sitting-room, where they will expand their beautiful crimson 
flowers very rapidly, the number on each stem varying from 
four to eight, according to the size of the bulb, about half the 
number being expanded at one time, and with even a small 
collection we have had bulbs in flower from the beginning 
of September to Christmas. Another recommendation that 
this bulb has, is, that it increases very rapidly, throwing off a 
number of offsets, which, if the above management be adopted, 
very soon make flowering bulbs. 
The variety of Yallota which we now illustrate is named 
Pximia , and was exhibited by Mr. Wm. Bull, of King’s Road, 
Chelsea, at a meeting of the Floral Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, for whom it obtained a first-class certifi¬ 
cate. It is of the same shade of colour as Purpurea , and is 
chiefly distinguishable for its white throat, with crimson fea¬ 
ther, not unlike what is seen in some varieties of Gladioli. 
