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NERINES AND LYCORISES 



The best known of the Nerines is N. sarniensis, the 

 Guernsey Lily, which is imported in great numbers in 

 autumn with the flower buds set, and is potted at once 

 to bloom almost immediately. It has been grown by 

 some as a hardy or half-hardy bulb, but its true place 

 in most gardens is in a greenhouse in pots. This is 

 advisable so that it may perfect its foliage. It likes a 

 rich, yet light, soil and careful watering. 



It is unfortunate that some of the other Nerines are 

 not more grown, as their brilliant flowers possess all the 

 beauty of the better known sarniensis. The handsome 

 scarlet curvifolia, with its even finer form, known as 

 Fothergilli major, are worth more than the room and 

 care they need. Then the rose-coloured flexuosa; the 

 rosy carmine humilis splendens ; the white and red 

 pudica ; the rosy-purple undulata ; and the hybrid or 

 seedling forms, amabilis, carmine rose ; the charming 

 roseo-crispa, pink ; and excellens, bright rose, are all of 

 much beauty. These should have little water from May 

 to August. The Lycorises should be cultivated in a 

 similar manner. 



PANCRATIUMS AND HYMENOCALLISES 



These closely allied plants require similar treatment, 

 and may be suitably mentioned together. The connection 

 is so close indeed that several of the species of either bear 

 in gardens the generic name of the other. The stove 

 species should always be kept moist, while the plants 

 which do with greenhouse temperature need to be kept 

 dry while at rest in winter. The pots must be large 

 and filled with good loam and leaf-mould, with a dash 

 of silver sand. The bulbs should be just below the 

 surface. A few, which have been also knoVn as 

 Ismenes, are understood to be hardy in favoured places. 



