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bury themselves like an iris, but produce the new bulb on 

 the top of the old, like a crocus : so they may be planted 

 deeper than iris. 



M. sisyrinchium is a native of Spain, and might prove 

 hardy : the flower is very handsome, deep blue, white, and 

 yellow. 



Loudon enumerates some twenty-five species, some of 

 which are very handsome. 



Some of the finest species are M. sisyrinchium, M. Teno- 

 reana, white-and-blue flowers ; M. ciliata, yellow flowers ; 

 M. larbigera, crimson and yellow ; M. lurida, dark red ; 

 M. edulis, lilac ; M. angusta, white and purple. 



THE HERBERTIA. 



This beautiful and rare bulb is a native of South America, 

 near the Straits of Magellan. It should be grown in pots, 

 in a compost of loam, peat, and sand. The flowers some- 

 what resemble an iris, and are blue, white, and pink. The 

 chief species is H. pulcJiella. H. pusilla has striped flowers. 



THE CYPELLA. 



A very remarkably handsome bulb, of easy growth in 

 the greenhouse. The flowers are yellow, with a dark stripe 

 down each petal. 



