. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). ANTHEEICUM THE BULB BOOK ANTHOLYZA top-dressing of well-rotted manure in the autumn to keep sufficient nourishment near the roots. The plants are easily increased by divid- ing the root-stocks in autumn, or in spring. Plants may also be raised from seeds sown when fully ripe in a frame, but it is scarcely worth while. A. B
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). ANTHEEICUM THE BULB BOOK ANTHOLYZA top-dressing of well-rotted manure in the autumn to keep sufficient nourishment near the roots. The plants are easily increased by divid- ing the root-stocks in autumn, or in spring. Plants may also be raised from seeds sown when fully ripe in a frame, but it is scarcely worth while. A. Bichetl.—^An elegant species from W. Tropical Africa, having flexible leaves variegated with white. This species is too tender for the open air, and should be grown in a warm greenhouse. A. echeandloides. — A somewhat tender species, supposed to be a native of Mexico, having lance-shaped leaves about 1 ft. long, and orange-yellow flowers borne in pairs about November {Bot. Mag. t. 6809). This species is scarcely known, and is probably not hardy. It should therefore be grown in a greenhouse. A. Hofiftnannl.—^An East African free-flowering species, with shining green leaves about a foot long and nearly 2 ins. broad. The longer flower-stems bear dense panicles of delicate white star-shaped flowers. Tender. A. Hookeri (Bidbinella and Ghryso- hactron Hookeri).—^A beautiful New Zealand plant 1 to 3 ft. high, with linear sheathing leaves 9 to 12 ins. long, and bright yellow flowers about J in. across, freely produced in erect racemes in early summer. This species likes a rich, deep, moist soil. A. Rossi, probably not in cultivation, is a much finer plant and remarkable for having yellow unisexual flowers. A. lailaeo {Phcdcmgium and Wat- sonia Liliago), St Bernard's Lily.— A very free-flowering species from S. Europe cultivated for more than three hundred years. It has tufts of narrow channelled leaves 12 to 18 ins. long, gracefully recurving, and erect loose spikes of pure wh
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