118 EVERT WOMAN HER OWN FLOWER GARDENER. 



Tritoma Uvaria Grandiflora. 



This is a splendid plant, with a magnificent spike of rich orange-red 

 flowers; from its glowing color it has been called " Bed Hot Poker." 

 It will bloom freely in any good garden soil, and is hardy in the latitude 

 of New York city, but farther north, the roots require to be kept in sand 

 during the winter. The flower-stem will often grow from four to five 

 feet in height, and it produces a very fine effect. To bloom before the 

 frost, they require to be started in March or April, and should not be 

 planted out until there is settled warm weather. 



The Summer Flowering Bulbs form a distinct class of flowers, and 

 will, of themselves, make a gloriously gorgeous garden, requiring but 

 little attention, as their bulbous roots do not usually demand the fre- 

 quent waterings that annuals and bedding-out plants must have in this 

 hot, dry climate. These bulbs, with the exception of the Lilies which 

 head the chapter, must be housed in the winter, in cold climates ; but 

 our southern sisters can plant them out, and they will only ask to be 

 removed to new quarters, as their offspring multiply and crowd them 

 out. 



The florists' catalogues offer them all at small cost, and it is impossible 

 for those who have not feasted their eyes upon their glowing beauties, to 

 even imagine their glories 1 



