BULBS FROM THANKSGIVING TO EASTER 9 1 



The sparaxis is much less known than the 

 ixia; in fact, some bulb merchants never 

 catalogue it, yet the European dealers recog- 

 nize as many as twenty-five distinct named 

 varieties. The plants grow six to twelve 

 inches high, and each one produces from 

 one to three or four flowers, each of which 

 is one to two inches across, and funnel- 

 shaped. It can be grown in the tempera- 

 ture of the ordinary window garden with 

 success, for in the greenhouse it succeeds 

 admirably in a temperature of 55 degrees at 

 night. 



If you have a cool corner in your con- 

 servatory or a window in a cool room, grow 

 some of the named varieties of the poppy- 

 flowered anemone (A. coronaria) and the tur- 

 baned or Persian ranunculus {R. Asiaticus). 

 They are excellent either as pot plants or as 

 cut flowers. Give them the same treat- 

 ment as the Cape bulbs, and you are sure 

 to succeed. 



The poppy-flov/ered anemone has a pretty, 

 finely divided leaf and a flow^er anywhere 

 from one and a half to two and a half inches 

 across, red, white, or blue in colour, and 

 with a big bunch of blue stamens. It 



