LACHENALIA
An elegant plant which is not quite hardy enough to be trusted in the
open ground; but it is the easiest matter possible to grow it well in
the greenhouse. The bulbs should be potted as soon as they begin to grow
in
the autumn, and several bulbs may be put into each pot. There can be
no better soil than turfy loam, without manure or sand. It is of the
utmost importance that the plants should have abundance of water, when
they will produce leaves two inches across, and spikes of flowers fully
double the size of those commonly met with. An admirable use for these
bulbs is to insert them all over the outside of hanging-baskets, which
they will cover with the most graceful display of aerial vegetation
imaginable, the flower-spikes turning upwards, and the leaves hanging
down.
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