ON HARDY BULBS AND TUBERS. 



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a suitable position can be found them. They delight in sunshine 

 and a light, fairly rich soil. Though gorgeous as to flower, their 

 beauty is short-lived ; but the time over which the flowering 

 period extends more than compensates for the ephemeral 

 nature of the individual flowers. It is safer to lift these bulbs 



Fig. 232.— Varieties of Xritonia (Montbretias). 



when thoroughly ripe in October, and store them in a dry, cool 

 place in sand until April, than to leave them in the soil all 

 winter. T. pavonia (syn. T. conchiflora), yellow, with scarlet 

 markings in cup; T. p. grandiflora, brilliant scarlet, with yellow 

 markings; J. p. a % a (Fig. 231), white, spotted with carmine; 



