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and be ready to succeed it. The blooming season 

 lasts about two months, after which it should be 

 immediately repotted and given plenty of heat and 

 water, that a vigorous growth may develope the 

 bulb for future flowering. When the leaves show 

 symptoms of ripeness, water should be withheld 

 gradually and the bulbs allowed to dry off. On 

 again bringing them out to pot for flowering, soak 

 for one hour in water. 



The special treatment of some of the varieties is 

 as follows : — 



VARIETIES. 



Amaryllis Anlica. This is a species with large bulbs. The 

 flowers are also large, the color green and scarlet, the long leaves 

 of glossy green, rise from the crown of the bulb and droop slightly 

 at the end Some bulbs will produce two or three strong stems 

 from the side, each yielding two flowers. The bulbs of this variety 

 seldom fail to bloom. Its season of rest is usually from August to 

 December, when it should be sparingly watered, but unlike other 

 varieties, should not be allowed to dry off. 



A. Belladonna. This is the well-known Belladonna Lily, bearing 

 large pale-pink, lily-shaped flowers on a stem eighteen inches high. 

 A vigorous growth of leaves, followed by entire rest is essential to 

 its successful flowering. Plant in August and by the middle of 

 September the flower will appear. The flowering season is followed 

 by an abundance of leaves. 



A. Blanda, has an enormous bulb, flower buds four inches long, 

 and flower stalk three feet high. The flowers are whitish. Treat- 

 ment same as for A. Belladonna. 



A. Formisissina is the Jacobean Lily. Flowers of rich crimson 

 and peculiar shape, produced in June. 



A. Johnsoni, a splendid bloomer, has been made to produce two 

 crops of flowers yearly by giving them two months for blooming, 

 two for growth and two for rest, though, doubtless, the better way is 

 to give more time for growth. 



