POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



genus of Cape bulbs, producing deliciously sweet white 

 flowers, in June and July. The species are spiralis, vil- 

 losa, ciliaris, lanceolata, Afra, etc. The leaves are narrow 

 and long, some spiral, others flat. Soil, sandy peat and 

 loam. 



AMARYLLIS. 



Gen. Char. {Hexandria Monogynia,) Flowers nodding, irregular, 

 funnel-shaped, gaping ; filaments curved downwards, unequal in 

 proportion or direction ; seeds numerous and flat. 



The name means resplendent. The greenhouse species 

 of this genus are not numerous, as the genus now stands, 

 A. BanJcsia, from the Cape, with flesh-coloured flowers, being 

 the principal, but those which have been separated under 

 new generic names, will also be placed here. A. (Sprekelia) 

 formosissima is the Jacoboea Lily, having handsome dark 

 crimson flowers appearing in May and June, and continuing 

 till September ; A, glauca with crimson, and Cybester with 

 greenish-crimson, both belong to the same division, and are 

 natives of South America. A. [Lycoris] anrea, the golden- 

 flowered, and radiala, with pink flowers, are natives of China, 

 and are autumnal-flowering species. 



