182 On the Culture of the Guernsey Lily, $c. 



name of Coburgia ; their vegetation being, with us, suspended 

 in the winter, and their leaves beginning to sprout in March. 

 Young bulbs of Brunsvigia faleata have lived some years in the 

 open ground with me, close to the east wall of the stove; and I 

 think it will be found, hereafter, to succeed best out of doors 

 in a dry and shady situation in good loam, with sharp sand 

 round the bulb and occasional supplies of water in the sum- 

 mer time. A shady situation, in an airy green-house, under 

 the leaves of Vines, appears to promote its blossom and the 

 ripening of its seeds. I have always found its leaves quickly 

 injured by strong sun and drought. I do not possess B. cora- 

 nica, but it appears to have exactly the habit as well as the 

 appearance of B. faleata, from which it is not distinguishable 

 by its bulb or leaf: but I believe it flowers more readily.* 

 I keep B. toxicaria in the stove in the winter and in the 

 green-house in the summer, under which treatment its leaves 

 are always growing, but I have not yet flowered it, nor can 

 I say confidently what is the best mode of treating it, nor 

 indeed whether it is really a Brunsvigia or a distinct genus. 



The bulbs of Serine and Coburgia, and indeed almost 

 all bulbs which have a season of rest, should be carefully 

 examined at the commencement of that period. In ge- 

 neral, it will be most adviseable to remove all the earth 

 from them, which may be done by careful management, 

 in shaking the ball and pricking it with the point ot a knife 



* Crinum revolutum, Bot. Mag. p. 2 12 1-5, which is closely allied to the real 

 Brunsvigia'-, conforms with them in its habits, preferring to be at rest in the 

 winter ; it will not thrive well with the bulb above ground, which if so placed, 

 is almost i-uie to bleed and decay, and perhaps it might succeed best in a fa- 

 vourable situation put of doors; but it is so scarce at present that I cannot try 

 the experiment. 



