AACHEN ALIA BIFOLIA 



This is a pleasing plant : it is from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced 

 several years since, but, as often happens 

 among the African bulbs, has been lost for 

 a considerable time, and lately roots have 



The flowers appear in May: they have 

 a very delicate smell, and continue long 

 in perfection. It increases sparingly by 

 offsets: they should be potted in sandy 

 loam, and must be preserved constantly in 

 the greenhouse. In the beginning of the 

 summer the leaves decay, after which they 

 should be kept without water till autumn, 



