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will produce flowers much earlier than out-of-door 

 bulbs. It is a native of the Alps of Europe, and be- 

 longs to the same order as the Colchicum. There 

 is a variegated-leaved form, but it is rare. There is 

 another species, B. trigynum, also in gardens, though 

 rarely met with. It is not so desirable, as it flowers 

 when there are hosts of other plants in bloom. 



Buphane. — The two or three South African 

 plants comprised in this genus of Lilyworts are 

 unimportant for general cultivation. They have 

 large coated bulbs, which, before the leaves are 

 produced, send up stout flower-stems, terminated by 

 large and dense umbel-like clusters of flowers. 

 These in B. toxicaria (the Poison Bulb) are pinkish ; 

 in B. disticha, flesh-tinted ; and in B. ciliaris, in 

 which the flowers are more numerous, they are pur- 

 plish-violet. Culture the same as Brunsvigia. 



Calliphruria. — The three plants belonging to 

 this genus of the Amaryllis family are so nearly 

 allied to Emharis that some botanists now include 

 them in that genus. In gardens, however, it is con- 

 venient to consider the two genera as distinct, for, 

 i while the Eucharises are all valuable plants, the 

 Calliphrurias are comparatively unimportant. All 

 the latter have foliage much resembling that of the 

 Eucharises, so similar, indeed, that the plants of the 

 two genera are often confused. The leaves vary in 

 size and form in each of the three species. The 

 flower-stems are produced as in Eucharis, but the 

 flowers are different in shape, being much smaller, 

 tubular, and funnel-shaped. The flowers are pure 

 white, and about a dozen are pi-oduced on each spike, 

 so that the plants when in flower are pretty. The 

 species are C. Kartwcgiana, which was the first 

 introduced, C- edentata, and C. subedentata. These 

 differ but slightly in general appearance from each 

 other. It is one of these species that was put in 

 commerce as Eucharis Candida, and when not in 

 flower the plants are scarcely distinguishable. The 

 bulbs, however, of Calliphruria are more pointed. The 

 CaUiphrurias require the same treatment as Eucharis. 

 All three species are natives of tropical South Ame- 

 rica, chiefly found in Columbia and New Grenada. 



Calliprora lutea. — A Californian Liliaceous 

 plant allied to Brodiaa, in which genus it is included 

 by some botanists under the name of B. ixioides. It 

 is a neat -growing little plant, having slender flower- 

 stems, averaging about a foot high, terminated by a 

 cluster of starry flowers of a bright yellow striped 

 with brown. Being hardy it may be planted out in 

 a warm border of light soil in a sunny spot, where it 

 propagates itself freely. It is also a pretty plant 

 grown in pots for the green-house. Its pot culture 



is similar to that recommended for Ixia. It flowers 

 in early summer. It is also known under the name 

 of C.flava. 



Callipsyche aurantiaca. — This is the only 

 cultivated species of the three comprised in this 

 genus of the Amaryllis family. C. aurantiaca is 

 rather a handsome plant, having deciduous foliage, 

 and, like the Guernsey Lily, produces its flowers 

 before the leaves are developed. The flower- stem is 

 tall and fleshy, and bears numerous tubular flowers 

 of a warm yellow. It is a near ally of Pheedranasm, 

 and its flowers somewhat resemble those of that 

 genus. It is a native of tropical America, therefore 

 requires stove culture — plenty of heat and moisture 

 while in active growth, a lower temperature and 

 dryness while the bulbs are resting. 



Calochortus {Mariposa or Butterfly Lily). — 

 Throughout the whole range of bulbs there could not 

 be found more beautiful plants than the Calochorti. 

 Exquisitely graceful in growth, possessing flowers 

 both beautiful in form and delicate in colour, they 

 are worthy of the cultivator's best attention. For 

 many years some of the species have been introduced 

 and cultivated, yet they are but little known in ordi- 

 nary gardens, and the reputation they have long 

 borne of being difficult to cultivate with success has, 

 no doubt, contributed to their neglect. Now, however, 

 that they have been introduced in quantities, and are 

 consequently less expensive, their culture is becoming 

 better understood. 



The Calochorti are a comparatively new race of 

 garden plants, all the species now in gardens having 

 been introduced within the last fifty years. It was 

 principally owing to the exertions of the Californian 

 botanical traveller, Douglas, that we derived our first 

 knowledge of them, and since his time their intro- 

 duction has been gradual, until now we have in gar- 

 dens the majority of the species that are known 

 to botanists. These number some three dozen, with 

 several varieties. 



The genus is essentially North American, its head- 

 quarters being California, while outlying species 

 reach Mexico, but none are found east of the Rocky 

 Mountains, or north of California. The Calochorti, 

 therefore, inhabiting such sunny climes, are but ill- 

 adapted to face our unprotected changeable climate, 

 with its cold and wet winters, and it is on this 

 account that they have the reputation of possessing 

 such delicate constitutions. 



The Calochorti form such a distinct race of Lily- 

 worts, that they cannot be confused with any other 

 genus. The thirty odd species known are divided 

 now by botanists into two groups, the Cyclobothra 

 group and the Mariposa group. The Cyclobothras 



