A handsome plant, also a hybrid production, raised in 
the collection of Robert Henry Jenkinson, Esq. from a seed 
of V.fulgidum that had been mixed with the pollen of 
Hoarea corydaliflora, or some nearly related plant. It is 
of very free growth, and continues in bloom all the Sum- 
mer, beginning to flower the early part of April ; like the 
others to which it is nearest related, it thrives best in a 
mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, and the pots 
to be well drained with potsherds broken small, that the 
water may pass readily off, nothing being so injurious to the 
tuberous rooted species, as the mould to get sodden in the 
pots. When they have done flowering, and their leaves 
begin to decay, they should be kept quite dry, till they show 
an inclination to begin to grow again ; they should then be 
shifted into other pots in fresh mould, and watered 
sparingly at first, and as they begin to grow they require a 
more constant supply, but never so much as the shrubby 
species. It is readily increased by the little tubers from the 
root. 
