274 BLANDFORDIA ; BRA VGA ; CALOSCORDUM ; MILLA. 

 BLANDFORDIA. 



A very interesting family of beautiful bulbs, from Austra- 

 lia, requiring to be potted in peat and loam, and to be 

 treated like ixias. Propagated by offsets and seeds. The 

 species are B. nobilis, flammea, grandiflora^ intermedia, mar- 

 ginata, Cunninghamii^ and Backliousii, with red, yellow, 

 crimson, and orange flowers. 



BRAVOA. 



A little Mexican bulb, allied to amaryllis ; flowering in 

 summer in ricli light soil. Increased by offsets. 



B. geminiflora, with red flowers, which is the only species 

 that has flowered freely with us. 



CALOSCORDUM. 



A pretty bulb, allied to Milla, thriving in common soil. 

 The flowers are rose and purple. 



C. nerinefolium, a native of Chusan, is the only species. 



MILLA. 



Small bulbs, with beautiful milk-white flowers, growing 

 freely in rich, light soil. 



