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BULBS AND TUBEROUS-HOOTED PLANTS. 



SNOWFLAKE. 



See Leucoium, Page 169. 



SPARAXIS. 



These were formerly included in the genus Ixia 

 (Page 166), and bear a close resemblance to them, the 



main points of difference being 

 that the Sparaxis are of more 

 compact habit of growth, the 

 flowers more bold, and some- 

 what larger, and the flower 

 spikes are not more than half 

 as high, rarely growing more 

 than six inches. They require 

 the same treatment as the 

 Ixias, in all respects, and are 

 propagated in the same man- 

 ner. They deserve a place in 

 the greenhouse and window 

 garden. 



SPREKELIA. 



See Page 22. 



STAR-GRASS. 

 See Hypoxis, Page 158. 

 STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 



See Ornithogalum, Page 



SPARAXIS. 



246. 

 STENOMESSOJST. 



A small genus of South American bulbs formerly 

 included in Coburgia, Pancratium and Amaryllis. 

 Although rather pretty, the most of them do not com- 



