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planted in pots, in order that they may be protected in the winter 

 season. 



The third sort, or Jacobaea Lily, is of the more tender kind, but 

 is now become common in the gardens of the curious in this coun- 

 try. The root-bulbs send forth plenty of offsets, especially when 

 they are kept in a moderate warmth in the winter season : for the 

 roots of this kind will live in a good greenhouse, or they may be pre- 

 served 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 placed 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 season; but the flowers are mostly produced from 

 March to the beginning of September, when the roots are in a vigo- 

 rous state of growth. It is best propagated by offsets from the old 

 root-bulbs, which may be taken oft" every year: the most proper 

 time to part and shift the roots in this kind is in August, as by this 

 means they may take good root before the winter sets in. In doing 

 this, care should be taken not to break off the fibres from their roots. 

 They should be planted out separately in pots of a middling size, 

 and be kept in a moderate degree of warmth in the stove, as by that 

 means they produce their flowers in greater plenty, and the roots 

 make a greater increase, than where they are managed in a more 

 hardy manner. 



The fourth sort, or Mexican Lily, is not so hardy as either the 

 above or the Belladonna Lily; it must of course be placed in a 

 stove of much greater warmth; and if the pots are plunged into a 

 hot-bed of tanner's bark, the roots will thrive belter, and the flowers 

 be stronger. 



It is increased by offsets from the old root, in the same manner 

 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 simi- 

 lar growths. 



The fifth species, or Purple-flowered Amaryllis, is likewise of the 

 tender kind, and is capable of being propagated in the same man- 

 ner as the above. It also succeeds the best, and flowers to the 



