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directed. This treatment is proper for most of the family. 

 Any peculiar mode of culture required by any species will 

 be noticed in the description of that species. 



Seed may be sown, as soon as it is ripe, in a mixture of 

 dry loam and leaf-mould. Place a seed in the centre of a 

 very small pot, and just cover it with sand. If the sowing 

 is in spring, or before June, place in a hot-bed, with a heat 

 of 70°, and keep moderately moist. When the seedlings 

 appear above the soil, water more abundantly, and keep 

 them growing as long as they seem disposed. They may 

 be kept evergreen for a couple of years, allowing only a 

 season of rest by giving less waler when they seem least 

 disposed to grow. After the second season, they should be 

 treated as old plants ; and the greater part will flower the 

 third year. Seed sown in autumn should be kept on a dry 

 shelf until spring, and then started into growth in heat, as 

 above. 



The following are species : — 



Hippeastrum aulicum. — Green and scarlet ; Brazil. 



S. aulicum platypetalum, — Orange; Brazil . 



S. aulicum glaucophyllum. — Crimson and green ; Brazil. 



IT. psitticinum. — Green and red ; Brazil. 



H. solajidrceflorum. — White ; Guiana. 



