Company at Chelsea last June, where a fine row of
t h ^ were flowering very strong and luxuriant; the
difference between our figure, and the one already published
in the Botanical Magazine, is, as Mr. Anderson
observes, owing to the latter figure having been made
from a weak specimen, which flowered the same year
that the bulbs were imported, and consequently was
not so perfect as the present, which was drawn from
a strong specimen ; as the bulbs appear to thrive so
well with Mr. Anderson, we hope this hitherto rare
plant will soon become more common; and we have
no doubt but it would perfect plenty of seeds, if a little
pains were taken to fertilize the stigmas rvith the pollen
when in bloom. A light sandy soil is the most congenial
to the present, and nearly all other bulbous
rooted plants, and a dry bottom, for if they get sodden
with too much moisture, they will be very liable to rot,
so that when beds are prepared for bulbs, they should
be raised up a good height, in the same manner as
lu h p beds are made by the Florists; the bulbs can
then be planted a good depth, out of the reach of frost,
and can be covered occasionally with mats or dry litter
in severe frost, or Avhen there is a superabundance of
wet weather ; and we have no doubt but the whole of
the Cape bulbs might be grown in that way, and would
flower much finer than in the way they have generally
been grown; but of this we shall have more to say in
some of our future Numbers.
1. I ’eiianthiuni spread open, to show th e insertion o f the fl Stamens 2. The
Germen , te rm in a ted by the Style, and small Stigma. '.¡II