Six species. Stove bulbs. "After the plants have done flowering, and the tops die down, in November, allow the bulbs to remain undisturbed in the pots, laid on their sides beneath the green-house stage, or some other place where frost and wet cannot reach them, where they may remain until the latter part of January, then to be placed in a gentler heat, and watered until the soil becomes sufficiently moist to encourage vegetation. When the small scaly bulbs have made shoots about two inches in length, plant them singly in small sixties, in a mixture of leaf mould and a small portion of silver sand. At the subsequent shifting, until the plants are finally placed in six-teens in June, the compost consists of light rich turf loam and peat, or leaf mould, when peat cannot be procured in equal proportions, and on no account sifted. The pots are thoroughly drained, a point which forms the basis of all good culture, both in pots and in the open ground. For growing several plants in one pot, take No. 12 size, into which turn five of the plants previously kept in sixties, placing one in the centre, and four round the edges. These form a noble mass when in bloom; but never assume the uniform conical shape of a single specimen.

The main stem and side branches are to be neatly sticked and tied out as they advance in growth. The temperature of an early vinery is well adapted for these plants until the end of May, at which period they should be taken to a cool pit, where a steady moist heat can be maintained. They should be shaded in hot days between 11 A.M. and 2 P.M., to prevent the sun from scorching the foliage, and they should never be watered overhead. The pots should be placed upon others, inverted, and the bottom of the pit should be kept moist, closing up early in the afternoon, and giving air in clear weather about eight in the morning, so that the damp may disperse before the rays of the sun fall directly upon the plants." - Gard. Chron.

A. Long/flora. "The bulbs of this may be started in a warm cucumber frame towards the end of February. Each plant, when it has formed a few leaves, should then be potted off, separately, into small pots, or, preferably, several may be planted together in a shallow box. The temperature of a warm green-house suits them admirably." - Gard. Chron.