46 BRECK'S BOOK OF FLOWERS. 



very severe frost, or if not kept so warm as to start the foliage. 

 Late fall or early spring planting is the best. 



The roots should be planted in rows six inches apart, and 

 the same distance from each other in the rows. A little care 

 is necessary, in planting, to place the roots right-side up. By 

 close examination, the eyes, from which the steins and flowers 

 are to proceed, can be distinguished, which, of course, must be 

 planted uppermost. After the roots are placed on the bed, 

 they must be carefully covered two inches deep with good 

 sound garden mould. This is the proper depth. When the 

 bed is all completed, the surface should be three or four inches 

 above the walk. They will be in flower in June, and, if shaded 

 from the sun, will continue to display their beauties a long 

 time. 



Taking up the Roots. When the foliage begins to turn 

 brown and dry, the roots should be taken up and dried in the 

 shade. When properly dried and kept from moisture, they 

 may be kept out of ground two or three years without injury. 



AMARYLLIS. 



Amaryllis for mosissima, or Jacobean Lily, is a flower of great 

 beauty. It is a tender bulb, but succeeds well when planted 

 in May, in the open border, in a rich, sandy soil. The top of 

 the bulb should hardly be covered with earth. The flowers 

 are large and of a very deep red. The under petals hang 

 down, the upper curl up, and the whole flower stands nodding 

 on one side of the stalk, making a fine appearance. The bulb 

 rarely produces more than two flowers, and more frequently 

 but one, about one foot high, flowering in June or July. Upon 

 the approach of freezing weather, the bulbs must be taken up, 

 dried, and put away in dry sawdust, where they will be secure 

 from frost. 



