BXTLBOTS FLOWEES. 



tinues daring the summer if the plants are indulged 

 plenty of water, of which they are greedy at that time. 

 Propaerate by division of the bulb, planting the offset 

 immediately. Seedling3 (to be sown on peat-mould) will 

 not come into a flowering state before their fourth year 

 at soonest. Damp is the great enemy of the Agapanthus 

 during its dormant period. Plants, therefore, to remain 

 out the winter must have a weti-drained situation. 



Amaryllis. — A showy genus, belonging rather to the 

 greenhouse than the garden. They require a strict 

 observance of the periods of growth and rest, and care- 

 ful attention to the health of their foliage. While 

 dormant, moisture is fatal to them ; at the same time, in 

 cur l;.t::uir, a mild insular climate suits them best. The 

 A. belladonna is greatly admired for its large pink sweet- 

 scented flowers, which appear from August to October. 

 A iimcuity is. that it succeeds better in a border than 

 confined in a pot, and that the leaves do not appear till 

 after the flowers, and are liable to destruction by early 

 frosts in any but the most favoured spots, such as S ; nth 

 Devon and the Channel Islands. The bulbs of this 

 species are not fond of being disturbed too often. Once 

 every three or four years is quite enough for the sepa- 

 ration of the bulbs and the renewing of the mould. 

 Plant in light soil containing a few calcareous ingreci: snte, 

 at the depth of four or five inches. Thorough drainage, 

 and covering with mats or sashes at the approach of any- 

 thing like severe weather, are indispensable. 



Colchicum autumnale — Meadow Satfron, or Autumnal 

 Crocus ; in French, Tue-chien, or kill-dog. — A native 

 plant found abundantly in many moist pastures on heavy 

 land, but of sufiicient curiosity and beauty to be admitted 

 a3 an ornamental bulb. The peach-blossom tinted 

 flowers, resembling the crocus in shape, appear in 

 autumn: but they may really be considered as very 

 early, forestalling the spring, instead of late, for they 

 are duly followed by the leaves and the seed-vessel, which 

 rise with the approach of genial weather. Indeed, so 

 precocious are the flowers, that they appear before the 



