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each. A dry, deep sandy border under a wall in any of the warmer 

 western and southern districts might be grandly furnished with such 

 plants as Ixias, Sparaxis, Alstrcemerias, Oxalis, Tritonias, Babianas, 

 and the choicest of the smaller kinds of Iris. It would constitute a 

 garden of the most interesting exotics capable of withstanding the 

 rigours of this northern clime. 



JONQUIL 



THE delicious fragrance and the exquisite beauty of the flowers of 

 the Jonquil render it one of the most valuable of the Narciss family 

 for cultivation in pots, and it is also a first-rate border and woodland 

 flower. When forced, the treatment should assimilate as nearly as 

 possible to that prescribed for the Narcissus. Four or five bulbs 

 may be planted in one pot 



LACHENALIA 



AN elegant plant which is not quite hardy enough to be trusted in 

 the open ground, but it is the easiest matter possible to grow it well 

 in the greenhouse. The bulbs should be potted as soon as they 

 begin to grow in the autumn, and several bulbs may be put into each 

 pot. There can be no better soil than turfy loam alone, without 

 manure or sand. One point is of the utmost importance ; it is that 

 they should have abundance of water, when they will produce leaves 

 two inches across, and spikes of flowers fully double the size of those 

 commonly met with. An admirable use for these bulbs is to insert 

 them all over the outside of hanging baskets, which they will cover 

 with the most graceful display of aerial vegetation imaginable, the 

 flower spikes turning upwards, and the leaves hanging down. 



LEUCOJUM ^ESTIVUM 



THE Summer Snowflake is a white flower slightly tipped with green. 

 It closely resembles the Snowdrop, but is much larger than that 

 well-known spring favourite. The bulb is perfectly hardy, and will 

 grow in any garden soil. Plant in clumps three inches deep any 

 time from the end of September until the middle of November. 



