280 GREEN-HOUSE HOLLAND BULBS. [Srptember 



colour, and handsome. G. cuspiddtus, flowers white an<] 

 purple. G. racembsus, flowers beautiful rose and white. G 

 psittdcinus ; the flowers are striped with green, yellow, and 

 scarlet, about four inches in diameter, in great profusion, on 

 a stem about two feet high. G. formosissimus, beautiful 

 bright scarlet, the three upper petals having a spot of white, 

 a very profuse bloomer. G. Queen Victoria, G. Lafayette, 

 and several others are of very similar character. G. ganda- 

 vensis, very superb orange and yellow. G. Buistii, large 

 bright scarlet, perhaps the finest of the whole family. They 

 all do perfectly when kept dry all winter, and planted in the 

 open ground early in March. The beauty of this genus is all 

 centered in the flowers. (Soil No. 10.) 



Ixia, a genus containing about twenty-five species of very 

 free-flowering bulbs. I. monadelpha, flowers blush and green. 

 I. leucdntha, flowers large white. /. capatdta, flowers in 

 heads, of a white and almost black colour. I. cbnica, flowers 

 orange and velvet. I. columeldris is a beautiful shaded rosy 

 purple. I. kermos\na, a fine vermilion colour. 7. squallida, 

 shaded rosy lilac; /- viridiflbra, green; I. longiflbra, buff". 

 The flower stems are from six to twenty-four inches high. 

 (Soil No. 11.) 

 ^J- lAlium. The Chinese species of this emblem of purity 

 is everywhere esteemed, and the fine Chinese sorts are very 

 splendid, such as L. longljibra, L. longi flora suaveolens, and 

 L. japdnicum, are all pure white; L. lancifblium, white 

 petals reflexed ; L. lancifblium punctatum, white, spotted 

 with rose; L. lancifblium speciosum, rose, spotted with 

 crimson. L. lancifblium and its varieties, are all delight- 

 fully scented with the odour of vanilla; noble specimens of 

 the family horn Japan, growing from four to six feet high; 

 a full-grown bulb producing from ten to twenty flowers, and 

 perfectly hardy south of Philadelphia. They should be 

 potted in seven or eight inch pots, and kept in a cool part of 

 the green-house; give the pots at least one inch of drainage 

 (Soil No. 11.) 



Oxdlis. All the varieties and species may now be potted ; 

 the whole are pretty spring flowers, requiring to be kept 

 near the glass : among the many the following are very 

 deserving of attention : 0. luxulus, or rosacea, bright rose. 

 0. Bbwii, bright rose red, a large and profuse bloomer, and 

 one of the finest. 0. florabunda, pink ; a pretty free-flow- 



