Directions for Specific Culture. 119 
Statice incana hybrida (Tauria, Siberia, etc.). 
Treat like Statice cosyrensis, but as this is a 
larger plant it must be given more room. After 
flowering, cut away the old stems. 
Statice minuta (Mediterranean). 
Treat like Statice cosyrensis. 
Syathyris reniformis (N.W. America). 
Plant in partial shade, either on the flat or ona 
bank, in half peat and half loam, without the use of 
any sand or leaf-mould. This plant does not object 
to limestone, although a peat-loving subject. In 
late autumn or very early spring, top-dress with loam 
and fine peat. Synthyris reniformis does well along 
with Primula farinosa, and will grow by the damp 
side of a stream. 
Tecophilza cyanocrocus (Chili). 
This charming little bulbous plant is perfectly 
hardy, and will do well either in a well-drained place 
on a north or south border, or in the same position 
on rockwork. Where it can be planted in both 
positions, a succession of flowers will be obtained 
from early March until May, the bulbs on the south 
flowering fully a month before those on the north. 
Use as compost a mixture of two parts of good 
strong fibrous loam to one of white sand. Plant the 
bulbs 14in. deep, then cover them with white sand, 
fill up with more compost and make firm. No more 
attention will be needed for two or three years 
beyond care to keep clear from other plants, and the 
’ patch will bloom freely every year. 
