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delicate pink flowers ; T. miniata fine orange-colored 

 flowers ; T. (Ixia) crocata, a very showy orange-flowered 

 species, very easily grown, and quite common. 



All the above much resemble the ixia in forrn of the 

 flowers, and dp well as window plants. 



THE HOMERIA. 



A race of fine flowering bulbs, of easy growth. The 

 flowers are showy, produced in profusion for a long time. 



The proper soil is equal parts of loam, leaf mould, and 

 sand. 



The bulbs should be treated like ixias as to potting, 

 watering, and rest. They flower from April to June. The 

 principal species are, 



Homeria lineata, leaves very long and stiff, marked with 

 white and green lines ; bulb small ; flower stem about one 

 and a half feet long, producing from spathes single flowers 

 of a copper color, in shape very like those of Tritonia cro- 

 cata ; single blooms transient, but many are produced in 

 succession, and the plants are thus in flower for a long time. 

 Blooms in the house about the middle of April. A showy 

 plant. The flower has a disagreeable smell ; perfects 

 seeds in abundance. A number of bulbs should be planted 



