130 BULBS AND THEIR CULTIVATION. 



Half a dozen bulbs or so may be grown in a Sin. pot, 

 or several may be planted an inch apart in shallow pans. 

 Plant the bulbs an inch deep in any good ordinary soil, 

 or two parts loam and one part leaf-mould, with a little 

 sand, any time in September. Place the pots or pans in 

 a cold frame, and otherwise treat as advised for Crocuses. 

 Increased by offsets. 



Galtonia. G. candicans is a stately South African 

 bulbous-rooted plant, bearing white fragrant Hyacinth- 

 like flowers in summer, on spikes varying from three to 

 four feet in height. A fine plant for the cold house, or for 

 gentle forcing in the cool or warm house. 



The bulbs require to be planted in October, either singly 

 in Gin. pots, or three in an Sin. pot. The compost should 

 consist of two parts of loam, one of well-decayed manure, 

 and a little sand. Bury the bulbs so that their apex just 

 shows through the soil. Stand the pots in a frame, and 

 cover with ashes till growth begins, when remove to the 

 greenhouse. Give a plentiful supply of water in spring 

 and summer, and after flowering plant out in a sunny 

 border, procuring fresh plants for pots. Increased by 

 offsets. 



Geissorhiza. South African bulbous-rooted plants, 

 flowering in May and growing about six inches high. The 

 chief species are: Exeisa, white; humilis, rose and yellow; 

 and rochensis, violet-purple. 



These bulbs should be grown in shallow pans, in a com- 

 post of equal parts peat, loam, leaf-mould, and sand; 

 planted two inches apart and two inches deep in October; 

 stored in a cold frame till growth begins; then placed in 

 the greenhouse, watered freely till the foliage dies, and 

 kept dry all winter. Increased by offsets. 



Gelasine. A South American bulbous-rooted plant. 

 The only species is G. azurea, blue (May), 1ft. 



