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culata, mauve ; Barrelieri, yellow ; elegaiis, purple ; 

 hirta, red ; valdiviensis, yellow ; variabilis, white or 

 red ; and versicolor, white and red. Those named 

 among the hardy bulbs can also be grown under glass. 



PH.EDRANASSAS 



Although generally grown as greenhouse bulbs, the 

 Phaedranassas, or Queen Lilies, may be grown in mild 

 districts as frame bulbs, by cultivating them in rather 

 heavy soil, keeping them as dry as possible in winter, 

 and covering the glass of the frame with some canvas or 

 a mat. Some succeed with them in the open, but they 

 there need a position below a south wall and to have 

 some protection in times of severe frost. They are also 

 suitable plants for the greenhouse, where they can be 

 grown in pots and rested in winter. They have umbels 

 of pretty, reflexed flowers, and grow about one and a 

 half feet high. The most suitable for frame cultiva- 

 tion are chloracea, yellow, and sweet-scented ; schi- 

 zantha, vermilion, yellow, and green ; and ventricosa, 

 yellow. They may be planted in spring about five 

 inches deep in a frame, or six inches if in the open. 



PANCRATIUMS 



Although the two Pancratiums named below are 

 hardy in the milder parts of these islands, it is more 

 prudent to treat them as plants which need frame culti- 

 vation throughout the greater portion of Britain. A 

 warm, sunny border under a south wall is the place for 

 them in the open garden, and in frames it is desirable to 

 give them a similar position. They should be planted 

 with the neck about a foot deep in the open and two or 

 three inches less when in a frame. They belong to the 

 Amaryllis family and have charming white flowers. The 

 hardiest and most easily grown is P. illyricum, but P. 



