HORTUS VEITCHII 



HEMEEOCALLIS FULVA, L., var. FLORE PLENO. 



Syns. H. disticha, Dom. 

 Gard. Chron. 1860, p. 482 (Report of Exhibition of New Plants) ; PI. Mag. 1861, pi. 13. 



A semi-double form of the common "Day Lily," with spikes of orange 

 flower similar in colour to the type, possessing the important quality 

 of remaining longer on the plant. 



Sent to Messrs. Veitch by the Rev. W. Ellis, by whom it was brought 

 to this country from Mauritius ; the type a native of China. 



HIPPEASTEUM LEOPOLDII, Dombrain. 

 Syns. Amaryllis Leopoldii, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1870, p. 733, fig. 140; PI. Mag. 1870, tt. 475-476; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 



fig. p. 3. 



This beautiful species, introduced from Peru through Richard Pearce, 

 first flowered during May 1869, and was named, by permission, in 

 honour of the King of the Belgians, on the occasion of His Majesty's 

 visit to an exhibition held in the Royal honour in the gardens of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society at Kensington. 



It was described by Pearce as the finest of any Amaryllid he had met 

 with, and the plant has fully borne out this description. 



The perianth of the flower widely spreading with a short tube and 

 broad segments is tipped deep crimson and cream with a green star in the 

 centre. 



Largely used as a parent in the florists' varieties of the present day, its 

 influence has been very great. 



HIPPEASTRUM PARDINUM, Dombrain. 

 Syns. Amaryllis pa/rdima, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5645; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1867, fig.; Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 458 (advt.); 



PI. Mag. t. 344. 



Introduced from Peru through Richard Pearce to Chelsea, where it 

 flowered for the first time in March 1867. 



This striking, distinct species is remarkable for spreading flowers, with 

 scarcely any tube, the whole inner surface displayed ; the colour suggests 

 a spotted variety of Calceolaria or Tydaea, so closely is it covered with 

 small dots of crimson-red on a cream ground more or less confluent. 



It has been used by the hybridist but sparingly, in the production of 

 the florists' forms of the Hippeastrum. 



HIPPEASTRUM PRATENSE, Baker, var. QUADRIFLORA. 



Syns. Habranthus pratensis, Herb., var. quadriflora. 



Bot. Mag. t. 3961. 



Sent by William Lobb from Valdivia and about the same time to 

 Mr. Bevan by Bridges, and first flowered in May 1842 in the open. 



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