BULBOUS PLANTS. 



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0. erubescens in stature and leaf is similar to the 

 preceding, and also has short-necked bulbs. The 

 flowers are produced from four to eight together in 

 umbels, on stems from one and a half feet to two 

 feet high. They are white, tinged with claret-purple, 

 the sepals being narrow and reflex ed. An old and 

 well-known plant in gardens. A native of South 

 America. Stove. 



C. Forbesianum. — This handsome species has long 

 been introduced to gardens, though it is still uncom- 

 mon. It belongs to the latifolium section. It has a 

 very large bulb without a neck, and about a dozen 

 very long and glaucous leaves. The flowers are pro- 

 duced thirty or forty together, in an umbel, on a short 

 stout stem. They are large, with sepals about an 

 inch broad, white, conspicuously banded with bright 

 red down the back. It is a native of Delagoa Bay, 

 and therefore requires warm stove treatment. 



G. giganteum is a favourite species in gardens, on 

 account of its flowers being large, of pure ivory- 

 whiteness, and deliriously fragrant. The bulbs are 

 long-necked, and as much as six inches in diameter. 

 The leaves are nearly a yard long, and bright green. 

 The flower-stems rise about two or three feet high, 

 bearing from four to six flowers, produced gene- 

 rally in April, but it often continues to send up 

 flower-spikes throughout the summer. It requires 

 stove treatment, and abundance of moisture while 

 growing. It is a native of West Tropical Africa, 

 growing in deep swamps in the forests. A finer 

 garden plant could not be desired. 



G. Kirkii, a recently introduced species from 

 Zanzibar, is an excellent garden plant, distinct and 

 highly attractive in flower. It has medium-sized 

 bulbs, long and bright green leaves. The flower- 

 stems generally thrown from each bulb are about 

 one and a half feet high, each carrying about a dozen 

 large flowers, having white sepals, conspicuously 

 striped with deep red. It is justly considered to be 

 one of the finest of the cultivated Crinums. It suc- 

 ceeds well under ordinary stove culture. 



C. latifolium. — A variable species, widely distri- 

 buted throughout the plains of India. It is a hand- 

 some plant, with globose neckles^ bulbs, numerous 

 long bright green leaves, and flower-stems rising 

 about two feet high, bearing umbels of from ten to 

 twenty flowers. These are large, with sepals an inch 

 broad, white faintly tinged with red. Stove. 



C. Moorei. — The introduction of this lovely species 

 from South Africa some years ago was a great gain 

 on account of its being nearly, if not quite, hardy 

 in these islands. It has certainly proved hardy at 

 Grlasnevin, near Dublin, where it was received first. 

 There it has been planted out for years at the foot 

 of a warm wall, and though in severe winters the 

 foliage becomes injured, the bulbs pass unscathed, 



and throw up young foliage again in spring. It has 

 very large globose bulbs, with an unusually long 

 neck, and bright green leaves, from two to three feet 

 long. The flowers are about six inches across, openly 

 bell-shaped, and of a lovely soft pink colour. They 

 are produced from six to ten together in umbels, on 

 stems from one and a half to two feet long. This is 

 such a beautiful plant that it deserves some attention 

 in growing it well, and though so hardy it should 

 not be risked outside, except in very favourable 

 localities. It grows admirabi}'- in an ordinary green- 

 house, only requiring plenty of water while growing, 

 and a slight rest in winter. It is so floriferous that 

 it frequently sends up flower-stems throughout the 

 summer in succession, therefore its value as a green- 

 house plant cannot be over-estimated. There are a 

 few distinct forms of it, varying in tint from almost 

 a white to a deep rose. It may be found in gardens 

 under the names of C. Macowani, Mackenii, Makoga- 

 num, and omatum, but most of these names apply to 

 distinct species. 



C. pedunculatum is a small-bulbed species in the 

 way of G. amabile. It has huge umbels of fragrant 

 flowers, with narrow, reflexing sepals, and pure 

 white. The bulbs are large, thick-necked, and the 

 leaves long and broad. It flowers in summer. It 

 is a native of New South Wales, and a variety of it, 

 called pacificum, is a native of Lord Howe's Island, 

 where it is known as the Wedding Lily. It succeeds 

 in a warm green-house, rarely failing to produce 

 several spikes of bloom during the summer. It is 

 found sometimes catalogued as C. anstrale, its older 

 name. 



G. Sanderianum, a newly introduced species from 

 Sierra Leone, is of medium growth, with bulbs some 

 two inches in diameter. The flowers are large, with 

 white sepals, broadly banded with reddish-crimson. 

 Not much is known of its culture, but it presumably 

 requires warm and moist stove treatment. 



C. scabrum, a native of Bio Janeiro, is a very hand- 

 some warm green-house species. It is one of the. 

 largest in growth, having massive bulbs, and very 

 long and broad leaves. The flower-stems, however, 

 are shortish, and few-flowered, producing only about 

 half a dozen blooms in each umbel. These are white, 

 striped with red. It is a free -flowering species, 

 each plant bearing several flower-stems during the 

 summer. 



C. zeylanicum is a beautiful species, and valuable 

 on account of its winter-flowering tendency. It 

 has large globose bulbs, without a neck, long and 

 tolerably broad leaves. The flower-stems, about a 

 yard high, bear large umbels of deliriously fragrant 

 blossoms. These are white, with a broad band of 

 claret-red down the centre of each of the narrow 

 reflexed sepals. It is widely distributed through 



