robust stature and less attenuated leaves. The natural seed- 
lings of I. Amancaes make very slow progress. There is 
one twelve years old at Spofforth, which is not yet of flower- 
ing size; but those of I. Calathina advance rapidly. The 
flowers of the mule have a tube slenderer than that of 
Amancaes, and the cup terminating in twelve distinct lobes 
which are jagged at the margin: from the points where the 
filaments are inserted, six strong; green lines, margined with 
yellow, mark the inside of the cup. Ismene Calathina 
thrives vigorously out of doors in a border of sand and peat 
mixed, and flowers in July and August, if the bulbs are 
planted out in April, and taken up when the leaves decay 
in November or October. The soil being loose and light, 
it is easy to avoid breaking their strong fleshy fibres, which 
should not be injured. The bulbs so taken up should be 
put all together in a large pot, or a small tub according to 
their number and size; and, some light soil being poured 
over them, they should be placed at the back of a green- 
house, or in any shed where they will be preserved from 
frost, and must have no water. I. Amancaes reguires a 
much more sandy soil, and less moisture : if planted out of 
doors, a large pot full of soil should be taken out of the 
border where it is set, and the hole filled with pure white 
sand, and unless the summer is very wet it will succeed 
well. If kept in the greenhouse, it should be potted in very 
sandy compost, and be watered sparingly ; and should be 
left quite dry from the time the leaves decay till May. Peat 
and too much water have caused many cultivators to lose 
this plant, which is not difficult to preserve. The Horti- 
cultural Society have imported an Ismene, which, unless it 
be a new species, is at least a variety of Amancaes with 
very different habits, spawning abundantly, and the leaves 
not sheathing high, of a hardier constitution, and less averse 
to moisture. Its flower has not yet been seen. Wey 
