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May; and, in a warm window, will make rapid progress, producing its 

 flowers about the end of July. After the blossoms have faded, the pot 

 should be placed out of doors, in a sunny situation, to ripen the bulb ; and 

 when the foliage has decayed, it may be returned to its winter quarters, 

 which may be any airy place inaccessible to frost. 



In the open ground, its treatment may be inferred from what we have 

 just stated. If planted out in April, while dormant, it should be covered 

 •with a hand-glass to protect it from spring frosts ; if kept on the window, 

 or in a cold frame, until the middle of May, it may then be plunged 

 into the borders without this precaution. In this situation, its height will 

 be less than under glass, and the colour of the flowers somewhat deeper 

 than that of our figure. It is easily increased by offsets, which may be 

 separated every second or third year, and also by seeds, which may be 

 ripened in the greenhouse or window, if the plant is grown on after 

 flowering. Mr. Groom of Clapham sells it at a moderate price. 



The Bravoa geminiflora is a native of Mexico, and is, we believe, the 

 only species at present introduced. Its name was conferred in honour of 

 the Mexican-Botanist, Bravo. 



It is worthy of remark, that, although it proves sufficiently hardy for open- 

 air culture in summer, when first introduced it was treated as a stove plant. 



FUNCKIA ALBO-MARGINATA. 



White-edged-leaved Funihia. 

 Linnean Class— Hexandria. Order— Monogynia. Natural Order— Liliaceje. 



The genus FuncJcia includes several interesting hardy plants of easy culture, 

 which deserve to be more generally grown than they appear to be; and, with 

 a view to draw attention to them, we figure this month one of the neatest 

 species, though there are one or two others which equal, if not exceed, it in 

 interest, either for their larger or more deeply-coloured flowers. 



The Funckias were formerly included with the genus Hemerocallis, or Day Lily, 

 of which several species are common in most gardens ; they differ, however, from 

 those plants in several important features— so much so, that it is singular they 

 should ever have been confounded with them. The foliage of all the species of 

 Hemerocallis is linear, and often two feet or more long ; that of the Funckias, ovate 



