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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 

 (luring 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 green ; 



flowers large, campanulate. rich yellow, borne upon erect 



scapes upwards of a foot 



high. June and July. 



New South Wales, 1869. 

 B. Cunninghamii — leaves 



distichous, some two feet 



in length, about half an 



inch broad, light green 



above, but lighter on the 



under surface. The scape 



erect, and upwards of two 



feet 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-yellow, the greater 



portion of the tube, 



however, being reddish- 

 orange. One of the finest 



introduced, and a pro- 

 fuse 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 ; flowers numerous, 



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 cultivated 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, spreading, bright crimson, with 

 golden-yellow segments. Summer months. New South 

 Wales. 



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

 and although not as showy as those previously named, is 

 a truly handsome plant; flowers large, 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 Amaryllida- 

 ceous plants of great beauty, and elegant objects 

 trained upon a pillar or rafter. Pot in light sandy 

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

 Green-house. 



in terminal umbels ; soft 

 rosy-pink, 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. 



Bomarea Carderii. 



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 growing, 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 Mame. 

 Alphonse Karr. 

 Amoenum. 

 Argyrites. 

 Baraquinii. 

 Barillet. 



Baron de Eothschild. 

 Beethoven. 

 Bellemei. 

 Bicolor splendens. 

 Calypso. 

 Candidum. 

 Cardinale. 

 Chantinii. 

 Chelsonii. 

 De Candolle. 



Princess of Teck. 

 Peine Marie de Portugal. 

 Peine Victoria. 

 Salvator Eosa. 

 Souvenir de Dr. Bleu. 

 Souvenir de Madame Ber- 

 nard. 

 Verdi. 

 Virginale. 



Gerard Dow. 

 Golden Queen. 

 Laingii. 

 Meyerbeer. 

 Ornatum. 



Prince Albert Edward. 

 Prince of Wales. 

 Princess of Wales. 

 Princess Alexandra. 



B. Caldasiana — 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 Zingiberacece, con- 

 taining many species of great economic value, and 

 also others remarkable for the beauty of their 

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

 produce turmeric, so largely used in the preparation 

 of curry and pickles; C. angitstifolia produces East 

 Indian arrowroot, and various tonics and perfumes 

 are produced by other species. The kinds which 

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

 flowers are plants of easy culture ; they should be 



