Jonquil Lachenalia Leucojum aestivum 



good sandy soil will suit them, whether peat or loam. They should 

 be potted early in the autumn, and have plenty of air at all times 

 when the weather is favourable, especially when they are growing 

 freely in spring. If carefully managed, they may remain two seasons 

 in the same pots. Use the 48-size, and plant four or five bulbs in 

 each. A dry, deep, sandy border under a wall in any of the warmer 

 western and southern districts might be grandly furnished with such 

 plants as Ixias, Sparaxis, Alstrcemerias, Oxalis, Tritonias, Babianas, 

 and the choicest of the smaller kinds of Iris. It would constitute a 

 garden of the most interesting exotics. 



JONQUIL 



FOR its delicious fragrance and exquisite beauty the Jonquil has 

 long been considered one of the most valuable of the Narciss family 

 for cultivation in pots, and it is also a first-rate border and woodland 

 flower. When forced, the treatment should assimilate as nearly as 

 possible to that prescribed for the Narcissus. Four or five bulbs 

 may be planted in one pot. 



LACHENALIA 



AN elegant plant which is not quite hardy enough to be trusted in 

 the open ground ; but it is the easiest matter possible to grow it well 

 in the greenhouse. The bulbs should be potted as soon as they 

 begin to grow in the autumn, and several bulbs may be put into each 

 pot. There can be no better soil than turfy loam, without manure 

 or sand. It is of the utmost importance that the plants should have 

 abundance of water, when they will produce leaves two inches across, 

 and spikes of flowers fully double the size of those commonly met 

 with. An admirable use for these bulbs is to insert them all over the 

 outside of hanging-baskets, which they will cover with the most 

 graceful display of aerial vegetation imaginable, the flower-spikes 

 turning upwards, and the leaves hanging down. 



LEUCOJUM ^ESTIVUM 



THE SUMMER 'SNOWFLAKE is a white flower slightly tipped with green, 

 It closely resembles the Snowdrop, but is much larger than that 



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