Mr. Groom, of Clapham Rise, in September last. It is a 
beautiful plant. 
Those who wish to grow these African Blue-Lilies in the 
best manner, should proceed with them thus : — About the end 
of February the plants should be fresh potted, in a mixture 
of rich loam, and well decomposed leaf-mould, or well rotted 
dung, and placed in a warm part of the greenhouse, where 
they will soon begin to grow freely. They will then require 
to be abundantly supplied with water, and about the end of 
May should be removed to the open air, if it is intended that 
they should flower out of doors. The pots should be placed 
in a sheltered situation, in large pans filled with water, so that 
one-third of the pots is immersed ; or the pots may be placed 
by the side of a pond, and the plants treated as subaquatic, 
in which situation they will flower freely during the summer. 
If they are retained in the greenhouse during the blooming 
season, they must have plenty of air and water, or they will 
become weak, and lose that beautiful deep blue colour, which 
so much distinguishes them. 
When they have done flowering, in the autumn, they 
should be gradually dried, by withholding water, and finally, 
when the soil in the pots has become tolerably dry, and 
there is danger of frost, the pots should be removed for the 
winter, either into a cold pit, or under the stage of the green- 
house. Or they may be placed in a cellar, but then they must 
be kept very dry, and should be removed from such a situa- 
tion as soon as they shew signs of vegetation. 
These plants will also force freely, if well supplied with 
moisture and bottom heat ; but in that case the flowers be- 
come very pale. They are easily increased by dividing the 
old plant when in a dormant state. They seldom require 
shifting when once established, if supplied once or twice, 
during the growing season, with a little liquid manure. 
