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all the flowers are passed, gradually withhold water, in 

 order that the bulbs may ripen off. When the foliage 

 has died down, place the pots in some out-of-the-way 

 place, where the soil may remain as dry as powder until 

 time for repotting. While these bnlbs require the most 

 liberal waterings when in growth, there is nothing so 

 fatal to them, when at rest, as water. 



There are an immense number of species and varie- 

 ties under cultivation ; the following list includes all 

 that are desirable. 



B. alba sulphurea. — Rich delicate sulphur white. 



B. atro-cyanea. — Bluish-purple, with white mark- 

 ings. 



B. bicolor. — White and blue in alternate petals, 

 rich and striking. 



B. disticha. — Two ranked, very striking blue. 



B. fragrans. — Richly perfumed. 



B. pallida. — Pretty, pure clear lilac and white, 

 chaste and beautiful. 



B. plicata. — Very fragrant, pale violet, the lower 

 segments spotted yellow and brown. 



B. purpurea. — Violet rose, with mauve and white 

 markings. 



B. ringens. — Rich purple wide-mouthed flowers. 

 B. rosea grandis. — Very fine, rosy-purple and 

 white. 



B. rosea major. — Magenta, marked white. 

 B. rubro-cyanea. — Rich blue and red, very 

 striking. 



B. speciosa. — Rich mauve and purple. 

 B. stricta. — Beautiful porcelain blue. 

 B. stricta purpurea. — Rosy purple and mauve. 

 B. Thunbergii. — Many-spiked, purple. 

 B. tubiflora. — Rich yellow and red. 

 B. tubiflora tubata. — Long-tubed, yellow and 

 white. 



B. villosa. — Dark magenta crimson. 



