568 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
C. NoBILIS (noble). Flowers orange - scarlet, tipped with green; 
perianth curved, funnel-shaped; the outer divisions shorter than the 
inner ; forty to fifty inan umbel; May. Height, 1 to 2 feet. 
Clivias may ie grown either in pots or in borders in 
a warm greenhouse. The best soil for them is a compost 
of fibrous loam and rotten cow-dung, in the proportion of three 
of the former to one of the latter. Whilst mixing up, add a little 
charcoal to keep it sweet, for the plants require a great deal of water 
during the growing period. A few bones crushed small and mixed 
in will also be an advantage, and there should be a good thickness 
of drainage material. They are not plants that require frequent 
repotting; fair-sized plants may therefore be put in large pots at once. 
They will scarcely require anything larger than 10 inches across. 
They grow during spring and summer, when they must have a tem- 
perature between 50° and 60°, with plenty of air. Water may be 
applied freely both to the root and by syringing the leaves; but in 
autumn, syringing must be stopped, and during winter only sufficient 
water should be given to prevent the soil getting quite dry. At this 
season, too, the plant must be kept cool, to induce rest. Instead of 
repotting, it will be found more advantageous to the plant to give 
it a top-dressing of rich soil in spring. When in bloom the plants 
should be removed to a cool, airy conservatory, which will prolong the 
blooming period. 
Description of Clivia miniata, reduced about one-fourth below the 
Plate 263. natural size. Fig. 1 is a section of the flower showing 
attachment of the stamens, ete. 
Cultivation. 
IXIOLIRIONS 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEH. Genus Jxiolirion 
TXIOLIRION (from Jaia (see p. 256), and leirion, a lily), A genus of two 
species of bulbous plants with erect unbranched stems bearing leafy 
bracts, and near the top small clusters of flowers. The leaves are 
long, very slender, channeled, glaucous, sheathing at the base. The 
flowers are erect, six - parted, funnel-shaped, violet or blue, on long 
stalks; the divisions narrow lance-shaped. The six erect stamens are 
attached near the base of the tube, and the thread-like style ends in 
three slender channeled stigmas. They are natives of Asia Minor and 
Northern Asia. 
