COOL GREENHOUSE. Ill 



are small a dozen may be planted in a pot. After potting, 

 stand the pots in a cold frame, and cover with ashes or 

 fibre refuse for about a month; then remove to a shelf 

 near the glass in the greenhouse. Water sparingly at first, 

 but as soon as growth becomes active gradually increase 

 the supply. When the flowers begin to form give weak 

 liquid manure occasionally. After flowering water must 

 be gradually withheld, and the pots be fully exposed to 

 the sun to thoroughly ripen the bulbs. When the foliage 

 is dead keep quite dry till August ; then repot, and start 

 to grow as before. Freesias are easily reared from seed 

 sown in sandy soil in spring. The strongest seedlings will 

 flower the next year. Also increased by offsets at potting 

 time. 



The chief species and varieties are : Kefracta, white and 

 orange; refracta alba, white; refracta Leichtlinii, cream 

 and orange; refracta odorata, yellow; and Button's 

 Hybrids a new variously coloured strain. 



Hocmanthus. H. coccineus, scarlet; and H. nata- 

 lensis, green, purple, and yellow, are species of this South 

 African genus of bulbous-rooted plants, that will succeed 

 in the cool greenhouse. They require precisely the same 

 code of culture as that advised for the warm greenhouse 

 species, except as to temperature. 



Hymcnocallis, H. calathina, greenish white, fra- 

 grant, and flowering in March; Amancses, yellow, flower- 

 ing in spring; and Macleana, greenish- white, blooming in 

 June, are worth growing in pots in a cool house. They 

 practically require similar culture to the warm house 

 kinds, except as to temperature. 



Hypoxis. A genus of bulbous plants not very gene- 

 rally grown, but nevertheless worthy the attention of those 

 who like to grow uncommon bulbs. The only species 

 worthy of note is H. hemerocallidea, bearing yellow" 

 flowers in summer and growing a foot high. 



