JONQUILS LACHENALIAS LILIES. 83 



JONQUILS. 



This is a hardy race of bulbs, and produces very delicate 

 yellow flowers early in May. There are different varieties, 

 some of which are single flowering, and others double. 

 Their fragrance is very grateful, being similar to that of 

 Jasmines. The bulbs may be planted about two inches 

 deep in the flower borders, or in pots, in October, or before 

 the setting in of winter ; they flower better the second year 

 than in the first, and, therefore, should not be moved and 

 replanted oftener than once in three years. 



LACHENALIAS. 



These are tender little bulbs, natives of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. There are supposed to be in all about forty species 

 and varieties. Those most cultivated with us are the Lach- 

 enalia quadricolor, and L. tricolor, which are very beautiful 

 when in full bloom, exhibiting flowers of various colours on 

 a stem of from six inches to a foot in height, and much ir, 

 the character of Hyacinths. The colours, which are yellow, 

 scarlet, orange, green, &c., are very pure and distinct. L. 

 nervosa, L, orchoides, L. ptmctata, and L. rubida, are all 

 excellent species, and worthy of cultivation. They may be 

 planted from one to two inches deep, in small pots, in the 

 months of August and September, and watered but sparingly 

 until they begin to grow. 



LILIES. 



There are several plants under this name, of different 

 genera, some of which are indigenous. The Canada Lily, 

 with yellow spotted drooping flowers, may be seen in wet 

 meadows toward the last of June, and early in July. The 

 Philadelphia Lily blooms also in July ; its flowers are red. 



