HABRANTHUS J IXIOLIBION ; PHYCELLA. 277 



HABRANTHUS. 



A large family of amaryllis-like bulbs, generally natives 

 of South America. The flower-stem is thrown up before 

 the leaves in early autumn, and the leaves grow all winter. 



They should be grown in sandy loam and peat, with good 

 drainage, and have perfect rest after the leaves fade. 



They propagate by offsets or by seed, which should be 

 sown in spring, and have a gentle bottom-heat to start it 

 into growth. There are about' twenty species, and many 

 fine hybrid varieties, of which we may mention H. Ander- 

 som, and the varieties aureus and cupreus, bifidus, Bagnoldi^ 

 roseus, intermedius, and kermisianus. 



IXIOLIRION. 



Rare and pretty bulbs, natives of Syria and Tartary, 

 with pale-blue flowers. They thrive in common soil, and 

 propagate by seeds or offsets. 



/. montanum and Tartaricum are the species. 



PHYCELLA. 



South-American bulbs, with red or scarlet flowers, in 

 summer or early autumn, growing in good loam, with perfect 

 drainage. 



