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In spring the tubers should be deprived of last year's mold and repotted in a fresh mixture of light loam, leaf- mold and turfy peat, the pots being well drained, and placed in a warm pit or frame in bottom heat. Water should be given sparingly until after the plant has made some growth. The young roots are soft and succulent, and are likely to rot if the soil remains wet for a long time. After flowering, the leaves soon show signs of decay, and water should be gradually withdrawn. During the resting period the soil should not be allowed to get dust-dry, or the tubers
In spring the tubers should be deprived of last year's mold and repotted in a fresh mixture of light loam, leaf- mold and turfy peat, the pots being well drained, and placed in a warm pit or frame in bottom heat. Water should be given sparingly until after the plant has made some growth. The young roots are soft and succulent, and are likely to rot if the soil remains wet for a long time. After flowering, the leaves soon show signs of decay, and water should be gradually withdrawn. During the resting period the soil should not be allowed to get dust-dry, or the tubers
are likely to shrivel. The plants are propagated by dividing the tubers in spring.
are likely to shrivel. The plants are propagated by dividing the tubers in spring.
C. albiflora, Thwaites, differs from some others here described in having its spikes sunk below the Lvs., instead of standing high above the Lvs. and all the bracts have fls., while the others have a sterile portion of the spike which is brightly colored. In this species the spike is short and green and the fls. are prominent and white. Ceylon. B.M.5909.—C. australasica, Hook, f., has its upper bracts soft, rosy pink and the fls. pale yellow. Austral. B.M. 5620.—C. Roscoeana, Wall., has a long and splendid spike, with bracts gradually changing from green to the vividest scarlet-orange: fls. pale yellow. Burma. B.M. 4667.—C. rubescens, Roxbg. (C. rubricaulis. Link). Lvs. stalked, oblong, with red sheaths, said to be brown in the center: fls. red. E. Indies.—C. zedoaria, Roscoe, has the upper bracts white, tinged with carmine, and handsomely variegated Lvs., which, with the green of the lower bracts and the yellow of the fls. makes a striking picture of exotic splendor. Himalayas. B.M.I546. Wilhelm Miller. N. Taylor.
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