No. 159. 
AMARYLLIS SPECTABILIS*. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This elegant plant seems to rank between 
the vittata and regine. It is not exactly 
certain of what country it is a native; 
the history of it being enveloped in much 
obscurity; but it is probably from Brazil. 
It is very ornamental, flowering in the spring 
and continuing pretty long, if not kept too 
hot: it is well to keep it in the stove till it 
shoots up a flower stem, and then remove it 
into the greenhouse, which makes the flowers 
last a considerable time longer. It is pro- 
pagated by off-sets, andrequires a sandy loam. 
* Reduced to one-fourth the size. 
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