VII. LIST OF FLOWERS. 



427. BULBOCODIUM. Lat. Bulbocodium vernum. 

 Fr. Merendirebulbocode. A bulbous rooted plant from 

 the Pyrenees, that blows a light purple flower in March. 

 Should be moved in July. Likes heath-mould, and ra- 

 ther a shady situation. 



428. C AC ALIA, sow-thistle leaved. Lat. Cacalia 

 sanctifolia. Fr. Cacalia a feuilles de laiteron. An 

 annual stove plant from the East Indies, growing one 

 foot high, and blowing a flower of an orange red colour 

 in July. Propagated from seed sowed in a frame in 

 March. Requires very little water, and should be kept 

 out of the house during the summer. 



429. ' Lat. Cactus spiciosus. Fr. Cactier 



elegant. A perennial succulent plant from Carthagena j 

 throws up many long fleshy leaves festooned at the 

 sides, and, in June and July, blows an exceedingly beau- 

 tiful rose-coloured flower, about three inches long, and 

 double. This plant likes a mixture of light mould and 

 brick rubbish. Requires very little water except when 

 in flower, and must be brought .forward in the green- 

 house, or frame ; though, in a very warm room to the 

 south, it will blow. Force it into flower by bruising the 

 ends of the leaves 5 and propagate by cuttings, which, 

 being left in a dry place for a day or two till the cut end 

 become dry, and then stuck in a pot of mould, will 

 strike quickly j but these will not flower for a couple of 

 years. 



430. CALTROPS, small Lat. Tribulus terrestris. 

 Fr. Tribulus herisse. A hardy annual plant from the south 



