TUBEROUS-KOOTED PLANTS. 



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have but little water given them, but in the growing 

 season they enjoy an abundant supply ; when at 

 rest keep them quite cool, for if they get excitement 

 during winter they grow very weak and do not 

 produce flowers. Blandfordias, we are told, grow 

 naturally in hilly bogs from '* Tasmania to Queens- 

 land, but are not found in the western or northern 

 half of the Australian continent." 



B, aurea — leaves about a foot long-, Grass-like and pale greeu ; 

 flowers large, campanulate. rich yellow, boiiie upon erect 

 scapes upwards of a foot 

 bigb. June and July. 

 New Soutb "Wales, 1869. 



B. Cunninghanui — leaves 

 disticbous, some two feet 

 in lengtb, about half an 

 inch "broad, light green 

 above, but lighter on the 

 under surface. The scape 

 erect, and upwards of two 

 f«et high, bearing a grand 

 cluster of large and ex- 

 tremely handsome blooms, 

 individual flowers conical, 

 two inches in length, and 

 with a spreading limb; 

 the segments are rich 

 golden-yeUow, the greater 

 portion of the tube, 

 however, being reddish - 

 orange. One of the finest 

 introduced, and a pro- 

 f 'tse bloomer. New South 

 Wales, 1868. 



B. flammea— a strong-grow- 

 ing plant, producing from 

 between its narrow dis- 

 tichous leaves a scape 

 from two to three feet in 

 height ; flowersnumerous, 

 pendulous, spreading at 

 the mouth ; the segments 

 deep yellow, the tubes 

 being deep orange - red. 

 Summer months. New 

 South Wales, 1849. 



B. flammea, var. princeps — 

 this is by far the finest 

 of the i-ultivated Bland- 

 fordias, and well deserves 

 a place in every collection 

 of green-house plants. 

 Like the previously named 

 kinds the leaves are nar- 

 row, and distichous, scape 



erect, bearing a dense corymb of large and richly coloured- 

 blooms ; 'individual flowers slightly pendulous, some two 

 inches or more long, spreadLag', bright crimson, with 

 golden-yellow segments. Summer months. New South 

 Wales. 



B. nobilis — this species has been in cultivation many years, 

 and although not a-s showy as those previously named, is 

 a truly handsome plant ; flowers lai^e, pendulous, pro- 

 duced in terminal corymbs, orange-red. with the margins 

 bright yellow. June and July. New South Wales, 1803. 



Bomarea. — A genus of climbing Amarj'-llida- 

 ceous plants of great beauty, and elegant objects 

 trained upon a pillar or rafter. Pot in light sandy 

 Joam and leaf-mould, drain well, and water freely. 

 Green-house. 



in terminal umbels; soft 

 rosy-oink, dotted near the 

 mouth with purple. Co- 

 lumbia. 

 B. Kalbreyeri — flowers nu- 

 merous, outer segments 

 bright red, inner ones 



orange - yellow. South 

 America. 

 B. Patacocensis — umbels 

 very large ; flowers long-, 

 bell-shaped, and rich deep 

 crimson. 



BOMAEEA CARDER-II. 



Caladium. — Handsome Arads, with, for the 



most part, parti- coloured leaves, which are great 

 favourites for decorating the stove in summer. 

 Pot in loam, peat, leaf-mould, rotten manure, and 

 sand, in about equal parts, drain well, and water 

 freely when gTOwing, as 

 they luxuriate in strong 

 heat and moisture. As 

 the leaves begin to decay 

 in autumn, gradually re- 

 duce the supply of water, 

 until the whole of the 

 leaves have fallen, when 

 they should be removed 

 to a lower temperature — 

 not, however, less than 

 60^ — and very little 

 moisture given, but it 

 should not be entirely 

 withheld. The following 

 is a good selection : — 



Adolphe Adams. 



Albo-luteum. 



Alcibiade. 



Alfred Hame. 



Alphonse Karr. 



Amcenum.. 



Ai^yrites. 



Baraquinii. 



Barillet. 



Barpnde 'Rothschild. 



Beethoven. 



Bellemei. 



Bicolor splendens. 



Calypso. 



Candidum. 



Cardinale. 



Chantinii. 



Chelsonii. 



Be CandoUe. 



Princess of Teck. 

 Beine Marie dts Portugal. 

 Eeine Victoria. 

 Salvator Bosa. 

 Souvenir de Dr. Bleu. 

 Souvenir de Hadame Ber- 

 nard. 

 Verdi. 

 Virginale. 



Gerard Dow, 



Golden Queen. 



Laingii. 



Meyerbeer. 



Oruatum. 



Prince Albert Edward. 



Prince of Wales. 



Princess of Wales. 



Princess Alexandra. 



B. Caldasiati a— leaves sub- 

 cordate, acuminate ; the 

 flowers produced in 

 terminal umbels, bell- 

 shaped, and pendulous, 

 outer segments fiery-scar- 



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let, inner ones orange- 

 yellow, dotted with red. 

 South America, 

 B. Carderii— all the species 

 are similar in growth ; 

 flowers large, pendulous. 



Curcuma. — A large genus of Zingiheracea, con- 

 taining many species of great economic value, and 

 also others remarkaWe for the heauty of their 

 flowers ; of the former, C. rotundata, and C. longa, 

 produce turmeric, so largely used in the preparation 

 of curry and pickles; C, angustifolia produces Bast 

 Indian arrowroot, and various tonics and perfumes 

 are produced hy other species. The kinds which 

 are grown in our hot-houses for the beauty of their 

 flowers are plants of easy culture; they should he 



