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said to flower earlier, and have a black and yellow 

 bloom. Triteleia white and blue increase at a great 

 pace, and fill spare corners swiftly with their very 

 pretty flowers. Triteleia laxa maxima, of a rich Tyrian 

 purple, is a very handsome thing. There are many 

 others I know not. Tulbaghia I have failed to flower ; 

 and Wachendorfia is another bulb that should, but 

 certainly does not, succeed under treatment of ixia. 

 It lives and thrusts scarlet points out of the soil, then 

 retreats again. Wurmbea spicata is not exciting, but 

 a worthy little thing in its little way a white bloom 

 touched with a pale red. Zephyranthes Candida is the 

 only really hardy species of this beautiful genus. Its 

 snowy stars sparkle out with amaryllis belladonna 

 under a warm wall. I have tried others out of doors, 

 but done nothing with them. Zigadenus is another 

 thing that I have failed with the fault being mine ; 

 and that brings me to the end of the alphabet, if not 

 your patience. 



I will, however, just dash back through the catalogue 

 to see if I have missed anything. Yes here is Hes- 

 peroscordum from California, a tall, small umbel of 

 little flowers, gawky and unbeautiful, but to be 

 grown for their wonderful fragrance. Hessea and 

 Hesperantha do not appear to like my arrangements 

 for them out of doors ; but Hesperoscallis is said to be 

 hardy, and must be tried. Crocosmia you should grow. 

 It is a highly glorified montbretia, and the variety, 

 aurea imperialis, is a noble plant. Drymopsis, though 

 said to be hardy, does not do much with me. Bravoa 

 geminiflora is one of my special favourites, and never 



