To ensure the flowering of this plant, it is necessary to plunge the pot in the heat of the bark-bed of the hothouse; and, during the winter months, to keep the earth rather dry, as the bulbs are very subject to rot, without that precaution. It should be planted in a composition of old rotten dung, or leaf mould, and a small proportion of loam.[Pg 144]
PLATE CLXXX.
ATRAGENE AUSTRIACA.
Austrian Atragene.
CLASS XIII. ORDER VII.
POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Many Chives. Many Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 4-phyllus. Petala. 12. Semina caudata.
Empalement 4 leaves. Petals 12. Seeds with tails.
See Atragene Capensis, Pl. IX. Vol. I.