gister under the name Zephyranthes grandijlora. Unwilling 

 to attach this plant to a new genus, foi* the formation of which 

 no characters sufficiently remarkable appear, and wishing to 

 avoid the confusion occasioned by adopting new names which 

 no essential characters will warrant, the present plant is here 

 arranged under the genus Ama7-yllis, to which the character 

 and general appearance bear so exact a resemblance, that no 

 objection is anticipated to this adaptation : — for these reasons 

 some other plants that have been figured in this publication 

 are attached to the genus to which they seemed more decidedly 

 to belong, in preference to some of the new genera lately intro- 

 duced. The desire of many botanists to form new genera upon 

 the most trivial variations, may prove that they possess an ex- 

 tensive knowledge of the science; but it nevertheless serves to 

 involve in mystery and confusion that science, which it should 

 certainly be wished were rendered as simple as possible. 



From the recent introduction of this plant, it has not yet 

 stood the test of our winters : there is however every reason 

 to suppose it perfectly hardy, from the circumstance of many 

 other bulbs introduced from the same country flourishing in 

 open borders. The same precaution, however, should be taken 

 with this as with those alluded to, by planting it in a light open 

 and sandy earth, upon a dry border, with the additional care 

 of strewing some dry litter on the surface of the bed during 

 the winter. By observing these particulars there is little 

 doubt but it will be found to flourish and become as hardy as 

 A. Atamasco and A. lutea. This bulb with others, was intro- 

 duced last year (1825), by Lord Napier, from Mexico, which 

 country abounds with 



" fresh verdure and unnumber'd flowers. 



The negligence of Nature, wide and wild ; 

 Where undisguised by mimic art, she spreads 

 Unbounded beauty to the roving eye." 



This specimen flowered in the hot-house of A. B. Lambert, 

 Esq., Boyton House, Wilts, through whose kindness the pre- 

 sent figure has been permitted to be engraved. 



