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 DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION 



OF 



BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



AMARYLLIS. 



Of this genus of flowering bulbs there are about eighty- 

 species, and upward of one hundred varieties; they are natives 

 of South America, and in Europe are generally kept in the 

 hot-house ; some of the varieties are hybrids, produced by 

 cultivation ; these succeed very well in the green-house, and 

 in this country we frequently have very perfect flowers in 

 the borders. A few of the choicest varieties are as follows : 



Amaryllis Aulica, or Crowned Amaryllis, is one of the most 

 beautiful; it produces four flowers, about seven inches in 

 diameter, on an erect stem, about two feet and a half high, 

 with six petals of green, crimson, and fine transparent red 

 colours. 



A. Ballota produces three or four rich scarlet flowers on 

 the stem, each about five inches in diameter ; there are two 

 or three varieties of this species, all beautiful. 



A. Johnsoniensis. The stem of this variety rises about two 

 feet, and exhibits four beautiful scarlet flowers, with a white 

 streak in the centre of each petal, each flower about six 

 inches diameter. It sometimes produces two stems. 



A. Longifolia, or Crinum Capense, is perfectly hardy ; it 

 flowers in large umbels of a pink colour, inclining to white, 

 and is a good garden variety. 



Amaryllis fonnosissima, or Jacobean Lily, produces a flower 

 of great beauty ; although a low-priced plant, it throws out 

 gracefully its glittering crimson-coloured petals, which have 

 a brilliancy almost too intense for the eye to rest upon. 



The A. Lutea produces its bright yellow flowers in October 



