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lour. /. cdnica, flowers orange and velvet. /. columel- 

 Idris is beautifully variegated with purple, blush, and 

 vermilion colours. The flower "stems are from six to 

 twenty-four inches high. 



Spardxis, a beautiful genus of twelve species, closely 

 allied to the last, but more varied in colour. S.grandi- 

 flora stridta is striped with purple ground blush. S. ver- 

 sicolor, colours crimson, dark purple, and yellow. S. 

 anemonaflora is of various colours, and very similar to 

 Anemone. 



Tritonia, a genus of about twenty-five species. Few of 

 them deserve culture in regard to their beauty. T. cro- 

 cdta is in our collections, as /. crocata, which is amongst 

 the finest, and T. zanthosplla has white flowers curiously 

 spotted with yellow. 



Watsorda, a genus containing several species of showy 

 flowers, several of which are in our collections, under 

 the genus Gladiolus, but the most of the species may ea- 

 sily be distinguished from it by their flat shell formed 

 bulbs. W. iridifolia is the largest of the genus, and has 

 flowers of a flesh colour. W. rosea is large growing, the 

 flowers are pink, and on the stem in a pyramid form. W. 

 humilis is a pretty red flowering species. W. fulgida, once 

 Antholyza fulgens, has fine bright scarlet flowers. W. 

 mbens is an esteemed red flowering species, but scarce. 



These six genera are in general cultivation. There 

 are several of others of merit that our limits will not ad- 

 mit -of inserting. We have no doubt there are some 

 splendid species that have not come under our obser- 

 vatign, and others which may be obtained from the Cape 

 of Good Hope not known in any collection. Many 



