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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
AMHERSTIA. 
A. Ackermannit. An old but fine kind, 
with deep crimson flowers. Many of the 
new hybrids owe their parentage to this 
good old species. It comes from Brazil. 
A. Ackermannit pulcherrima, A very 
fine sort, with large flowers of an intense 
crimson colour. One} of the best in 
cultivation. 
A. kermesina. Carmine. From Brazil. 
A. Leopoldii. Base of all the segments 
reddish-crimson, extremities ivory-white, 
immense flowers, and fine in every way. 
Peru. 
A. longiflora. Flowers large, long in 
the tube, pale ground colour suffused with 
rose, centre white. 
Rica. 
A, pardinum. A most distinct sort 
that bears immense flowers, which open 
quite flat, showing all the inner surface ; 
ground colour creamy-white, profusely 
covered with crimson spots. From Peru. 
A. pyrochroma. Vermillion red. Brazil. 
In addition to the species of Amaryllis, 
described above, the following hybrids are 
beautiful kinds, and from a cultural point 
of view they surpass the species :— 
A. Brilliant. A bold flower with broad 
petals, crimson-scarlet, profusely spotted. 
A. Chelsonui. A large flower with 
broad segments, the lower part of which 
are crimson, the extremities creamy-white. 
A most remarkable kind. 
A. Crimson Banner. <A_ fine-shaped 
flower, deep crimson in colour. 
A. Dr. Masters. Flowers of moderate 
size, well-formed ; colour, scarlet shaded 
with crimson. One of the best varieties. 
A. Exquisite. Flowers large, petals stout, 
scarlet in colour, with a white central 
stripe to each. <A very free-flowering 
sort. 
A. International. Flowers moderate in 
size, fine in shape, colour crimson-maroon 
with white veins. A fine variety. 
A. King Arthur. Medium-sized flowers; 
ivory-white ground colour, spotted and 
streaked in the centre with crimson. 
A. Mooreana. A  handsome-shaped 
flower, of good substance; colour deep 
red. 
A. Mrs. Baker. Flowers large and fine 
in form, segments broad ; colour glowing 
scarlet shaded with crimson, centre striped 
with white. One of the finest varieties 
ever raised. 
A. Mrs. Burroughs. Moderate-sized 
flowers, petals reflexed, colour scarlet, 
shaded with crimson, and edged with 
white. 
A. Mrs. Rawson. Bright crimson in 
colour, the segments edged with white. 
A. Princess Augusta Victoria. Flowers 
A native of Costa | 
_to destroy these lay the plants on their 
large, ivory-white, streaked with crim- 
son. 
A. Storr’s Beauty. Small, beautifully- 
shaped flowers, scarlet, with white stripe 
at the base in the middle of each petal. 
A. Thomas Speed. A strong grower, un- 
usually profuse in flowering, medium in 
size ; colour scarlet, white centre. 
Insects. — Aphides often attack the 
young leaves and unexpanded flowers, and 
can be destroyed by fumigating with 
tobacco, or by sponging; the form of the 
leaves is such as to favour their being thus 
easily removed. Thrips and red spider 
will sometimes make their appearance if 
syringing is not resorted to ocasionally ; _ 
sides and syringe freely with clean water. 
Scale and mealy bug will also live upon 
them, and the best remedy is sponging, 
getting down to the base of the leaves, 
where the insects harbour. 
AMHERSTIA NOBILIS. 
One of the most gorgeous of all flower- 
ing trees. An evergreen stove species 
from the hot regions of Eastern India. 
From the dimensions it attains it requires 
a good-sized house almost to itself; this 
no doubt is the cause why it is so rarely 
met with. 
It can be raised from seeds, or from 
shoot cuttings of the half-ripened wood, 
which will he found in condition in 
summer. These should be put singly in 
pots filled with sand, kept close and moist, 
and shaded in a temperature of 75°, or a 
few degrees more. When they are rooted 
gradually remove the glasses so as to inure 
them to the atmosphere of the house, giving 
air and shade when needful. As soon as 
enough roots are formed move into pots a 
couple of sizes larger; good loam is the 
most suitable soil. Continue to keep up a 
comparatively high temperature through 
the autumn and winter, as the plant will 
bear as much heat as almost any in cultiva- 
tion. In spring give pots two or three 
sizes larger, using soil such as before ; in- 
crease the temperature as the days get 
warmer : 75° in the night in summer, and 
85° to 90° by day, with sun-heat, will 
answer. Use a thin shade in bright 
weather; admit air for a time daily; 
syringe freely overhead when the house 
is closed, and give plenty of moisture at 
all times through the season of growth. 
Give more air towards autumn, with less 
atmospheric moisture, and winter as before. 
Larger pots will be needed in spring, 
the size being regulated by the condition 
and quantity of roots present ; treat on- 
