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A. melanchélicus var. raber, is a new variety, with 
blood-red leaves, pyramidical growth, 14 foot high, of ex- 
cellent habit, and will supersede the Periila. 
AMARYLLIS. 
(The name of a nymph celebrated by the poet Virgil.J< 
This is a superb genus, nearly all of the species are 
green-house or stove-plants; some few may be planted out 
in the garden, but none of them will stand the winter. 
Amarfllis formosissima, Jacobean Lily, is a flower of 
great beauty. It is a tender bulb, but succeeds well 
when planted in May, in the open border, in a rich sandy 
soil. The top of the bulb should hardly be covered with 
earth. The flowers are large and of avery brilliant dark 
crimson; when the sun shines upon them, they look as if 
sprinkled with gold. The under, petals hang down, the 
upper curl up, and the whole flower stands nodding on 
one side of a stalk, about a foot high, making a fine ap- 
pearance. The bulb rarely produces more than two flow- 
ers, and more frequently but one; flowers in June or 
July. Upon the approach of freezing weather, the bulbs 
must be taken up, and put away,in dry saw-dust, secure 
from frost. It is a native of South America, — 
AMETHYSTEA. 
Amethystea certilea,—A tender annual with pretty 
blue flowers, and a variety with white; grows about 1} 
foot high; not very common in gardens; in flower from 
July to October. 
