298 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-BOOTED PLANTS. 



Due van Thol. — Yellow and red variegated. 



Tournesol. — Red and yellow. 



There are numerous other varieties used for forcing, 

 each florist having a favorite. Those possessing the 

 most positive colors, either scarlet, yellow or white, find 

 the readiest sale. The same are preferable for the win- 

 dow garden. 



TYDEA. 



A section of the genus Acliimenes, Page 1. 



UBCEOLINA. 



U. pendula and a variety, aurea, belonging to 

 this small genus of very pretty bulbs, are found growing 

 in dense shade in the Peruvian Andes. The flowers are 

 yellow, tinged with red, and with a bright green edge. 

 They have strange markings. The variety, aurea, has 

 yellow flowers, with less conspicuous markings. They 

 thrive in a shaded border, flowering in summer, but the 

 bulbs require to be taken up in autumn, and kept very 

 dry and warm during winter. They are increased by 

 offsets, the new bulbs pushing a considerable distance 

 away from the old ones. U. miniata (Pentlandia) has 

 scarlet nodding flowers. 



IJEGIXEA. 



The medicinal Squills is obtained from U. maritima. 

 The cultivation is the same as for Scilla, Page 272. 



UEOPETALUM. 



A small genns of Cape bulbs formerly included in 

 Hyacinthus and Laclienalia. They have no real beauty, 

 but are occasionally seen in collections of curious plants. 

 This genus is now called Dipcodi. 



VALLOTA. 



See Page 23, 



