CAPE BULBS. 



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Description. Culture. Species. THE AMARYLLIS : Description. 

 Soil. Species. THE LACHENALIA : Soil. Potting. Foliage. Spe- 

 cies. THE SPARAXIS : Description. Culture. Species. "Watering. 

 THE ANOMATHECA : Description. Planting. Resting. Seedlings. 

 Species. THE TRITONIA : Culture. Species. THE HOMERIA : Soil. 

 Culture. Flowering. Species. THE NERINE : Culture. Soil. 

 Species. 



HERE is no finer class of window 

 plants-than the subjects of the pres- 

 ent chapter. They combine, in a re- 

 markable degree, the two requisites 

 of easy cultivation and floral beauty. 



Yet strange it is, that we seldom see them, 







except in the green-house or conservatory, in 

 this country, while in England they are pop- 

 ular plants for home adornment, and grown both 

 in the window and garden. 

 Now, the inclemency of our climate debars us from 

 blooming these floral gems in the garden ; but, as a com- 

 pensation, our winter suns bring them to perfection at a 

 season when the earth is locked with frost, and out-door 

 gardening is entirely prevented. 



They are mostly natives of Southern Africa, in the 

 region of the Cape of Good Hope ; whence their horticul- 

 tural name, Cape Bulbs. From the nature of the climate 



