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HENDERSON'S BULB CULTURE. 



frost and packed away in boxes of earth without 

 disturbing the tops, and given water very spar- 

 ingly during winter. 



VIEUSSEUXIA. Peacock Iris. 



Small Cape bulbous plants, usually known as 

 the Peacock Iris on account of their very brilliant 

 flowers, varying from white to crimson and purple. 

 They are not hardy, but will grow with the partial 

 aid of a cold frame or pit. They require a light, 

 sandy soil, and may be procured from September 

 to May, or they may be planted out in May in a 

 warm sheltered border and taken up in fall and 

 treated like Tigridias. 



WATSONIA. Bugle Lily. 



A genus of half-hardy bulbs from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, closely allied to the Gladiolus. They 

 are hardy south of' Washington, and can be grown 

 here with the protection of a cold frame or pit. 

 When dried off in the fall, wintered over, and 

 planted out in spring, their long spikes of brilliant 

 scarlet, pink, white and purple flowers are very 

 effective for grouping in beds or shrubberies, and 



most useful for cut flowers, They like a light, 

 rich soil, and flower in the frame in early summer. 

 Dormant bulbs may be procured from November 

 to May. 



XIPHION. 



A genus scarcely differing from Iris, except in 

 the character of its root stock, which is a bulb 

 instead of a rhizome. X. latifoliiim (Iris xiphioi- 

 des) is the English Iris of florists and old writers. 



ZEPHYRANTHES. Zephyr Flower. 

 Fairy Lily. 



A beautiful genus of hardy and half-hardy bulb- 

 ous plants, with white, pink or rose-colored flow- 

 ers produced singly on slender scapes about six 

 inches high. One of the best of .'the species, Z. 

 Atamasco, known also as Amaryllis Atamasco. 

 has beautiful rosy white flowers which are pro- 

 duced in great abundance during the entire sum- 

 mer. The bulbs may be planted in the open bor- 

 der early in spring, and with slight protection dur- 

 ing winter they may remain undisturbed a number 

 of years. Dormant bulbs may be procured from 

 August to January. 



THE TRUE 



Bermuda Easter Lily. 



(Lilium Harrisii.) 



One of the best Lilies for pot culture or forcing for cut flowers. It can always be depended on 

 to yield an abundant and profitable crop, bulbs averaging 5 to 7 inches in diameter bearing from 5 to 8 

 flowers each. A magnificent plant for church or other decorations, see page 18. 



