Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . f the Cape of Good Hope, and re- 158 THE GEISSORHIZA. quiring the usual treatment of Cape bulbs, except that thesoil in which they are grown should be very sandy. Theplants are commonly called tile-root, from the tile-likescales which cover the roots. None of the species are verycommon. The best are G. BocJieana.—A pretty little plant known as plaidixia. The bulb is small, but the flowers very brilliant;the colors being blue, white, and crimson. G, obtusata. — A larger-growing species with straw andbuff flowers. G. vaginata — A very show
Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . f the Cape of Good Hope, and re- 158 THE GEISSORHIZA. quiring the usual treatment of Cape bulbs, except that thesoil in which they are grown should be very sandy. Theplants are commonly called tile-root, from the tile-likescales which cover the roots. None of the species are verycommon. The best are G. BocJieana.—A pretty little plant known as plaidixia. The bulb is small, but the flowers very brilliant;the colors being blue, white, and crimson. G, obtusata. — A larger-growing species with straw andbuff flowers. G. vaginata — A very showy species, flowering in Au-gust. The flowers are yellow, tipped with dark purple orblack. G. secimda. — A blue, flowered species, with a whitevariety. G. excisa. — A small-growing species known as Ixiaexcisa. The flowers are white, lined with pink and witha green centre, and open only in full sunshine. There are about half a dozen other species which havebeen introduced ; but they are rarely met with, and some areprobably lost to
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