58 GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



novel and of wonderful beauty. Each petal is spotted with 

 crimson, carmine, scarlet, or rose, somewhat resembling 

 the finest kinds of the Fancy Pelargoniums or Orchids. 



THE AMARYLLIS (Amaryllis). 



All the kinds are eminently ornamental and easy of 

 culture, the great secret being to give them alternately 



Fig. 22. AMARYLLIS. (Vittata Type.) 



a season of excitement and a season of repose. To do 

 this effectually, the plants should be abundantly sup- 

 plied with water and heat, and placed near the glass 

 when they are coming into flower, and water should be 

 withheld from them by degrees when they are done flow- 

 ering, till they have entirely ceased growing, when they 

 should be kept quite dry and in a state of rest. When 

 in this state they may be placed in any obscure part of a 

 greenhouse or in a cellar where it is dry, and of a tem- 

 perature not under forty degrees. If kept in such a 



