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bulbous roots were, equally with this one, suc- 

 cessfully cultivated in that island. A popular 

 notion, the consequence of preconceived opinions 

 and limited trials, has prevented the experiment 

 on the Amaryllis Sarniensis from being pursued 

 in Britain, on such a scale, and with such per- 

 severance, as can alone, in cases of this kind, 

 afford a probability of success. If we revert 

 merely to the circumstances of climate under 

 which these differences are experienced, it does 

 not appear that there are any sufficiently striking 

 to preclude it in our own ; since the only re- 

 markable distinction, and that which seems alone 

 to affect the results, severity of frost, may, with 

 regard to bulbous roots, be tolerably well obvi- 

 ated by the methods in common use with gar- 

 deners. As the mode of managing the plant in 

 this island is perfectly simple, and may be prac- 

 tised any where, I shall have done all that isr re- 

 quisite as a preliminary to this object, if I de- 

 scribe it for the guidance of those who may be 

 inclined to appropriate a few square yards of 

 ground to this object. In the department of 

 the flower-garden, it is assuredly worthy of at- 

 tention, since the beauty of the flower itself, its 

 durability while flowering, and the advanced 

 season to which the blossom endures, render it 

 peculiarly desirable, when the sweetness and 

 splendour of all the productions which this ele- 



