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plants ; but the great point is to begin destroying so soon as tbey make tbeir 

 appearance. 



Gynerium argenteum Pampas hardy. 



A grass in growtb and bloom very mncb like tbe New Zealand toe-toe. 

 It blooms in winter, and tbe flower lias a brigbt silver hue, very graceful in 

 appearance. 



SedycMum gardeniawum East Indies hardy. 



„ coronarium „ „ 



Varieties of tbe garland flower. Tbougb coming from a tropical climate, 

 tbey bave grown and bloomed here for several years. Tbe latter bas a most 

 powerfully scented flower, and blooms very freely. Tbey are nearly berb- 

 aceous in winter ; tbe stem tbat blooms is tbrown up fresb every year. 

 FMox herhacea, varieties all hardy. 



Tbese are very beautiful flowering plants, and well wortby of cultivation, 

 about wbicb tbere is little difficulty. Tbey are fond of ricb soil. 



Yucca gloriosa North America hardy. 



„ crenulata ' Missouri „ 



„ aloifolia „ 



„ filamentosa „ 



Adam's needle — -very ornamental in garden wben grown as single plants. 

 Yticca gloriosa is tbe only one tbat bas as yet bloomed witb me. I bave now 

 anotber variety — aloifolia — just going to bloom. 



Flowering Bulbs. 



hardy. 



Amaryllis Johnsonii 



Hybrid 





, virgata 



„ 





, vittata 



Cape of G-ood Hope 





, formosissima 



North America 





, ftdgida 



Brazil 





, magnifica 



Hybrid 





, vallota purpurea 



Cape of Grood Hope 





, blanda 



Hybrid 





, belladonna 



3> 





, nerine sinensis 



Japan 





, atdioa 



Brazil 





, spittisana 



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and otber v£ 



irieties. 





Tbese are all very bandsome flowering bulbs, and tbrive well in tbis 

 country, not requiring to be taken up every year for protection against 

 frost. I find tbe best mode of cultivating tbem to be, to plant tbem in 

 front of Camellia beds, and only move tbem once in four years, to divide 

 tbem : a little old manure put over tbem, wben tbey bave died down in 

 winter, will keep tbe soil ricb enougb ; tbeir brilliant flowers will amply 

 repay any trouble bestowed on tbem. 



Crinum scabrtim Azores hardy. 



„ augusta Hybrid ,, 



„ pedmictdatum New South Wales „ 



