GES 



GES 



G. latifo'lia (broad-leaved) , August. Caraccas. 

 1839. 



Libane'nsis (many -flowered}. J. June. Cuba. 



1847. 



Lindle'yi (Lindley's), Scarlet, yellow. July. 



Brazil. 1825. 



longifo'lia, (long-leaved). 2. Ked. June 



Guatemala. 1841. 



macra'ntha (large-flowered). Purplish, 

 purpu'rea (purple-^oirered). . 



August. 1847. 



macrosta'chya (large-spiked). Rio Janeiro. 



1825. 



magni'fica (magnificent). August. 



oblonga'ta (oblong). Crimson. April. South 



America. 1830. 



pardi'na (leopard-spo^ed). 14. Orange, 



red-spotted. August. Brazil. 1847, 



penduli'na (drooping-./?ou>emf). 2. June, 



South America. 1825. 



polya'ntha (many - flowered). 2. June. 



Brazil. 1830. 



refle'xa (bent-back). April. Valparaiso. 



1837. 



rupe'stris (rock -inhabiting). ?. August. 



1835. 



rupi'cola(rock}. $. May. Brazil. 1835. 



ru'tila (brilliant). 2. Scarlet, yellow. 



August. Brazil. 1825. 



atrosangui'nea (dark red). 2. Crim- 

 son. August. Brazil. 1826. 



sea' bra (rough). 1. July. Jamaica. 1820. 



sce'ptrvm (sceptred). 4. July. Brazil. 1836. 

 t'g-nea(nrey). 3. Eeddish yellow. 



September. Brazil. 1835. 



Schiedia'na (Schiede's). l. July. Mexico. 



1844. 



Sello'wii (Sellow's). 2. July. Brazil, 1835. 



spica'ta (spiked). Grenada. 1831. 



stri'cta (upright). 5. July. Brazil. 1835. 



Sutto'nii (Captain Button's). 2. July. Rio 



Janeiro. 1 833. 



a'lba. White. July. Brazil. 1840. 



-=- triflo'ra (three-flowered). 2. Yellow, red. 



July. New Grenada. 1846. 



tubero'sa (tuberous). % Autumn. Brazil. 



1834. 



tubiflo'ra (tube-flowered). 2. March. South 

 America. 1815. 



ve'stita (clothed). 14. Orange. July. Bo- 



gota. 1842. 



xebri'na (zebra-sir iped) 2. Scarlet, yellow. 



September. Brazil. 1840. 



Propagation; by Cuttings. They may 

 be propagated by cuttings of three 

 lands. 1st the young shoots, as soon 

 as they are three inches long, springing 

 from the old tubers (these are the 

 best) ; ^nd leaves taken off with a 

 bud at the base ; and 3rd by the 

 leaves only, without buds. The first 

 mode may be used when the kind or 

 variety is plentiful, and the bulbs so 

 strong as to send out more shoots than 

 are wanted for flowering ; the second 

 mode, when the variety is new and 

 more scarce ; and the last, when it is 



more rare still. There is an advantage 

 in the first and second mode, that the 

 cuttings, if struck early in the year, 

 will, with moderate care and attention 

 to repotting, flower the same year ; 

 whereas those struck from leaves, or 

 parts of leaves, will only form small 

 tubers that season. Eacli kind of cut- 

 ting requires to be put in sand, under 

 bell or hand-glasses, in bottom-heat, to 

 strike them quickly. A moist, Avarm 

 heat is necessary ; a moist, cold place 

 would rot the cuttings immediately. 

 Such species as do not make bulbs 

 must be propagated by the first kind of 

 cuttings. 



By Seed. To raise new varieties it 

 is necessary to save seed. Choose the 

 finest and brightest coloured to save it 

 from. As soon as it is ripe, gather it 

 and dry it; keep it very dry till the 

 March folIoAving, then sow the seed on 

 the surface of a light sandy compost, 

 place it in a warm, moist atmosphere, 

 and as soon as the seedlings are up, 

 and the plants have attained a leaf or 

 two, transplant them thinly on the 

 surface of shallow pots, and let them 

 grow there during the summer. Allow 

 them to go to rest in the autumn, and 

 keep them in the same pots through 

 the \vinter, giving but little Avater. As 

 soon as life appears again in the spring, 

 pot them off singly into small pots, 

 watering and repotting the same as the 

 cuttings ; but it is more than probable 

 they Avill not floAver till the second year. 



Soil. Light fibrous loam, turfy peat, 

 and half-decayed leaves, in equal parts, 

 Avith a due portion of sand, Avell mixed, 

 but not sifted. 



Summer Culture. To have a suc- 

 cession of bloom, pot a portion of the 

 bulbs in January, and place them in 

 heat, giving a little Avater. Temp., 60 

 to 80. Pot a second batch about the 

 middle of February, and another towards 

 the end of March. These will supply 

 flowers for several months. Put them 

 in pots according to the size of the 

 bulbs ; keep them regularly watered, 

 but never very wet. They may be 

 syringed occasionally previously to 

 flowering, but not much ; for the leaves 

 are so woolly that they hold moisture 

 too long if syringed severely. When 



