300 



Culture of Amaryllis vittdta. 



On calling on Mr. Bayley, he informed us that he lost 

 money by the transaction referred to, and therefore could not 

 supply any more at the same price. We suggested an im- 

 provement, with a view to naming instead of numbering 

 (fig. 106.), and ordered a few hundreds for ourselves, for 

 which we paid Mr. Bayley 2s. Id. per 100; and this, though 

 a little more than what was paid by our correspondent, is still 

 a very low price. — Cond. 



Art. XXI. On the Cidture of Amaryllis vittdta in the neigh- 

 bourhood of St. Petersburgh. By Mr. Francis Falder- 

 mann, C.M.H.S., Botanic Gardener to the Emperor of 

 Russia, at St. Petersburgh. 



Sir, 



In your Gardener's Magazine I find a great many useful 

 remarks and treatises on gardening in its different branches. 

 This work will become, by and by, a kind of general gar- 

 dener's repository, indispensable to every one professing the 

 business. 



In Vol. II. p. 254. I found a query respecting the Amaryllis 

 vittdta {fg. 107.) by Mr. Joseph 

 Groom, to know how it is to be 

 treated to flower well. I must own ^ 

 I never had the chance, during Wm 

 the few years I staid in London, -™ 

 to see it well in flower. 



As the climate of St. Peters- 

 burgh is so very different from 

 that of London, and other more 

 southern countries, we are con- 

 sequently obliged to contrive a 

 great variety of means to force the 

 plants into perfect vegetation ; and 

 we flatter ourselves with the suc- 

 cess which we have had with several handsome species, 

 which we think we flower as well as could be wished. I shall 

 confine myself at present to the treatment of the above-men- 

 tioned Amaryllis, one of the most ornamental plants of our 

 hot-houses. 



Almost every collection in and around St. Petersburgh pos- 

 sesses this plant in abundance, which hardly ever fails to be- 

 in flower during the months of March and April, after which 



