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№. 1085. 
SPARAXIS GRANDIFLORA. 
Class. Order. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNITA. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope: it 
‚ is a small bulbous rooted plant, producing 
very rich and beautiful flowers; they are 
usually in season in the month of May, and 
open in the morning sun, closing each even- 
ing, for a few days. 
"They succeed pretty well in a border on 
the outside of the front wall of a stove. 
The soil should be sandy peat. The bulbs 
multiply themselves by offsets. 
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