GREENHOUSE AND STOVE BULBS 1 1 1 



Ordinary stove heat will suit the following : Hymeno- 

 callises : andreana, Choretis, expansa, lacera, ovata, 

 macrostephana, maculata, speciosa ; and Pancratiums 

 verecundum and zeylanicum. For the greenhouse there 

 are : H. Amancaes, calathina, harrisiana, littoralis (syn. 

 adnata), macleana (the hardiest), tenuifolia. In looking 

 over catalognes to order these, Pancratium, Hymenocallis, 

 and Ismene should all be referred to on account of the 

 uncertainty about the nursery names. 



RICHARDIAS 



These are best known because of the popular R. 

 africana, often called Calla aethiopica, the Arum Lily, 

 or Lily of the Nile. All the species like a very rich 

 soil, and a plentiful supply of water while growing. 

 R. africana can be grown as a hardy aquatic in some 

 warm districts in these islands if the crowns are well 

 below the depth to which the water is frozen. It is, 

 however, most grown as a greenhouse or window plant, 

 especially when white flowers are wanted early. After 

 flowering, it may either be planted out in trenches in 

 the garden, or dried off and started in the same pots. 

 Potting may be done about September, and the plants 

 grown in ordinary greenhouse temperature. Albo- 

 maculata, hastata, and melanoleuca are less beautiful. 

 Adlami, elliotiana, Pentlandi, and Rehmanni are all 

 newer and of much beauty, the second and third having 

 yellowish flowers. 



SPREKELIAS 



Although SprekelSa formosissima, known also as 

 Amaryllis formosissima, the " Jacobea Lily," is some- 

 times recommended as a half-hardy bulb, this is of 

 doubtful expediency, and it is better to treat it as a 

 cool greenhouse bulb and to grow it in pots. It is 



