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COOPERIA. 



A North-American family of tender bulbs, with showy- 

 flowers expanding at night. The flower-stem is erect and 

 stiff, each bulb producing but one at a time, crowned with a 

 single flower. Soil sandy loam. Propagated by offsets or 

 seeds, which should be sown in spring. The species are, — 



C. pedunculata. — "With white and yellow flowers. 



C. chlorosolen. — White and evergreen. 



C. Drummondii. — White and red flowers, natives of 

 Texas and Mexico. 



HAYLOCKIA. 



A little bulb, allied to Cooperia, with straw-colored 

 flowers, blooming in September, a native of Buenos Ayres, 

 thriving in sandy loam and leaf-mouhl. The leaves grow all 

 winter, and the plant rests in the spring. Propagated by 

 seeds or offsets. H. inisilla is the only species. 



ANDROCYMBIUM. 



A family of Cape bulbs, with gi'cen or white flowers, grow- 

 ing in loam and santi, and propagated by seeds and offsets. 



A. eucomoides, melanthoides, volutare, are the species. 

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