nor should these trees be suffered to remain too long in the nursery
before they are transplanted, for the same reason." _Miller's Gard.
Dict._

We have learned by experience, that a very wet soil will prove fatal to
these shrubs.




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LACHENALIA TRICOLOR. THREE-COLOURED LACHENALIA.


_Class and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ subtriphyllus, inferus, coloratus. _Corolla_ 3-petala,
receptaculo inferta. _Jacquin jun. in act. helv. vol. 9._

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

LACHENALIA _tricolor_. _Lin. Syst, Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 314._ _Jacq.
Icon. pl. rarior, t. 3._

PHORMIUM _Aloides_. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 336. Suppl. 205._