STENOMESSON 



THE BULB BOOK 



STENOMESSON 



favoured parts of the United 

 Kingdom, are easily grown in frames 

 or greenhouses. The bulbs should 

 be planted or potted up in February 

 or March in a well-mixed compost of 

 sandy loam, leaf-mould, and a little 

 cow-manure, any offsets from the old 

 bulbs being detached at the time to 

 increase the stock. During growth a 

 fair amount of water will be necessary, 

 and the plants when in blossom should 

 be shaded from the burning rays of 

 the sun. During the winter period the 

 bulbs require a rest, and may be kept 

 quite dry in the old soil. When 

 growth recommences they should be 

 shaken out of the old mould and 

 potted up afresh. 



S. aurantiacum (S. ffartu'egi). 

 The roundish bulbs of this species 

 are about 1 in. through, and the 

 bright orange funnel-shaped flowers 

 appear in summer on scapes 1 to H 

 ft. high, before the narrow leaves 

 appear (Hot. Reg. 1844, t. 42; Rev. 

 Hart. 1883, t. 396). 



S. coccineum (Coburgia coccinea). 

 The ovoid bulbs are about l ins. in 

 diameter, and the bright green leaves 

 about a foot long are developed after 

 the bright red flowers (Ref. Bot. t. 

 309 ; Sot. Mag. t. 3865). 



The variety breviflorum has paler 

 red flowers, and lance-shaped leaves. 



S. croceum. The bulbs and leaves 

 as in the other species. Flowers four 

 to six in an umbel, pale yellow, cylin- 

 drical, suddenly dilated at the middle. 

 (Red. Lil. t. 187, as Pancratium). 



S. flavum (Chrysi2)hiala flava). 

 This species has oblanceolate leaves a 

 foot long and an inch broad, and the 

 flowers are bright yellow li to 2 ins. 

 long (Bot. Mag. t. 2641 ; Bot. Reg. t. 

 978). 



The variety latifolium (or S. vitel- 

 linum) has orange-yellow flowers, with 

 an entire tooth between each stamen 

 filament (Bot. Mag. t. 3803; Bot. 



Reg. 1843, t. 2). The variety curvi- 

 dentatum has golden-yellow flowers 

 greenish at the base, with a bifid 

 tooth between each stamen filament 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 2640). 



S. humile (Coburgia humilis). 

 This species has erect orange-red 

 flowers 2^ ins. long, borne singly on 

 a very short scape about March and 

 April (Ref. Bot. sub t. 308; Bot. 

 Reg. 1842, t. 46). 



S. incarnatum. The long-necked 

 roundish bulbs are 2 to 3 ins. in 

 diameter, and the strap-shaped leaves 

 1 to 1^ ft. long and an inch broad, 



Fio. 814. Sttnomesson incarnatum. 



appear at the same time as the pale 

 or bright red flowers, which are 2 to 

 3 ins. long, and borne on top of a 

 scape H to 2 ft. high (Ref. Bot. sub 

 t. 308; Gartenfl. t. 1147; III. Hort. 

 1891, 123; Garden, 1896, i. t. 1076; 

 Sw. Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. ii. t. 17). 



There are several varieties, such as 

 fulvwm (or Coburgia fulva), brownish- 

 yellow (Bot. Mag. t. 3221 ; Bot. Reg 

 t. 1497 ) ; trichromum ( Coburgia), 



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