This pretty little plant is a native of the Cape, from 
whence several roots of it have been received at various 
times by Mr. Colvill: it is a very free growing sort, and 
succeeds well in an equal mixture of light turfy loam, peat, 
and sand, the same as the other tuberous-rooted sorts. 
After it has done flowering, and the leaves decay, it will 
require no more water, until it shows an inclination to grow 
again, which is generally in November or December; it 
will then require shifting into a fresh pot, and the greatest 
part of the dry mould to be taken from its roots; if the 
mould be moist in which it is planted, no water will be re¬ 
quired for the first two or three days; but as it begins to 
grow, it will require a more frequent supply, being always 
careful to give a good soaking each time, that the mould 
may be properly wetted through, and not to give any again 
until the soil is quite dry, as we have frequently seen plants 
loose their leaves when in flower, without any apparent 
cause ; but when we have turned the plant out of the pot, 
we have observed the mould has been very wet for an inch 
or two deep, and the lower part has been as dry as if there 
had never been a drop of water upon it; by this means the 
young fibres have all been dead with drought, which imme¬ 
diately accounted for the unhealthiness of the plant ; and 
we believe that many good plants ate lost by this one in¬ 
attention. 
The present plant will readily produce seeds; and if 
set with its own pollen, the young plants will all be true to 
their species; it may also be increased by the little tubers of 
its roots, in the same manner as the other tuberous-rooted 
Sorts. 
