50 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



There are many so-called species, but what tne 

 specific differences are is rather hard to define. Varie- 

 ties would seem the more correct term to use. Of these, 

 the following are the most desirable. 



C. albus {Cyclobothra alia). — This is one of the 

 most beautiful of this genus ; snow white, with a rich 

 blotch. 



C. pulchellus (Cyclobothra). — Flowers drooping, 

 globose, colored yellow with greenish purple markings. 

 See the lower flowers in engraving on Page 43. 



C. purpureus (Cyclobothra). — A very pretty spe- 

 cies with purple flowers. 



C. luteus. — Eich yellow, with crimson patch and 

 a blotch of greenish sulphur at the base of each petal. 



C. Benthami. — Yellow, with numbers of brown 

 spots at the base. 



C. macrocarpus. — Deep purple lilac; peculiar 

 and rich. 



C. Greenii. — Fine large lilac, splashed and cov- 

 ered with orange ; rich and striking. 



C. splendens. — Blue and white; large and showy. 



C. magenteus. — White, marked with rosy red. 



C. venustus. — This is often called the California 

 tulip ; handsome white flowers, with a yellow base 

 stained with crimson. 



C. Nuttallii. — White, blotched with purple. Syn. 

 with C. Leiclitlinii. 



CALOSCORDTJM. 



A very pretty bulb from Chusan, producing its 

 umbels of rose-colored flowers, in the manner of the 

 Nerine. It requires the same treatment as the Calo- 

 chortus. 



CALOSTEMMA. 



A small genus of handsome greenhouse bulbs from 

 New Holland. The flowers are funnel-shaped, yellow, 



