BULBOUS PLANTS. 



beautifully they decorated the Bois de Boulogne, and all the public 

 places in Paris, till the French were led to neglect their peaceful 

 gardens by the excitement of war! They are propagated by seed, 

 and the tubers must be housed in winter, though they will withstand 

 the effects of the climate in mild seasons. 



The Calla j^Ethiopica (fig. 424 a:) is an interesting 

 plant for the greenhouse. Its trumpet-like white flowers, 

 and glossy green foliage, render it very beautiful. It 

 likes abundance of water. Formerly it was more appre- 

 ciated than it is at present. 



The last of the bulbous plants which I shall 

 Fig. 425. -Tuberose, commcnd is the Tubcrose {Polyanthes tuberosa, fig. 425). 

 It is not much in favour in England, but is highly esteemed in Paris. 



" The sweet tuberose, 

 The sweetest flower for scent that blows." — Shelley. 



There is a bulbous plant which I strongly advise people not to 

 grow; it is Aconitum Napellus, or Monkshood (fig. 215). 



In September a very striking plant flowers, called Tritoma Uvaria 

 (fig. 426), which rapidly throws up its flowers of scarlet and yellow. It 

 is a large plant, and should 

 have an open space in which 

 to display itself It grows 

 naturally on the mountains at 

 the Cape of Good Hope, where 

 it is brilliant enough to be seen 

 from a considerable distance. 



Late in the summer, when 

 flowers are scarce, the Tritonia 

 aurea (fig. 427) flowers in the 

 orchard-house and greenhouse. 

 It produces handsome branch- 

 ing spikes of orange-yellow flowers, and is easily grown. 



For the successful preservation of bulbous plants it is imperatively 

 necessary that the labourer employed in winter to dig the ground should 



Fig. 426.— Tiitoma 

 Uvaria. 



Fig. 427. — Tritonia aurea. 



