260 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING PLANTS, &c. [MAY. 



Riphidodendron, Howdrthia, and Apicra. Of these there 

 are above two hundred species and varieties. To enter 

 into any specific detail, would be beyond our limits ; but 

 the catalogue at the end of the work will contain the 

 finest species. 



Amaryllis. This is a genus of splendid flowering bulbs 

 containing about eighty species, and one hundred and 

 forty varieties. They are natives of South America, 

 but more than one half of them are hybrids grown from 

 seed by cultivators. They are generally kept in the 

 Hot-house, but in our climate will do perfectly well in 

 the Green-house ; and we have no doubt that in a few 

 years many of them will be so acclimated, as to keep 

 as garden bulbs, planting about the end of April, and 

 lifting them in October. As the beauty of these plants 

 is in the flowers, it will be proper to give a small de- 

 scription of a few of them. A. striatifdlia, has a stripe 

 of pure white in the centre of each leaf, the flowers are 

 purple and white, an esteemed species. A. Johnsbni, 

 the flowers are a deep scarlet, with a white streak in 

 the centre of each petal, four bloom on a stem of about 

 two feet, each flower about six inches diameter; a bulb 

 well established has two stems. A. reglna, Mexican 

 Lily, has large scarlet pendant flowers, tube of the 

 flower fringed-like, with three or four on the stem. A. 

 vittdta is an admired species with scarlet flowers, striped 

 with a greenish white. There are two or three varieties 

 of it; corolla campanulate, three or four on the stem, about 

 five inches diameter; petals a little undulate. A.futgida, 

 flower scarlet, large tube striped, petals acute, two flow- 

 ers on the stem, A. aulica is one of the most magnificent, 



