of its foliage, 
which is very large and massive. After flowering, grad- 
ually withhold water; when the foliage dies down, set 
the pots away where the soil will keep perfectly dry, 
until it is time to start them into growth, when they 
should be repotted. They increase rapidly, and are 
natives of the Cape of Good Hope. | 
O. luteola.—Another Cape species, and our first 
choice for a winter flowering bulb, either in the green- 
house, conservatory or window garden. It must, in all 
respects, be treated like the foregoing, and if it cannot 
have plenty of sunlight there is no use attempting its 
growth. The flowers are golden yellow, produced in 
large terminal clusters on long slender scapes. It is a 
persistent and continuous bloomer. It can be planted 
out on a shallow greenhouse bench, and for months the 
bench will appear a mass of bloom. 
O. rosea (Floribunda).—See Page 247. 
O. versicolor.—A splendid border plant, quite as 
ornamental in foliage as in flower; the flowers are small, 
but produced in such quantity as to make a pleasing 
effect. 
O. lasiandra (Woolly-stamened).—Very effective 
as a border plant, and a continuous bloomer. It should 
be used as an edging, for which there is no plant more 
suitable. ‘The leaves are very large, dark green, and 
having seven to twelve divisions. The bulbs of this and 
of the preceding species should be taken up after the 
first frost, and stored in a cool cellar, free from frost. 
They increase rapidly by offsets, which will flower the 
first season. | 
O. cernua.—A synonym or variety of O. luteola. 
We were never able to detect any difference. 
