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borne vertically upon the scape in the manner of a cockade ; a 

 very common plant in the gardens at Ootacamund, and not un- 

 common grown in pots in Calcutta, where it blossoms in the Hot 

 and Kain seasons. On the hills it loses its leaves in the Cold 

 weather, as it does in Europe ; but here it retains them all the 

 year through. The plants, however, would possibly blossom 

 better if, by withholding water and by exposure to the sun, they 

 were brought for some time into a dormant state. Mrs. London 

 says that the bulbs will flower beautifully merely covered with 

 damp moss and suspended. 



2. S. Dalhousiese. Has much broader leaves than the last, 

 and bears in April pure white flowers with long narrow petals, 

 of not much beauty. 



Hippeastrum. 

 KNIGHT'S STAR-LILY. 



Large bulbous plants (often set down in catalogues under the 

 name of Amaryllis) with long strap-formed leaves, which die 

 down in the Cold weather, and do not appear again till after the 

 plants have flowered in March. The flowers, borne generally 

 five in an umbel, on a scape about fourteen inches long, are 

 large, of Lily form, with the jointed divisions of the corolla 

 deeply coloured in such a way as when looked into to present 

 the appearance of a star. The difference between many of 

 them is very trifling. Nearly all thrive to perfection in this 

 country. Dr. Voigt states that in Dr. Carey's garden at 

 Serampore there were formerly as many as seventy-four crosses 

 and hybrids, appearing in all their beauty during the Hot and 

 first part of the Rain season. They may be grown in very large 

 pots, but are the better for being planted out in beds devoted 

 entirely to them. They require little care in their cultivation ; 

 but no doubt removal into a fresh situation every two or three 

 years would be beneficial. 



1. H. fulgidum. 2. H. reticulatum. 3. H. equestre majus. 4. 

 H. stylosum. Are common in the Calcutta gardens, and bear 

 flowers very similar to each other, with the limb of the corolla 

 scarlet upon a greenish-white tube. 



5. H. ambiguum. With flowers nearly white. 



b*. H. Johnsonii. A very handsome and distinct hybrid, with 

 the segments of the corolla deep crimson, and the tube white. 



