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and are generally of difficult culture. A greenhouse is too 

 cold for them, and a stove too close. 



They should be potted in strong, friable loam ; have 

 greenhouse culture from April to November, and an airy 

 situation in the stove from December to April. The decid- 

 uous species should be kept dry in winter. 



G. obliquus and carneus are evergreen ; the remainder are 

 deciduous. 



There are eight species, all natives of the Cape. G. obli- 

 quus, when it can be flowered, is very showy. 



THE H^EMANTHUS. 



Stove-bulbs, but flowering in the greenhouse ; growing 

 freely in sandy loam and peat ; natives of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The bulbs are large, and flower in autumn, just 

 before beginning to grow. The flower is very showy, 

 but by no means handsome. The leaves are two, very 

 large, and grow all winter. When the leaves wither, the 

 plant should go to rest, and remain until August ; when it 

 may be repotted. 



H. coccineus is the most common species, and there are 

 about twenty others. 



THE BRUNSVIGIA. 



A family of Cape bulbs, generally requiring stove heat. 

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