566 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
Sprekelia requires a warm, dry and well-drained position 
at the foot of a south or south-west wall, when grown out- 
side. It may, in fact, be treated as recommended for Vallota, and the 
reader is therefore referred back to that genus for details. If grown in 
pots, it requires the same treatment as Hippeastrwm, but a cool green- 
house temperature. 
Description of Sprekelia formosissima, the Jacobean Lily, about one- 
Plate 262. half the actual dimensions. Fig. 1 is a section through the 
Cultivation. 
flower. 
BELLADONNA LILY 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDEZ. Genus Amaryllis 
AMARYLLIS (the name of a country-woman mentioned in Virgil’s 
Eclogues). A genus of one species with a bulbous rootstock, and an 
autumnal flower scape supporting a many-flowered umbel of large, 
stalked, handsome flowers. The numerous strap-shaped leaves do 
not appear until spring. The flowers are funnel-shaped with a short 
tube, the six segments broad and ribbed, the tips somewhat spreading. 
“Three of the stamens are attached to the base of the segments, 
‘and three to the mouth of the tube. The scape is tall, solid, and 
somewhat flattened. The name Amaryllis is still universally given 
in gardens to the species and hybrids of Hippeastrwm, which has 
a flower like that of the present plant, but entirely different capsules 
and seeds. 
eseted _AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA (beautiful lady). Bulb large, 
as big as aswan’segg. Flowers three to twelve in an umbel, 
fragrant, variable in size and colour, ranging from almost white to a 
reddish purple, most frequently a delicate rose colour streaked with red ; 
September. Height, 2 feet. Native of South Africa; introduced 1712. . 
There are several named varieties. 
lanted in a warm, dry position against a wall, the 
Belladonna Lily soon becomes thoroughly established and 
multiplies. We know cottage gardens in the South of England where it 
comes up freely, not merely in beds and borders, but pushing through 
hard gravelled paths also. In the neighbourhood of London it does not 
flower unless planted against the south wall of a heated building, such 
as a plant-stove. The bulbs should be planted in July, 6 inches deep in 
a loamy soil and close to the wall. It may be grown in pots along with 
Vallota. . 
