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year; take up and store the same as Gladiolus; plant 

 out the following spring, and by the first of August the 

 flower stalks will appear ; these should be immediately 

 cut off, at least from a portion of the bulbs, as soon as 

 they appear, in order to throw the whole strength of the 

 plant into the bulb for the next season's flowering. The 

 second year from seed sowing its greatest perfection is 

 attained, and spikes such as we have described will be 

 the rule. After once flowering dig up and throw away, 

 as they will never after produce flowers worthy the name. 

 It is not worth while for the owners of small gardens to 

 grow their own bulbs, because of their cheapness, but 

 they should always plant such as have been produced in 

 the manner described. Well grown bulbs will be from 

 two to three inches in diameter. 



GANYMEDES, or KUSH DAEEODIL. 



See Narcissus triandrns. 



GARLIC. 

 See Allium. Page 9. 



GASTRONEMA. 



See Cyrtanthus. Page 76. 



GEISSORHIZA. 

 Tile-Root. 



A considerable genus of beautiful little bulbous 

 plants, which were formerly considered to belong to 

 Ixia. They are all remarkable for their bulbo-tubers, 

 or rhizomes, which resemble fleshy stems, and are cov- 

 ered with several skins, or coatings, which lie over each 

 other, like scales, or the tiles of a house, beginning from 

 below. It is from this peculiarity that the plants take 

 their English name of Tile-root. They have but four 



