130 THE PHALOCALLIS. THE VIEUSSEUXIA. 



Our plants thrived well, planted in sandy loam, when im- 

 ported in autumn ; and bloomed freely in spring, each bulb 

 giving many flowers. The species is C. Herbertii. 



THE PHALOCALLIS, 



Another species of Cypella, often appears in nurserymen's 

 catalogues as C. plumbed, which should be P. plumbea. It 

 is a beautiful plant, with evergreen leaves, and fugitive lead- 

 color and yellow flowers, of which but one is produced from 

 the bulb ; the individual flowers, with every care, lasting 

 hardly a day. We have bloomed this plant most success- 

 fully in a compost of loam and sand. It usually blooms in 

 midsummer. The plant is a native of Mexico, and not 

 very common. 



THE VIEUSSEUXIA. 



These plants were formerly classed as Iris, and are 

 usually known as Peacock Iris. 



They are all Cape bulbs, with slender, iridaceous foliage, 

 and very brilliant flowers. 



They should be potted in peat-loam and sand, about an 

 inch deep, in autumn, and grown in an airy situation, with 



