Amidst the numerous varieties of bulbous - rooted plants that adorn our green-houses during the earlier months of the year, few deserve or are better entitled to the gardener's attention than the one named above. Their beautiful spikes of trumpet-shaped red and yellow colored flowers, whether intermixed with other plants or otherwise, are sure to be attractive. Unlike the hyacinth, narcissus, etc., they do not require to be purchased annually, that sound and good flowering bulbs may be secured, as the Lachenalia increases every year in number and strength, if the grower will bestow some degree of care. It is time now to turn them out of the pots in which they flowered in the spring, and to re-pot them for next season. In sorting them, the stronger bulbs are selected, and five of each planted in a six-inch-size pot, commonly known as 32's. Good drainage and clean pots are indispensable. They thrive best in a strong loam (not clayey), but of a silky or soft texture; add to this about a fourth part of dry, rotten manure, with a little sand. If the manure be decayed cow-dung, so much the better, provided it is free from worms.

They should be placed in a cool pit, the object being, in the present stage of their growth, to check too rapid an evaporation in the soil, as frequent waterings, when there is not an abundance of rootlets to absorb the fluid, is an injury alike to the plant and the soil. When they have begun to vegetate freely, expose them more fully, to the light and air; their rich, dark green speckled leaves will then soon begin to strengthen in growth. That a healthy vigor may be preserved during the winter months, place them on the upper shelf of a green-house, near the glass, but do not neglect carefully watering them. As the flower-spikes become perceptible, allow the pots as much room as your means will admit of for the display of their vigorous foliage. During the blooming season, shade on hot, sunny days; this will preserve the color as well as the flowers. When they have ceased blooming, gradually ripen the bulbs by reducing the quantity of water, till you wholly discontinue the supply, when they may be put in any corner of the green-house till the period of disturbing them as above recommended.

The offsets or smaller bulbs may be planted, ten or twelve or more in number, according to their size, in a five-inch or 48-sized pot; they will not all flower, yet you may increase your stock of strong-flowering bulbs for selecting from in the ensuing season. The Lachenalia will submit to be forced, but it is at the expense of weakening both the bulb and the flower-spike. - Gardener's Magazine.