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remain three or four years without being re 

 moved. 



A dr)'^ warm border is the best exposure for 

 this sort. 



The second species, or Atamasco Lily, is also so 

 hardv as to thrive in the open air in this climate, 

 when the root-bulbs are planted out in a warm 

 situation and on a dry soil : it is likewise best pro- 

 paoated by offsets from the root-bulbs of the old 



Elaiits. As very severe frost is liable to destroy the 

 ulbs in some cases, a few should always be plant- 

 ed in pots, in order that they may be protected 

 in the winter season. 



The third sort, orJacobasaLily, is of the more 

 tender kind, but is now become common in the 

 gardens of the curious in this country. The root- 

 Bulbs send forth plenty of ofisets, especially when 

 they are kept in a moderate warmth in the win- 

 season : for the roots of this kind will live in a 

 good greenhouse, or they may be preserved 

 through the winter under a common hot-bed 

 frame ; but in this way they do not flower so 

 often, or send out so many offsets, as when they 

 are olaced in a moderate stove in that season. 

 This sort produces its flowers two or three times 

 in the year : it is not however regular to any sea- 

 son ; but the flowers are mostly produced from 

 March to the beginning of September, when the 

 roots are in a vigorous state of grow th. It is best 

 propagated bv offiexs from the old root-bulbs, 

 w hiclT may be taken off every year : the most 

 proper time to part and shift the roots in this 

 kind is in August, as by tliis means th^-y may 

 take good root before the winter sets in. In do- 

 ing this care should be taken not to break off the 

 fibres from their roots. They should be planted 

 nut separately in pots of a middling size, and be 

 kept in a moderate degree of warmth in the stove, 

 as bv that means they produce their flowers in 

 greater plenty, and the roots make a greater in- 

 crease, than where they are managed in a more 

 hardv manner. 



The fourth sort, or Mexican Lily, is not so 

 hardv as either the above or the Belb'd.mna Lily ; 

 it must of course be placed in a stove of much 

 creatcr warmth ; and if the pots are plunged into 

 a hot-bed of tanner's bark, the roots w ill thrive 

 better, and the flowers be stronger. 



It is increased by ofl'sets from the old root, in 

 the same niajmer as the other sorts, and usually 

 flowers in the beginning of the spring, when it 

 produces a fine appearance in the stove with 

 others of similar growths. 



The fifth species', or Purplc-flowcred Amaryllis, 

 is likewise o'f the tender kind, and is capable of 

 beinii^ propagated in the same manner as the 

 above. It also succeeds the best, and flowers to 

 ihe greatest advantage and effect, when con- 



stantly kept in the stove in a similar degree of 

 temperature with that of the above species. 



The sixth kind, or Belladonna Lily, is more 

 hardy. It has been cultivated, according to the 

 editor of Miller's Dictionary, with great success 

 in the following manner : — A border was prepared 

 close to a wall which had a south-west aspect, 

 about six feeth in width, in this manner. All 

 the earth to the depth of three feet was removed, 

 and some very rotten dung put in the bottom 

 six inches thick, upon v/hich light garden mould 

 was applied, about twenty inches in depth. Alter 

 making this level, the roots were placed at six 

 inches^ distance every way, being then covered 

 over with light sandy earth, to the height of the 

 border; by which means the upper parts of the roots 

 are five or six inches buried. In the winter 

 season the border was covered all over with rotten 

 tanner's bark, to the depth of three inches, in 

 order to prevent the frost from penetrating the 

 ground. And when it proved very severe, some 

 mats or straw were laid over the leaves to protect 

 the plants from being destroyed. In this manage- 

 ment the roots have greatly increased and the 

 plants have constautly^flow ered every year ; some 

 of them having put out two or three stems which 

 grew near three feet in height, producing many 

 flowers in each umbel, which made a fine appear- 

 ance during the month of October. It is added, that 

 the areen leaves come up soon after, and abide 

 all tTie winter and spring until June, at which 

 timethev decay. Soon after this period the roots 

 should therefore be transplanted ; for, if they are 

 suffered to stand till July, they will have sent 

 forth new root-fibres, in which state it would 

 greatly injure the roots if they were disturbed. If 

 some of the roots be planted in a warm border close 

 to a south wall, and in a dry soil, they mostly thrive 

 well, especially if they be covered in severe wea- 

 ther; and these roots generally flower much 

 stronger than those which are kept in pots, 

 and multiply faster than under other circum- 

 stances. 



The seventh species is more tender than the 

 above, as it rarely puts forth oflsets from the 

 roots. But as it produces ripe seeds in suffi- 

 cient quantity, it mavbe propagated in that way 

 without much difticuhy. These should be sown 

 in pots of good mould in the sprmg season, and 

 immediatei)- afterw aids plunged imo a bark bed 

 of moderate temprraturc, a little water being oc- 

 casionally given till the plants appear, and become 

 of sufficient growth to be transplanted out into 

 separate pots7 w hieh should be performed in a 

 careful manner, and a little w ater given innwe- 

 diatelv afterwards, the pots being directly placed 

 in the stove, where they are to be constantly kept, 

 as in the above kinds. 



