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|i perfection. Some need not be taken up oflener than once in 

 hree years. They should then be separated and planted again 

 fter the soil has been well manured. None should be removed 

 or any purpose whilst the leaves are green. As a general rule, 

 ley may be taken up when their leaves begin to decay, and 

 ept out of the ground from one to four months, and then replanted 

 fter the offsets have been removed. The flowers should be 

 inched olf as soon as they begin to decay, as the root loses its 

 rength by going to seed. 



When bulbs have been a long time out of the earth, and their 

 lUil energy is weakened, they should be planted in a perfectly dry 

 ,)il, and not have a particle of water till they begin to grow. 

 Ihen it may be given in very small quantities till the leaves are 

 vo or three inches long, and appear of a good healthy color, when 

 ey may be watered freely. In this way they will be revived in 

 year or two. 



As a general thing, bulbous roots appear the best when planted 

 a bed by themselves. When scattered about the borders they 

 ■;ow to very poor advantage. The earth should be dug a full 

 ade deep, well pulverised and made very rich with rotten ma- 

 ire. The beds should have a southern exposure, and the centre 

 the bed, or the north side, should be raised a few inches the 

 :ghest. At the setting in of winter they should be covered with 

 dayer of straw, litter or leaves two or three inches deep. 

 Bulbous roots are propagated almost entirely by offsets. In 

 jme they increase very rapidly, whilst others send out but one or 

 1^0 a year, 



AMARYLLIS. 



There are numerous varieties of this bulb, some of which, as 

 4 formosissima or Jacobean Lily, produce flowers of exceeding 

 llauty. Most of them may be cultivated in pots, although many 

 I; well in the open ground. When grown in the former way they 

 sould not be planted till the flower-bud shows itself, and then 

 sould receive but little watering till they have become well 

 sirted. They should not be covered more than half with earth ; 

 £|d whilst in flower should be watered freely, but less afterwards. 

 S'il — fresh loam largely mixed with leaf mould or peat and sand — 

 ce-half loam, one-third sand and the rest leaf mould or peat. If 



