“ During April, under such treatment, the flower-spikes will 
appear, when the pots may be removed to the greenhouse or 
window, that the expanding blossoms may become the admira¬ 
tion of every one who has the good fortune to see them. 
u After blooming, watering should be continued, to perfect 
the foliage and form bulbs for the ensuing season. During this 
time the plants should have full exposure to the sun, and as 
the leaves gradually decay so should the watering be gradually 
discontinued, until the recurrence of the season of comparative 
drought and rest. 
“ The beauty of the Ixia is peculiar. The combinations of 
colours in its different varieties are striking and unique; there 
is in fact an individuality, so to speak, about the plant, that at 
once distinguishes it as a possessor of attractions differing from 
all other inmates of the conservatory or greenhouse. The ver¬ 
milion glow of crateroides is lustrous, as though spangled with 
gold dust; the green of viridiflora is a thing unusual, novel, al¬ 
together indeed a strange colour for a flower, but whether ex¬ 
panded and exhibiting its deep purple centre, or closed and 
showing the metallic bluish tint upon its outer surface, it is an 
object of extreme beauty.” 
The flowers figured are, crateroides (fig. 1), viridiflora (fig. 2), 
and Plautus (fig. 3), the latter a hybrid variety. 
