a ee ee 
aurantiacum, Kunth nov. gen. et spec. 1,223. Nob. J. 8. A. 3. 332. 
flayum. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. t. 284. Nob. J. S.A. 3. 333. 
recuryatum. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. t. 285. fig. («). Nob. J. S. A. 3. 333. 
latifolium. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. t. 284. Nob. J. S. A. 3. 334. 
viridiflorum. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3.55. Nob. J. S. A. 3. 335. 
variegatum. Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3.55. Nob. J. 8. A. 3. 335. 
incarnatum. Kunth nov. gen. et spec. 1. 223. 
OBS. It is very probable that several of the Peruvian 
species, included (from want of samples to decide by) in 
the present genus, may be hereafter found of a nature to 
require separation into one or more distinct genera. 
_Pancratium maximum. Forskdl fl. egypt. arab. 7. Nob. 
J. S. A. 336; as well as Pancratium humile. Cavan. ic. 3. 
4, t. 207. fig. 2. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 42. Nob. loc. cit., are 
obscure and doubtful species, and scarcely to be adopted 
without further elucidation. . 
Mr. Sweet's Mode of treating bulbous Plants. 
“ Mr. Herbert recommends light loam as the true soil 
“ for bulbs; I have found them succeed better in a mixture 
“ of + white sand, with rather more than + light loam in 
“which the sward has rotted, and the rest peat; if the 
“ Joam is very light, the quantity of the peat may be dimi- 
“ nished, and vice versa. ‘The loam should not be sifted, 
“ for the decayed turfy portion is a valuable part of the 
“compost, as independent of its nutritious qualities it 
“ helps to keep the whole light and open. All bulbs should 
“ be shallowly planted (when potted) in the smallest sized 
pots that will hold them, and all offsets removed. As 
“the bulb grows in size it should be shifted into a larger 
“ pot, care being always taken that the pot is well drained 
« by potsherds and finely broken tiles, in which the roots of 
«all bulbs delight to run. The tropical and nearly tropical 
“ bulbs should at all times be kept in the hothouse, except 
“in the summer, when they may be placed on a hotbed 
“to accelerate their growth; due attention being paid to 
“the watering of them freely while vegetating, and to _ 
“the keeping them dry when quiescent. All the tropical 
« kinds are apt to rot in pure loam, especially when planted 
* deep.” 
