268 PENTLANDIA. HOMERIA. 



flowered them ; but of others can only copy the description 

 offered us in botanical works or horticultural serials. 



There are some bulbs which we have omitted entirely, 

 because, in many cases, their identity is difficult to establish, 

 as they are lost to cultivation ; and others are so rare, that 

 there is no probability of their ever coming into the posses- 

 sion of any reader of this volume. 



PENTLANDIA. 



Greenhouse bulbs, from Peru, allied to amaryllis. The 

 flowers are orange-red, pretty, but not remarkably hand- 

 some. 



The plants grow freely in sandy loam and leaf-mould, and 

 propagate freely by offsets. They bloom during the summer 

 or early autumn. The species are P. miniata, lacunosa^ and 

 Sullivanica ; the first of which was for a long time in our 

 possession, and flowered freely every year under the ordi- 

 nary greenhouse treatment of an autumn-flowering bulb. 



HOMERIA. 



A family of Cape bulbs, worthy of more attention than it 

 receives. They produce an abundance of flowers, which con 

 tinue a long time in perfection, and are very brilliant 

 Blooming during the summer, they need not be potted 



