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XIV. 



THE AMARYLLIS, HIPPEASTRUM, SPREKELIA, VALLOTA, 

 LYCORIS, PYROLIRION, NERINE, ZEPHYRANTHES. 



THE AMARYLLIS. 



HILE most of the species of this numerous 

 family are greenhouse bulbs, and tender, 

 a few bloom in summer in the garden. 

 We speak popularly, considering all the 

 families of Hijppeastrum^ VaUota, Spre- 

 kelia, as Amaryllis, to which family they 

 formerly belonged ; but the more recent 

 classifications have left but few true ama- 



ryllis, and the old genus has been separated into many new 



families. 



The mode of culture to be pursued with the tender 



species is given at length in a recent volume of " The 



Cottage Gardener," from which we quote. 



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