THE AMARYLLIS 



growth all you can, at growing-time, and then 

 let the plant rest until it is ready to go to work 

 again. If each alternating period of growth 

 and rest is made in accordance with the habits 

 of the plant, success may reasonably be ex- 

 pected with it. Ignore them or interfere with 

 them and you may expect failure. 



Quite often the first indication of a renewal 

 of growth will be the appearance of a flower- 

 stalk. Then leaves will come, and the devel- 

 opment of these and the flowers will go on to- 

 gether. A strong bulb will sometimes send up 

 two flower-stalks, each one bearing from three 

 to five blossoms. This is the time for the 

 application of fertilizers. By their use we 

 provided for succeeding crops of flowers, as 

 the buds which will develop into flowers at the 

 next growing season are formed at this period. 



It will not be necessary to repot the Ama- 

 ryllis frequently if the soil is kept supplied 

 with fertilizers while the plant is growing. 

 Repotting should be avoided as much as pos- 

 sible, as a very little disturbance of the roots 

 often results in a failure of flowers for some 

 time to come. If repotting seems absolutely 

 necessary, slip the plant out of its old pot very 

 carefully, without breaking the mass of earth 



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