60 HORTICULTURAL MEMOIRS. 



II. 



On the Cultivation of the Guernsey Lily, as prac- 

 tised in the Island of Guernsey. 



By Dr MACCULLOCH, Woolwich. 

 (Read 14th June 1814,.} 



IN a short notice relating to the cultivation of 

 exotics in the Island of Guernsey, read before 

 the Society last year, I took occasion to remark, 

 that the Amaryllis Sarniensis or Guernsey Lily, 

 might possibly be induced, under proper treat- 

 ment, to flower in our own island. 



It is certain that this plant is not a native of 

 Guernsey, since it is always in danger of perish- 

 ing during winters of extraordinary severity, such 

 as was that of 1794, which destroyed nearly the 

 whole of the roots in the island. It is known to 

 be a native of Japan ; and it is a popular tradi- 

 tion in Guernsey, that the roots were there in- 

 troduced by the accidental wreck of a ship from 

 some part of the East Indies. I observed in the 

 paper to which I now refer, that many delicate 



