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S. variegata. Flowers dark blue, marked with yellow. 



S. bicolor. Flowers bright yellow, with the superior 

 petal tipped with purple. 



S. galatea greatly resembles this. 



These plants are also classed with ixia and gladiolus, and 

 are now generally referred to the latter family. 



THE ANOMATHECA. 



One of the most sparkling little bulbs for house-culture. 

 The bulbs are small, and should be potted in November, in 

 sandy loam : during the winter they will make a good 

 growth of bright-green foliage, and, beginning to bloom in 

 May, will produce a succession of brilliant, scarlet-crimson 

 flowers all summer. The plants should be allowed to rest 

 from September until the planting season. Propagated 

 'by offsets, which are freely produced, and by seeds 

 which bloom the second year, and vegetate without any 

 care. 



The species are, 



A. cruenta. Flowers very brilliant, and the best species. 

 We have grown this species in the open ground ; but the 

 flowers are so small, they do not appear as well as in a pot. 



