183 

 DIRECTIONS 



FOR THE 



CULTIVATION OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED 



PLANTS- 



AMARYLLISES. 



OP this genus of flowering bulbs, there are about eighty 

 species, and upwards 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 

 greenhouse, 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 produce 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 formosissima, 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 brighj yellow flowers in 



