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BULBS AND TUBEEOUS-KOOTED PLANTS. 



grow them to the greatest perfection they should be car- 

 ried on from single bulbs, without division, until they 

 fill tubs three feet in diameter. With a sufficient num- 

 ber of these a succession of bloom can be obtained nearly 

 the whole season. The bulbs need but little rest, and 

 this can be so regulated, by the withholding of heat and 

 moisture, as to keep up the succession. Potting may be 

 done at any time, care being necessary so as not to injure 

 the roots. The soil which best suits them is a good 

 strong loam, with plenty of coarse sand, and made very 

 rich with thoroughly rotted manure ; that from the cow- 

 stable being preferable. While in a growing state water 

 cannot be too freely applied, when sufficient drainage 

 has been provided. Liquid manure should be given, at 

 least, twice a week, and the plants syringed twice a day 

 to keep off thrip and red spiders. The temperature of 

 the house should not fall below 70° during winter, and 

 during that season give them all the sunshine possible. 

 To secure flowers in the winter months water sparingly 

 from August to October. 



E. amazonica. — The type. The variety, grandi- 

 flora, is the larger, and by far the most desirable. 



E. Candida. — A smaller flowered species; flowers 

 from three to six in an umbel, produced on spikes about 

 two feet high ; leaves solitary on each bulb. 



E. Sanderiana. — This differs from E. grandiflora 

 in the filaments and inside of the tube being yellow. 

 In all other respects and in general habit it is like the 

 species referred to. 



EUCOMIS. 



A small genus of coarse-growing Cape of Good Hope 

 bulbs, the only merit of which is the pleasant fragrance 

 of their flowers. 



E. bifolia. — The best known of the species has but 

 two leaves, which lay flat upon the ground ; flowers are 

 greenish, produced on short racemes. 



