278 GREEN-iiousE — HOLLAND BULBS. [September. 



G. racemosus, flowers beautiful rose and white. G. psittd- 

 cinus; 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^. Xa/c/^e/^e, and several 

 others are of very similar character. G. gandavensis, very 

 superb orange and yellow. G. Buistn, large bright scarlet, per- 

 haps 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. /. monadS/pha, flowers blush and green. 

 /. leurchitha, flowers large white. /. capatdta, flowers in 

 heads, of a white and almost black color. I. conica, flowers 

 orange and velvet. /. columeloris is a beautiful shaded rosy 

 purple. /. kcrmoslna, a fine vermilion color. /. squal- 

 lixla, shaded rosy lilac; /. virklijibra, green; I. longijlbra, 

 bufi". The flower stems arc from six to twenty-four inches 

 high. (Soil No. 11.) 



Lilium. The Chinese species of this emblem of purity 

 is everywhere esteemed, and the fine Chinese sorts are very 

 splendid, such as L. lonyijlbra, L. longijiora stiaveolens, and 

 L. japjonicum, are all pure white; L. lancijolium, white 

 petals reflexed; L. lancifbHum punctatum, white, spotted 

 with rose ; L. lancifbliuin qieciosum, rose, spotted with 

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

 fully scented with the odor of vanilla ; noble specimens of 

 the family from 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 crreen- house; give the pots at least one inch of drainage. 

 (SoifNo. 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. luaulus, or rosacea, bright rose. 

 O. Bbicii, bright rose red, a large and profuse bloomer, and 

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

 ering tuberous species. 0. luxida alha, blush, white ; 0. 



