GREENHOUSE AND STOVE BULBS ioi 



but the Emulsion should not tooicKtfie actual 'rob ts l 'So* 

 beautiful a plant is worth every attention, as we have 

 nothing among other stove bulbs which can approach its 

 pure white, elegantly formed flowers and dark-green 

 foliage. The Eucharis likes a compost of two or three 

 parts of good loam to one of leaf-mould or turfy peat, 

 and a little charcoal to keep the compost sweet. It 

 requires a temperature of from sixty to seventy degrees 

 in winter, rising to seventy-five and eighty degrees in 

 summer. Syringing overhead on bright days is neces- 

 sary, and a little reduction in the temperature is desirable 

 when the leaves are of full size. Six or eight bulbs 

 may be placed in a ten-inch pot. 



The most popular Eucharis is E. grandiflora (syn. 

 amazonica) ; there is a fragrant variety of this named E. 

 grandiflora fragrans, and others are E. g. Lowii and E. g. 

 Moorei. Candida and Sanderi are also good species, and 

 hybrid forms, named burfordensis and Stevensii, are also 

 meritorious. The other species are bakeriana, elmetana 

 (hybrid), Lehmanni, Mastersii, and subedentata. The 

 hybrid Urceocharis, from the Eucharis and Urceolina, is 

 cultivated in the same way. 



EURYCLES 



The Eurycles is little known in private gardens, but 

 the two species form interesting occupants of the stove 

 or greenhouse, with their umbels of white flowers, and 

 broad, heart-shaped or ovate leaves. E. amboinensis is a 

 stove species about two feet high, flowering in March. 

 The other, E. Cunninghami, likes a warm greenhouse. 

 It grows about a foot high. One part leaf-soil to three 

 of good loam, with a little sand, will grow them satis- 

 factorily. After they have completed their growth water 

 may be diminished, and finally withheld to allow them 

 to ripen. 



