TUBEROUS -ROOTED PLANTS. 



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■white, spotted with car- 



mine. 

 G. multiflora— pure white, 



with yellow throat. 

 G. purpurea — tube bright 



rose, spotted with rosy- 

 purple. 

 G. refulgens— rich violet, 



spotted with buff throat 



white. 

 G. Rose d' Amour — rose, 



spotted with white ; the 



throat white, lined with 



pale yellow. 



G. Sceptre Cerise — deep ce- 

 rise, spotted with golden- 

 yellow. 



G. Sceptre Royal — coral- 

 red ; the throat yellow, 

 spotted with bright scar- 

 let. 



G. striatella — tube flesh- 

 colour ; the limb yel- 

 low, and striped with rich 

 purple. 



G. Van Houttei — brilliant 

 carmine and white, and 

 striped with rose. 



Gloriosa. — This genus, sometimes named Metho- 

 nicaj belongs to the order Liliacece. There are but 

 few species, and all are beautiful, although they 

 have the character of being very poisonous. They 

 are climbing plants, and produce large showy 

 flowers ; the lobes of the perianth are all reflexed ; 

 forming a kind of corona ; the long style is obliquely 

 bent a little above the ovary, and the stigina is 

 three-cleft. Pot in rich, light soil, composed of 

 loam, peat, leaf-mould, rotten manure, and sharp 

 fiand, in about equal parts. When they begin to 

 gTOw, they enjoy an abundance of heat and 

 moisture, but when in bloom they last longer in 

 flower a the temperature is reduced ; after flowering, 

 as the leaves decay, reduce the water supply. 

 Gloriosas, however, should not be severely dried 

 off, nor kept in a really low temperature when in a 

 semi-dormant state. They should be more generally 

 grown than they are, and are not difficult to manage 

 if these directions are observed. Stove. 



G. superba— petals reflexed, 

 the lower part rich orange, 

 and crispate ; upper part 

 a brilliant red. Summer 

 and autumn months. East 

 Indies. 



G. virescens — petals all re- 

 flexed, spathulate in shape, 

 and not crispate at the 

 sides ; deep rich orange 

 and yellow. Siunmer and 

 autumn mouths. South 

 Africa. 



G. grandiflora— ^the leaves 

 of these plants are all 

 sessile, and furnished 

 with a long tendril at the 

 apex, by which they sup- 

 port themselves by cling- 

 ing to other plants ; the 

 flowers bearing six petals, 

 which turn back until 

 their points meet ; bright 

 sulphur-yellow. Summer 

 and autumn months. 

 "West Africa. 



God'winia. — G. gigas is the only species in the 

 genus, being perhaps the most gigantic Arad at 

 present known. The peduncle is about five feet 

 high, and yellowish-white, irregularly banded with 

 brown, and resembling the body of a snake ; this is 

 surmounted by an erect hooded spathe, upwards of 

 two feet high, dull purple, tinged with greenish- 

 yellow at the base ; petiole stout, about ten feet 

 high, green, banded irregularly with brown; the 

 blade is thrice divided, the divisions pinnatifid, dark 

 green, and upwards of three feet across. . Pot in 

 loam and leaf-mould. Nicaragua. 



Hedychium. — A handsome genus of Zingibe- 

 racecSf many species of which produce showy fra- 

 grant flowers. They require the same treatment as 



Curcuma, but plenty of pot-room to ucvelop their 

 beauties, and they well deserve general cultivation. 

 Stove. 



H. angustifolium — a fine 

 species growing some five 

 feet high, with long, dark 

 green, linear - Janceolate 

 leaves, and large terminal 

 heads of bright scarlet 

 flowers. Summer months. 

 East Indies. 



H. coronarium — leaves 

 broadly - lanceolate and 

 dark green, producing 

 close compact heads of 

 yellow fragrant flowers. 

 Summer months. East 

 Indies. 



H. Gardnerianum — this is 

 a tall-growing plant, pro- 

 ducing large, loose heads 

 of bright yellow flowers 

 during summer and au- 

 tumn. East Indies. 



H, heteronialum-^a some- 

 what dwarf species; leaves 

 lanceolate-acuminate, and 

 clothed on the under side 

 with white silky hairs ; 

 flowers yellow, produced 

 in a large conical head. 

 Summer months. East 

 Indies. 



Koempferia, — A curious genus of low-growing, 

 stemless plants, belonging to the Gringer (Zingibe- 

 raceoi). The roots of some of the kinds are used 

 medicinally, and others in perfumes ; they require 

 the same treatment as Curcuma. Stove. 



E. Parishii^ike all the spe- 

 cies, the flowers- of this 

 plant appear before the 

 leaves ; the latter are ob- 

 long-lanceolate, and taper 

 to a point ; pale green on 

 the upper side, yellowish- 

 green below. The flowers 

 rise but a few inches from 

 the ground, upper portion 

 pure white, the two lower 

 lobes intense deep pur- 

 phsh - violet. Summer 

 months. Moulmein. 



K. Roscceana — leaves large 

 and spreading, suborbicu- 

 lur, intense deep bottle- 



green, relieved by flakes 

 of emerald-green ; flowers 

 small, pure white. EusC 

 Indies. 

 K. rotunda — leaves lan- 

 ceolate-acute, a foot o^ 

 more long; pale green; 

 the central portion oi a 

 darker shade ; lower side 

 vinous red; flowers veiy 

 fragrant, rising but a few 

 inches from the surface • 

 upper portion white, mar- 

 gined and suffused with 

 pink ; lower lips bright 

 purplish- carmine. Spring 

 mouths. East Indies. 



Littonia. — A genus of Liliacem^ nearly allied 

 to Gloriosa and Sandersonia, and requiring the same 

 treatment. 



L. modesta— with much of 

 the habit of Sandersonia, 

 this plant is more robust, 

 and is furnished with a 

 strong spiral tendril at 

 the end of the leaves, 

 like Gloriosa; these leaves 

 are sessile and bright 

 green ; the peduncle 



springs from the base of 

 the leaf, bearing a solitary 

 bell-shaped, rich orange- 

 coloiired flower, which is 

 open at the mouth, with 

 narrow spreading lobes. 

 Summer and fl.utumn 

 months. Natal. 



Mantisia. — A genus of Gingerworts, popularly 

 known as " Opera Girls," from the fancied resem- 

 blance of the flowers to a dancer ; hence the specific 

 name of the only species, whilst the generic name 

 comes from the supposed resemblance of its flowers 

 to the group of insects called Mantis. Though this 

 plant has been in cultivation for about a century, it 

 has always been scarce, from being over-dried when 

 at rest. Pot in peat, loam, leaf-mould, and sand, in 

 equal parts, and water freely when growing. Stove. 



M. saltatoria is a slen'^er 

 Eeed - like plant, with 

 small ovate - lanceolate 

 leaves, which are length- 

 ened out into slender 

 points, deep green; 



the flowers, which are 

 purple and yellow, are 

 produced on branching 

 spikes, and surrounded 

 with large purijle bracts. 

 Summer. East Indies. ' 



