12 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
ular name applied in the same manner as that of Calla 
Lily to Richardia, or Japonica to the Camellia. The 
genus formerly included Hippeastrum, Brunsvigia, 
Crinum, Nerine, Sprekelia, Sternbergia, Vallota and 
Zephyranthes. These, and their species and varieties, 
will be noticed in the above order on the immediately 
succeeding pages, being here grouped together for the 
reader’s convenience. 
The genus Amaryllis consists of but one species. 
A. Belladonna.—The Belladonna Lily. A native 
of the Cape of Good Hope, it is naturalized in Madeira, 
and is also found in Portugal and Italy. It would be 
largely grown because of the remarkable beauty of its 
flowers, if it bloomed a little later in the season, when 
cut flowers are in greater demand, or if it could be grown 
outside, or even inacold frame. Its requirements are 
a strong growth of the leaves, and absolute rest from 
midsummer till the period of flowering, in September. 
The bulbs should be planted in June or July, when they 
are at rest, in not less than seven-inch pots; the soil 
should be rather sandy and rich, but free from fresh 
manure. The flowers, than which none are more bean- 
tiful, appear the last of August; they are very large, 
white, delicately shaded with pink or light purple, and 
are immediately followed by leaves, which must have an 
opportunity to perfect their growth, without injury 
from frost, or neglect of any kind; if they are not so 
perfected there will be no flowers the following year. 
This necessitates a favorable position in the greenhouse, 
which cannot be provided in commercial houses. In pri- 
vate establishments, the room for a reasonable number 
of pots can be well provided, and there they should be 
found, as no finer objects for decorative purposes can be 
seen than these, when well grown. 
A. B. var. pallida.—aA variety with smaller flow- 
ers, of a paler color, formerly called Belladonna minor, 
