278 green-house — Holland bulbs. [September. 
purple. G. raccmdsits, flowers beautiful rose and white. G. 
psittdcinus } the flowers are striped with green, yellow, and 
scarlet, about four inches in diameter, in great profusion, on 
a stem about two feet high. G. formosiasimus, beautiful 
bright scarlet, the three upper petals having a spot of white, 
a very profuse bloomer. G. Queen Victoria, G. Lafayette, 
and several others are of very similar character. G. ganda- 
vensis, very superb orange and yellow. G. Buistii, large 
bright scarlet, perhaps the finest of the whole family. They 
all do perfectly when kept dry all winter, and planted in the 
open ground early in March. The beauty of this genus is all 
centered in the flowers. (Soil No. 10.) 
Ixia, a genus containing about twenty-five species of very 
free-flowering bulbs. I. monadelpha, flowers blush and green. 
I. leucdnfha, flowers large white. I. capatdta, flowers in 
heads, of a white and almost black colour. I. cbniea, flowers 
orange and velvet. /. columelbris is a beautiful shaded rosy 
purple. I: kcrmosina, a fine vermilion colour. I. squal- 
I i< la, shaded rosy lilac; I. viridiflbra, green; I. lougijibra, 
buff. The flower stems are from six to twenty-four inches 
high. (Soil No. 11.) 
Lilium. The Chinese species of this emblem of purity 
is everywhere esteemed, and the fine Chinese sorts are very 
splendid, such as L. longifbra, L. longiflora suaveolens, and 
L. japonicum, are all pure white; L. lancifblium, white 
petals reflexed ; L. lancifblium punctatum, white, spotted 
with rose; L. lancifblium speciosum, rose, spotted with 
crimson. L. lancifblium and its varieties, are all delight- 
fully scented with the odour of vanilla; noble specimens of 
the family from Japan, growing from four to six feet high ; 
a full-grown bulb producing from ten to twenty flowers, and 
perfectly hardy south of Philadelphia. They should be 
potted in seven or eight inch pots, and kept in a cool part of 
the green-house ; give the pots at least one inch of drainage. 
(Soil No. 11.) 
Oxdlis. All the varieties and species may now be potted ; 
the whole are pretty spring flowers, requiring to be kept 
near the glass : among the many the following are very 
deserving of attention : 0. luxulus, or rosacea, bright rose. 
0. Bbwii, bright rose red, a large and profuse bloomer, and 
one of the finest. 0. florahimda , pink ; a pretty free-flow- 
ering tuberous species. O. luxula alba, blush, white ; 0. 
