VALLOTA, XERIXE. 



153 



Tvliicli I have often observed vriih pleasure in my garden, where I haye 

 frequently counted from fifty to eighty fine, strong, expanded blossoms, 

 from a bulb two years old, growing in a forty-eight sized pot.'' — Gard. 

 Marf., Vol. L. p. 387. 



WACHEN-DORFIA. 



This genus is nearly hardy enough to withstand our ordinary winters 

 in the open borders. It is readily propagated by offsets, and succeeds in 

 any ordinary srood soil. 'Ulien cultivated in pots, they should be large, 

 for the roots are niunerous, and occupy a considerable space. 



GRIFFIXIA, 



This splendid genus has been hitherto considered both rare and difficulf 

 to flower. ^Ye suspect that the real cause is, that it is treated like many 

 other bulbs, which, because they do not flower annually, and under all 

 circumstances of ordinary culture, are neglected and set by on shelves and 

 out-of-the-way places, where they have no opportunity of developing 

 their foliage, without which, as we have already repeatedly observed, no 

 bulb can or will flower, nor will many of them long exist. In a soil com- 

 posed of light, rich, turfy loam, the pots well drained, the bulbs not set 

 too deep ia the mould, and then placed in a situation where it can enjoy 

 abundance of hght, air, and simshiiie, and at the same time regularly 

 watered, but not to excess, the fohage of Griffinia will attain its fiill 

 magnitade, and this once being the case, flowers will follow, as a matter 

 of com'se. 



TALLOT.^. ZEPHTRAXTHUS, AXD XERIXE, 



Hare been separated by botanists from the original genus Amaryllis ; 

 the same mode of treatment is applicable to the majority of them. The 

 culture of the Guernsey hly, Xerine saniiensis, in some respects diflers from 

 these. It is well known that they are successfully cultivated in the open 

 air in the island from whence their name is derived, but how they found 

 their way thither, from Japan, of which they are natives, is not so easily 

 determined ; be that as it may, we receive an abundant supply of their 



