SEPTEMBER. 171 



THE GUERNSEY LILY. 



"When Heaven's high vault condensing clouds deform, 

 Fair Amaryllis flies the incumbent storm, 

 Seeks with unsteady step the shelter'd vale, 

 And turns her blusliing beauties from the gale." 



This Lily is a beautful crimson Amaryllis, culti- 

 vated to great perfection in the Island of Guernsey, 

 and thence exported to every part of Europe. A 

 story goes that some roots being cast on the shore 

 of that island from a wrecked East Indiaman, found 

 the soil so congenial that they flourished there with- 

 out care or observation, until the beauty of their 

 flowers attracted attention. It is now to be found 

 in the London seed shops, being annually imported 

 in the autumn from Guernsey. 



CAPE CRINUM. 



This is an aquatic from Bengal, but it blossoms 

 perfectly well with us, if placed in a cistern under a 

 south wall. 



CLIMBERS. 



Clematis, Evergreen Trumpet, Chinese and Japan 

 Honeysuckle, Wisteria frutescens, Passion Flower, 

 and Jasmine, one of the peculiarities of which is, 

 that its fragrance, like that of the Rose, is most pow- 

 erful in the morning. 



"The twining Jasmine, and the blushing Rose, 

 With lavish grace their morning scents disclose ; 

 The smelling Tub'rose and Jonquil declare, 

 The stronger impulse of an evening air." 



ROUTINE WORK. 



Clear away decayed leaves, weeds, stalks, &c. ; 

 cut off all dead stems from plants which have ceased 

 flowering, and dig up all the borders and beds from 

 which flowers have disappeared. Trench up ground 

 for the reception of Tulips and Hyacinths next 

 month or November. 



