50 BULBS AND TUBEKOUS-BOOTED PLANTS. 



There are many so-called species, but what tne 

 specific differences are is rather hard to define. Varie- 

 ties would seem the more correct term to use. Of these, 

 the following are the most desirable. 



C. albus (Cyclobothra alba). This is one of the 

 most beautiful of this genus ; snow white, with a rich 

 blotch. 



C. pulchellus (Cyclobothra). Flowers drooping, 

 globose, colored yellow with greenish purple markings. 

 See the lower flowers in engraving on Page 43. 



C. purpureus (Cyclobothra). A very pretty spe- 

 cies with purple flowers. 



C. luteus. Eich yellow, with crimson patch and 

 a blotch of greenish sulphur at the base of each petal. 



C. Benthami. Yellow, with numbers of brown 

 spots at the base. 



C. macrocarpus. Deep purple lilac; peculiar 

 and rich. 



C. Greenii. Fine large lilac, splashed and cov- 

 ered with orange ; rich and striking. 



C. splendens. Blue and white; large and showy. 



C. magenteus. "White, marked with rosy red. 



C. venustus. This is often called the California 

 tulip ; handsome white flowers, with a yellow base 

 stained with crimson. 



C. Nuttallii. White, blotched with purple. Syn. 

 with C. Leichtlinii. 



CALOSCOKDUM. 



A very pretty bulb from Chusan, producing its 

 umbels of rose-colored flowers, in the manner of the 

 Nerine. It requires the same treatment as the Calo- 

 chortus. 



CALOSTEMMA. 



A small genus of handsome greenhouse bulbs from 

 New Holland. The flowers are funnel-shaped, yellow, 



