No. 1968. 



BLETIA HYACINTHINA. 



Class. Order. 



G Y XA NDRIA MONANDRIA . 



A native of China, introduced in 1802 : 

 its flowers are exceedingly beautiful ; they 

 are produced during the spring months. 



It has been usual to keep this plant in 

 the stove, but we find it to grow and thrive 

 in afar superior manner in the greenhouse : 

 it should be potted in vegetable earth with 

 a portion of sand, and increases itself free- 

 ly by offsets from the bulbs. 



The colour of this flower baffles art more 

 than many others, its clearness and brilli- 

 ancy in the living specimen being absolute- 

 ly inimitable. But this is only one of the in- 

 numerable instances of the utter imperfec- 

 tion of human performances when brought 

 into comparison with the works of our 

 Great and Glorious Creator, the wonders of 

 Whose Wisdom, and Power, and Goodness, 

 are so marvellously displayed through such 

 myriads of beautiful examples, adorning 

 and covering the whole earth ! 



