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yellow, purple, arid brown flowers on spikes a foot high, 

 also iri May. Both are charming bulbous-rooted plants 

 for the cold house. 



Culture as advised for Ixias. 



Sternbergia. Autumn-blooming, bulbous-rooted 

 plants, growing from 4in. to 12in. high, and bearing yellow 

 flowers. The kinds best suited for pot culture are lutea 

 major and macrantha. 



The bulbs should be planted an inch deep and an inch 

 or so apart, in pans 6in. deep and Sin. to 12in. in dia- 

 meter, in August. The compost should be two parts of 

 loam, one of leaf -mould, and one of coarse silver sand. 

 After potting plunge the pans to their rims in fibre refuse 

 in a cold frame till growth begins; then remove to the 

 cold house. Water moderately. After flowering, and 

 growth is completed, withhold water. As these bulbs 

 rarely flower well a second year in pots, they should be 

 planted out in a sunny spot in the garden in August, and 

 fresh ones procured for pot culture. Increased by offsets. 



Tecophileoa. T. cyanocrocus (the Chilian Crocus) is 

 a Chilian species, which bears fragrant gentian-blue 

 flowers with a white eye in March. The flowers are 

 Crocus-like, and the perfume is similar to that of the Sweet 

 Violet. 



Best grown in pans 4in. deep and Gin. to Sin. in diameter. 

 The corms should be planted an inch deep and an 

 inch apart in a compost of equal parts loam, peat, leaf- 

 mould, and sand, in August. Plunge the pans to their 

 rims in fibre refuse in a cold frame till growth commences ; 

 then place them in the greenhouse. No water should be 

 applied till growth begins, when give a moderate supply. 

 After flowering remove to a sunny cold frame to ripen the 

 bulbs, keep dry after the foliage fades, and repot in 

 August. Increased by offsets. 



Tlgridla. The Tiger Flowers are exceedingly hand- 



