ALSTECEMERIA 



THE BULB BOOK 



AMARYLLIS 



A. densiflora. A Peruvian species 

 with somewhat climbing stems, oval- 

 pointed leaves, and dense umbels of 

 scarlet flowers spotted with black at 

 the base of the segments (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5531). 



Being a tender species, this plant 

 should be grown in a greenhouse. 



A. haemantha. This is a plant 

 figured in the Bot. Mag. t. 2354 as 

 A. jjvlchella, and as A. Simsi in Sw. 

 Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 267. It is a native 

 of Chili and grows 2 to 3 ft. high, 

 and has crowded, thin, lance-shaped 

 leaves 3 to 4 ins. long, glaucous 

 beneath, the upper ones being linear. 

 Numerous flowers are borne during 

 the summer in compound umbels, and 

 have the outer segments of a bright 

 red tipped with green, the narrower 

 inner ones having red-purple spots 

 on an orange ground, The variety 

 albida has whitish flowers, while 

 one called Bardayana has crimson 

 ones. 



A. Ligtu. This is according to Mr 

 Baker's Monograph of the Amaryl- 

 lidese the correct name for the plant 

 more popularly known as A. pulchra. 

 It grows Ij to 2 ft. high, and has 

 narrow leaves 2 to 3 ins. long. The 

 flowers are whitish or pale lilac, or 

 red, obliquely streaked with purple. 

 The variety pidchra proper, as figured 

 in the Bot. Mag. t. 2421, has longer 

 and narrower leaves, and flowers of 

 various colours. There seems to 

 have been much confusion of names 

 in connection with this plant, the 

 following having been described 

 formerly as being distinct : A. 

 angustifolia, A. Presliana, A. pallida 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 3040), A. HooTceriana 

 (A. rosea, A. Hookeri), A. bicolor(Lodd. 

 Bot. Cab. t. 1497), and Flos-martini 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 731). 



All these forms are natives of 

 Chili, and are somewhat tender. 

 When grown in the open air, there- 



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fore, they should be planted in the 

 warmest spots, and protected with 

 litter or other material in winter. 



A. pelegrina or peregrina (Lily of 

 the Incas). A beautiful Chilian 

 species about 1 ft. high, cultivated 

 at Hammersmith as long ago as 1774, 

 in Messrs Lee's nursery. The leaves 

 are thin, lance-shaped, and about 2 

 ins. long, and the outer segments of 

 the lilac flowers are 1 in. broad, 

 while the inner ones are heavily 

 spotted with reddish-purple. The 

 variety alba is a beautiful form with 

 white unspotted flowers. It is, how- 

 ever, rather tender, and requires the 

 protection of a cold frame or cool 

 greenhouse, where it makes a fine 

 subject in pots. (Bot. Mag. t. 139.) 



A. pulchella (A. Banksiana ; A. 

 psittacina). A Brazilian species 2 to 

 3 ft. high, with scattered more or less 

 lance-shaped leaves and clusters of 

 dark red flowers tipped with green, 

 all the segments, which are very 

 unequal, being spotted inside with 

 brown. The variety Erembouldti has 

 white flowers spotted with crimson. 

 Rather tender. (Bot. Mag. t. 3033 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1540.) 



A. revoluta. A Chilian species, 

 1 to 1^ ft. high, with wavy, twisted 

 lance-shaped leaves and bright orange 

 flowers tipped with purple, the upper 

 segments being striped with crimson. 



A. versicolor (A. peruviana). A 

 pretty plant about 1 ft. high, from 

 Chili and Peru, with obliquely linear 

 leaves, and yellow flowers spotted 

 and striped with purple or maroon. 

 This is a strong-growing species with 

 several beautiful garden forms. 



AMARYLLIS (after Virgil's Ama- 

 ryllis), Belladonna Lily. Nat. Ord. 

 Amaryllidese. This genus is re- 

 stricted to the one species described 

 below, although the name Amaryllis 

 is generally used in gardens for the 



