174 CAPE BULBS. 



impatient of water, but after starting into growth should 

 never be allowed to become parched. Pot in October, and 

 they will bloom from January to February. The foliage is 

 prettily variegated with black ; the flowers are produced in 

 upright spikes, and are pendulous, high-colored tubes. 



L. pendula is our most common species, with yellow and 

 red flowers. 



L. fragrans. Flowers white and red. 



L. quadricolor. Flowers yellow, red, and purple. 



There are many species with pink, purple, red, yellow, 

 and blue flowers, all of easiest culture, and all pretty 

 window plants. 



They should be grown as near to the glass as possible. 



THE SPARAXIS. 



This is a genus of splendid flowering plants which have 

 been separated from ixia, to which they are nearly allied, 

 and ~which in growth, foliage, and flower they much 

 resemble. 



Their treatment is in every way identical with that pre- 

 scribed for the ixia. 



The flowers are usually more brilliant and variegated in 

 color than those of the ixia. 



