In reference to this plant, noted specially by Mr. Krelaage in his interesting paper on bulb collections in our last, Mr. Baines says in the Gardeners' Magazine:

"The Galtonia, generally known as Hyacinthus candicans, is invaluable for the cool-house. For late summer flowering, few plants look better in a house of this kind; its tall spikes of large white bells are particularly effective when stood in front of dark green-leaved plants such as camellias, and other things of a like character, and which play a principal part amongst the permanent occupants. The plants should be placed singly in eight or nine-inch pots, in good loam, with a little sand, and some rotten manure added; after which they may be plunged out of doors, and covered slightly over with some old tan or coal ashes, so as to protect them a little from severe frost. In the spring, the best way is to keep the pots plunged in coal ashes, giving water through the summer as required. Manure-water whilst the plants are in active growth, strengthens them much. To have them when grown in pots as strong as desirable, it is necessary to give this kind of stimulant, as when their roots are kept within the limited space which a pot affords, they necessarily cannot produce such large heads of bloom as they would where they could have the unrestricted run of a good bed of soil, unless they have extra stimulants to help them".