Plate 145. 
ORANGE-COLOTJRED IMANTOPHYLLUM. 
There are few persons who have of late years visited our 
spring exhibitions who have not admired the very striking 
plant which, in a reduced form, is the subject of our present 
plate; its broad and ample lily-like foliage, surmounted by a 
large scape of its brilliant orange-coloured blossoms, making it 
a conspicuous object; and its early-flowering habit, in which it 
resembles many others of the Amaryllids, will make it a plant 
most desirable for a season of the year when flowers are so 
much appreciated. 
Imantojphyllum mmicdum is a native of Natal, and possesses 
the most desirable quality of being an evergreen plant, unlike 
in this respect many of its congeners, which produce their 
large and brilliant flowers some time before the foliage ap¬ 
pears, and consequently lack a charm always acknowledged by 
a lover of flowers—bright foliage to throw off the colours; it 
was, as we learn from the 6 Illustrated Bouquet ’ (published by 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, in the December number of 
which work it is figured), sent to this country by Mr. James 
Backhouse, of York. Like many other allied plants, it likes 
a warm temperature during its period of growth, and thrives 
best in a compost of loam and peat, with the addition of a 
little leaf-mould and sand. When the plants have thrown up 
their scape they may be removed to a cool portion of the house, 
and will thrive during the summer months in a cool green¬ 
house, where they can have abundance of air and light; and by 
this means, a good healthy plant is secured for the next year’s 
blooming-season. 
Mr. Andrews has felt considerable difficulty in accommodat¬ 
ing the plant to the size of our Plate, and has adopted the plan 
