THE 
JULY 4, 1874.) 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
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GRIFFINIA HYACINTHINA. 
ay cultivation of stove bulbous plants has of late 
naccountable reason, been much 
is is the more to be wondered at when | 
be enumerated | 
Anoth 
S 
se 
nh ealthy condition if iei 
oil water pers mper: 
n be appropriately or inappropri- | 
simple utility, 
ower, 
ings ress will last well 
ord a continuous supply for a yond | 
_ violet are by far the scarcest amongst flowers in other | 
_ ways suitable for cutting. This Griffinia is in every | 
way i . for the purposes ler consideration ; 
apart from the es ae the flowers on the plant, 
which is of no will last when cut 
thrown uP, and bloom much like the well-known Aga- 
panthus umbellatus. The iy ot ts g re (fig. Us 
from 
are produced freely, in spite of the flower- 
gatherers knife Bae for the above ci ited reasons, is 
at 
nothing but disappointment. I tried all sorts of 
soil—peat, loam, and leaf mould, asia and com- 
ined, mixed with sand, or sand alone, © 
I had sd arg one an 
s from whi 
| has E and to which it ya adheres, and agg h | 
beco 
mes gradually redu assum 
ced 
| wrinkled, neda appe sn; duite tou oN but 
without 
| position that o 
| has a plac 
| As soon as the mew are Bap which will be during 
r four months eet ey 
shee: oom at once be 
any a disposition to the usual decom- 
the winte, some thr 
flowers have faded, 
placing cose on the surface of a well-drained pot, 
filled with loose, y soil, which the roots, as soon 
as fo can hich they 
= removed without injury. As the young 
ter passing through it, but without making it 
that this and most other bulbs 
urs in most seeds when germination | 
cold even when at rest. natural season for 
pot, and had the luck to remain there on the top of | short wint on first seas t 
| the soil out ry sight l it grew, at once showing | existence. In November again place them in a night 
oe the seed required to lie wholly above the surface | temperature ° or 60°, and, as soon as they show 
rith no covering of kind. The s are | signs of growth, give them pots 2 inches larger, using 
emitted i da — the pulpy masses, the base fore- | similar soil to that which was recommended for their 
| most, each pices out its roots, after pers ch a | season’ h, and treat them in every way 
small slender dial is liberated, and the og ant ee before advised t and water; the plants will 
ences growth, but, p aa not for a year or | show when their growth is finished by ceasing to push 
without the support of the fleshy ma ich ‘t | up more le -remove t ut 
e bear overpotting. 
this —3t likes to have its roots lying thickly ag 
the sides of the pot. Treat through the winter and 
coming summer as recommended for the preceding 
Fic, 6.—SPECIMEN PLANT OF GRIFFINIA HYACINTHINA, GROWN BY MR, BAINES, 
me 
season. In the autumn some of the stro’ ‘bulbs 
will most probably throw up flowers ; but it will be 
better not to allow them any seeds, 
y retard their growth, and during this a 
season, if all goes well with them, they will increase a 
ep reste obspe 
At ude das ther diie 
eta DAE oo det; tey oild 
two-thirds above the soil. After they have E RA to 
their full size they will not require re-potting 
year. The ly by- 
