274 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING, ETC. [August. 
rot from moisture. Keep them during the summer months 
in partial shade. The best time for potting either of the 
sorts is when the crown of the bulb begins to protrude. If 
the pots are becoming large, every alternate year they may 
be cleared from the old soil, and put in smaller pots with 
the crown entirely above the ground. When the flowers 
fade, the pedicles twist up like a screw, enclosing the germ 
in the centre, lying close to the ground until the seeds ripen, 
from which plants can be grown, and will flower the third 
year. 
Lacliendlla, a genus of about forty species of bulbs, all 
natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and grow well in our 
collections. The most common is L. tricolor. L. qrutdri- 
color and its varieties are all fine ; the colours yellow, scarlet, 
orange and green, very pure and distinct; L. rubida, L. 
punctdta, L. orchaides, and L. nervosa are all fine species. 
The flowers are on a stem from half to one foot high, and 
much in the character of a hyacinth. The end of the month 
is about the time of planting. Five-inch pots are large 
enough, and they must get very little water till they begin 
to grow. 
Oxcilis, above one hundred species of Cape bulbs, and, 
like all other bulbs of that country, they do exceedingly well 
in our collections, in which there are only comparatively a few 
species, not exceeding twenty. 0. hirta, branching, of a ver- 
milion colour; 0. flabilifbUa, yellow; 0. elonguta, striped; 
and amsena, are those that require potting this month. The 
first of September is the most proper period for the others. 
(Soil No. 11.) 
This genus of plants is so varied in the construction of its 
roots that the same treatment will not do for all. The root 
is commonly bulbous, and these will keep a few weeks or 
months out of the soil, according to their size. Several are 
only thick and fleshy ; these ought not to be taken out of the 
pots, but kept in them, while dormant; and about the end of 
this month give them gentle waterings. When they begin 
to grow, take the earth from the roots, and put them in fresh 
soil. In a few months the bulbs are curiously produced, the 
original bulb near the surface striking a radical fibre down- 
right from its base, at the extremity of which is produced a 
new bulb for the next year's plant, the old one perishing. 
Ornitliogcdum, Star of Bethlehem, about sixty species of 
