BULBS AND TUBERS FOR OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 75 



The TiGRiDiAS are all showy and worthy of a place in the garden. 

 T. grandiflora alba is beautiful in contrast with T. concMjiora 

 and T. pavonia, the two old varieties so familiar to all. It is a 

 dead white with deep crimson markings, and the three planted 

 together form a vei-y showy group. 



Milla biflora is quite new. It has slender rush-like foliage and 

 white, tubular, star-shaped flowers of great substance, about two 

 inches across, borne on long, slender stems. Each flower-stalk 

 has from two to five flowers. 



Caladium esculentum (related to the fancy-leaved Caladiums) 

 is fine for specimen plants, for which large bulbs are best, or it 

 may be planted in groups. The leaves are often eighteen inches 

 across. 



Richardia albo-macidata is a very ornamental variet}"^ of Richar- 

 dia JEthiopica, our common Calla. The leaves are irregular!}' 

 spotted with white and much smaller than those of the common 

 Calla. The flower is proportionately small and has a violet throat. 



Amorphophallus Rivieri is a stately plant. The bulb grows to 

 a, very large size, and as it increases the plant enlarges in propor- 

 tion ; the centre throws up a thick stalk, very curiousl}' spotted, 

 and the spathe unfolds like an inverted open umbrella. The fo- 

 liage is as curious as the stalk, but is a beautiful green on the upper 

 surface. It makes an elegant plant for the lawn. After the tops 

 are killed by the frost, the bulbs should be stored like gladioli, and 

 planted out in spring without starting. I have seen the plant 

 potted in August and it did not wilt or appear in the least dis- 

 turbed. Apparently as the plant had stopped growing the large 

 bulb was abundantly able to support it, and it did not feel the 

 change like a fibrous-rooted plant. The roots are fleshy, and have 

 small tubers at the extremities. 



Tritoma Uvaria grandiflora is a very conspicuous plant ; the 

 blooms look like spikes of flame, hence the name — "Red-Hot- 

 Poker." It makes a great show in the garden at very little cost. 



Galtonia (Hyacinthus) candicans, a plant not unlike a giant 

 snow-drop, with its spike of drooping greenish-white flowers, forms 

 a striking contrast to the Tritoma. 



The Tuberose is as easily flowered in the ground as any other 

 bulb. As it takes about four months from the time of starting to 

 bring it into flower, it must be started either in a hot-bed or in a 

 greenhouse. If you have neither of these, plant out the bulbs 



