298 GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



unequally digitate, and the leaflets linear -lanceolate, termi- 

 nating in a sharp spiny point. The flowers are bright golden 

 yellow, the base of the upper petal stained with red ; they 

 are produced in great abundance from April to June. 

 Cuttings of the young shoots, inserted in sand and placed 

 under a bell-glass, root readily. Native of Western Australia. 



Laohenalia. 



A beautiful family of Cape bulbs, of dwarf habit, belonging 

 to the Liliacem. They have pretty spotted Orchis-like leaves, 

 and erect spikes of handsome pendulous tubular flowers. 

 Formerly these plants were great favourites, but they have 

 been put on one side to make room for novelties, though 

 their beauty is again becoming appreciated, and we now see 

 them more frequently in our greenhouses. They are very 

 valuable as early flowering plants, and are easily forced into 

 flower during winter, when flowers of any kind are especially 

 valuable. With these, as with many other plants, no doubt 

 there will be different opinions as to the best mode of treat- 

 ment. We recommend, in order to have the flowers at 

 Christmas or by the new year, to pot some of the bulbs about 

 the middle of June, and to grow them in a cool frame untU 

 the end of October or the beginning of November, at which 

 time they should be removed into moderate heat, for they will 

 not bear a very high temperature. To" ensure a succession 

 of flowers, pot another set of bulbs about the beginning of 

 July, and others again at the end of the same month. The 

 soil best adapted for them is a compost of good loam and 

 peat, with a little sand and well-decomposed manure added. 

 In watering, care must be taken to gradually withhold the 

 supply as the foliage begins to show signs of decay; and when 

 they have quite gone to rest, the pots with the bulbs must be 



