ON HARDY BULBS AND TUBERS. 



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 



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Fig. 232. — Varieties of Tritonia (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. conchifiord)^ yellow, with scarlet 

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

 markings; I . p. alba (Fig. 231), white, spotted with carmine; 



