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two feet, and exhibits four beautiful scarlet flowers, with a 

 white streak in the centre of each petal, each flower about 

 six inches diameter. It sometimes produce two stems. 



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

 flowers in large umbels of a pink colour, inclining to white, 

 and is a good garden variety. 



Amaryllis fonnosissima, or Jacobean Lily, produces a 

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

 throws out gracefully its glittering crimson-coloured petals, 

 which have a brilliancy almost too intense for the eye to rest 

 upon. 



The A. Lirfea, produces its bright yellow flowers in 

 October, in the open air ; but the bulb requires a little pro- 

 tection in the Winter, or it may perish. 



The most suitable soil for Amaryllises is a clean new 

 earth, taken from under fresh grass sods, mixed with sand 

 and leaf mould ; the latter ingredient should form about a 

 third of the whole, and the sand about a sixth. Some of the 

 varieties may be planted in pots during the month of April, 

 and others will do very well in the open ground, if planted 

 early in May, in a sunny situation. The bulb should not 

 be set more than half its depth in the ground ; as, if planted 

 too deep, it will not bloom ; the plant deriving its nourish- 

 ment only from the fibres. When the bulbs have done 

 flowering, such as are in pots should be watered very 

 sparingly, so that ihey may be perfectly ripened, which will 

 cause them to shoot stronger in the ensuing season, and 

 those in the ground should be taken up, and preserved 

 in sand or paper. 



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These are medium, or half-hardy roots, producing beau- 

 tiful little flowers of various hues, and are highly deserving 

 of cultivation. The bulbs should be planted in a fresh, well 



