No. 746. 
LACHENALIA QUADRICOLOR. 
Can Order, 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, in- 
troduced several years since into this coun- 
try. It has a small bulbous root, and 
flowers in the commencement of the spring 
season. The blossoms are shewy; they 
continue several weeks in perfection, and 
shortly after they have faded the leaves also 
decay, and the bulbs remain in a quiescent 
state till autumn, during which time they 
should be repotted, when the offsets, if any, 
may be separated, whereby they are. in- 
creased. The soil should be sandy loam, 
and the pots of moderate size, in each of 
which three or four bulbs may be planted 
about an inch under the surface. It should 
be constantly preserved in the greenhouse. 
