No. 240, 
HÆMANTHUS COCCINEUS. 
Class, Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, and 
has been long cultivated in this country. 
The flowers, which appear in autumn, are 
nearly over before the leaves begin to push 
from the bulb; when full grown, each 
leaf is about a foot long, lying flat on the 
ground; these decay in the spring, after 
which the pots in which the bulbs are kept 
should stand without any water in a dry 
hot place till autumn: during the gro 
season they require a tolerable share of 
moisture and the protection of the green- 
ouse. They are slow of propagation, 
rarely throwing up any offsets: soil, sandy 
peat. 
