62 FLOWER-GARDENING. 



season for planting the various kinds of bulbous and tuberous 

 roots ; but as some bulbs will keep in good condition several 

 months, there can be no objection to retaining such out of the 

 ground, to suit any particular purpose or convenience. 



AMARYLLIS HOW TO CULTIVATE. 



Of 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 green-house, 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 dia- 

 meter, on an erect stem, about two feet and a half high, with 

 six petals of green, crimson, and fine transparent red colors. 



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 

 in diameter. It sometimes produces two stems. 



A. Longifolia, or Crinum Capense, is perfectly hardy ; it 

 flowers in large umbels of a pink color, inclining to white, and 

 is a good garden variety. 



Amaryllis formositssima, or Jacobean Lily, produces a flower 

 of great beauty ; although a low-priced plant, it throws out 

 gracefully its glittering crimson-colored petals, which have a 

 brilliancy almost too intense for the eye to rest upon. 



The A. Lutea produces its bright yellow flowers in October, 



