27b GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING, ETC. [August. 



rot from moisture. Keep them during the summer months 

 in partial shade. The best time for potting either of thf 

 sorts is when the crown of the bulb begins to protrude. If 

 the pots are becoming large, every alternate year they may 

 be cleared from the old soil, and put in smaller pots with 

 the crown entirely above the ground. When the flowers 

 fade, the pedicles twist up like a screw, enclosing the germ 

 in the centre, lying close to the ground until the seeds ripen, 

 from which plants can be grown, and will flower the third 

 year. 



Lachendlia, a genus of about forty species of bulbs, all 

 natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and grow well in our 

 collections. The most common is L. tricolor. L. quadri- 

 color and its varieties are all fine ; the colours yellow, scarlet, 

 orange and green, very pure and distinct; L. rubida, L. 

 punctata, L. orchoides, and L. nervosa are all fine species. 

 The flowers are on a stem from half to one foot high, and 

 much in the character of a hyacinth. The end of the month 

 is about the time of planting. Five inch pots are large 

 enough, and they must get very little water till they begin to 

 grow. 



Oxdlis, above one hundred species of Cape bulbs, and, 

 like all other bulbs of that country, they do exceedingly well 

 in our collections, in which there are only comparatively a few 

 species, not exceeding twenty. O. hirta, branching, of a ver- 

 milion colour ; 0. Jlabilifolia, yellow ; 0. elongdta, striped ; 

 and amozna arc those that require potting this month. The 

 first of September is the most proper period for the others. 

 (Soil No. 11.) 



This genus of plants is so varied in the construction of its 

 roots that the same treatment will not do for all. The root 

 is commonly bulbous, and these will keep a few wee"ks or 

 months out of the soil, according to their size. Several are 

 only thick and fleshy; these ought not to be taken out of the 

 pots, but kept in them, while dormant; and about the end of 

 this month give them gentle waterings. When they begin to 

 grow, take the earth from the roots, and put them in fresh 

 soil. In a few months the bulbs are curiously produced, the 

 original bulb near the surface striking a radical fibre down- 

 right from its b as e,'at the extremity of which is produced a 

 new bulb for the next year's plant, the old one perishing. 



Qrijiit1id,galum, Stay pf Bethlehem, about sixty species of 



