S6 IXIAS JONQUILS — LACHENALIAS. 



planted in the same border, let them be of various colours. 

 — The tuberous-rooted are of various colours, as blue, 

 yellow, brown, and spotted ; they are easily cultivated, and 

 flower freely in a loose soil inclining to moisture, if planted 

 in March or April. 



IXIAS. 



These are tender, but very free-flowering bulbs, producing 

 on their stems, which vary in height from six inches to two 

 feet, very delicate flowers of various colours, as orange, 

 blush, white, purple, green, crimson, scarlet, and some have 

 two and three colours connected in the same plant. 



There are, in all, upwards of twenty species, which may 

 be cultivated in the green-house, by planting the bulbs 

 in pots in September or October, and placing them near 

 the light, and then watering them sparingly until they 

 begin to shoot. 



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 



