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is a very large bulb, with a long neck, and although a native 

 of the Cape will, if planted at a foot deep, withstand our 

 winters, and succeeds admirably if planted in a pond or wa- 

 ter course. It produces abundance of flowers of pleasant 

 fragrance in June or July on very tall stalks. It will doubt- 

 less ere long become very common in our gardens, as it 

 yields abundance of seeds. There are two varieties, the 

 Pale Rose coloured and the White. 



Amaryllis gigantea, or Gigantic Lily This is a species 

 of astonishing dimensions; the root is of enormous size ; the 

 flower-stalk is sometimes two inches in diameter, and from 

 two to two and a half feet in height, from the summit of 

 which it throws off in every direction various branches pre- 

 cisely of the form and appearance of a chandelier, each sup- 

 porting one or more flowers. The diameter of this magni- 

 ficent umbel is from two to two and a half feet, and supports 

 from 30 to 40 flowers, which are crimson, with a stripe 

 through each petal. The appearance of this plant when at 

 its full expansion is extremely grand and striking. 



Amaryllis curvifolia, or Fothergill's Lily.- This is a most 

 attractive species ; the colour of its flovers is of a glittering 

 cardinal scarlet, and being produced in numbers on each 

 stalk, give to it an appearance particularly calculated to ex- 

 cite admiration. I consider its flowers decidedly superior 

 in beauty to the A. sarniensis, and it also blooms regularly 

 and profusely. 



Note. The whole of the family of Amaryllis are bulbs of 

 easy culture. The remainder of the species undescribed 

 have all their peculiar beauties, and form a link producing 

 flowers at all seasons of the year, and requiring less care and 

 attention than almost any other class of plants. 



Monsonia, Of this genus there are three species, all of 

 which produce very beautiful flowers, and have very delicate 

 foliage. They consist of 



Monsonia n/icciosa, or Sfilendid Flowered, with leaves qui- 

 nate and smooth, and the leaflets bipinnate; the flowers are 

 very large, yellowish white, with a tinge of red, and a dark 

 red and black centre. This is considered a most beautiful 

 plant. 



Monsonia Jilia vet. fiilosa, or Hairy, with pinnatifid leaves, 

 and cream coloured flowers tinged with red. 



Monsonia lobata, or Broad Leaved, with foliage less deli- 

 cate in appearance than the foregoing, and fine flowers. 

 These all have tuberous roots and half shrubby stems, and 





