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AMARYLLIS* 



vated in pots, on account of their tenderness, should be 

 kept dry after the foliage is decayed, until within 

 about a month of their period of regerminating ; at 

 which time they should, after having been deprived of 

 their surplus offsets, be repotted in good fresh earth. 



There are some descriptions of bulbous and tuber- 

 ous roots that need not be taken up oftener than once 

 in two or three years, and then only to deprive them 

 of the young offsets, and to manure the ground. These 

 will be described hereafter under their different heads. 



In the articles which follow, I have named the pre • 

 ferable season for planting the various kinds of bul- 

 bous and tuberous roots ; but as some bulbs will keep 

 in good condition several months, there can be no ob- 

 jection to retaining such out of the ground, to suit any 

 particular purpose or convenience. 



DIRE CTIONS 



FOR THE CULTIVATION OF 



BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 



Amaryllis. Of this genus of flowering bulbs there 

 are about eighty species, and upwards of one hundred 

 varieties ; they are natives of South America, and in 

 Europe are generally kept in the hot-house ; some of 

 the varieties are hybrids, produced by cultivation; 

 these succeed very well in the green-house, and in this 



