100 BULBS AND THEIR CULTIVATION. 



manure, with a liberal amount of coarse sand. Potting 

 should be done in March, pressing the compost firmly in 

 the pot. Afterwards grow the plants on in a temperature 

 of 65 to 75 deg. in a sunny part of the stove, and give 

 Y water freely as growth proceeds. In winter keep almost 

 dry. During the summer months liquid manure may be 

 given once a week. Once in three years is often enough 

 to repot. The temperature during autumn and winter 

 should be about 55 to 65 deg. Increased by offsets. 



The principal stove species are: Macrostephana, white 

 (spring); ovata (Syn. Pancratium fragrans), white 

 (autumn); and speciosa, white (winter). 



Nsegelfa. Plants of similar habit to Achimenes and 

 Gesneras, and having scaly, tuberous roots. They require 

 to be treated like the two latter genera, which see. The 

 principal species worth growing are : Cinnabarina, scarlet 

 (summer), 2ft. ; multiflora, white (August), 2ft. ; and zeb- 

 rina, yellow and scarlet (autumn), 2ft. 



Pancratium. Bulbous-rooted plants with white, 

 fragrant flowers, natives of the tropics, and requiring 

 similar cultural conditions to the Hymenocallis, which see. 

 The chief species are: Canariense, white (autumn), 18in. ; 

 zeylanicum, white (summer), 1ft. 



Sandersonia. A genus of tuberous-rooted plants, 

 one species of which only is grown, namely, aurantiaca, 

 orange-yellow, flowering in summer. 



Plant the tubers singly two inches deep in a 6in., or 

 three in an 8in. pot, in February, using a compost of 

 equal parts peat, loam, leaf-mould, and silver sand. Grow 

 in a temperature of 70 to 80 deg., and train the shoots to 

 a low trellis. Supply freely with water till autumn, then 

 gradually withhold it, keeping the roots dry during the 

 winter. Increased by seeds and division. 



