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A. (Pyrolirion) aureum and flavum have golden flowers, 

 and are natives of Peru. From the Cape we have A, {Im- 

 hofia) crispa, with rose-lilac-coloured flowers, also filifolia 

 with white ; these flower from October to December, and will 

 either flourish with frame or greenhouse shelter. A, {Bruns- 

 vigid) laticoma, minor, multiflora, Josephine, striata, radula, 

 and grandiflora, are all natives of the Cape, and are very 

 ornamental in the cool greenhouse, flowering from March to 

 September, the flowers being crimson, scarlet, rose, or pur- 

 ple. A. {Hippeastrum) elegans, Burghclerianum, concinnum, 

 and anceps, have elegant scarlet and white flowers, and in- 

 constans scarlet and orange : the last has also many varie- 

 ties with flowers of various colours, which are hybrids. 



These beautiful flowering bulbs should have a rich sandy 

 loam, and require large pots to flower well; they are in- 

 creased by offsets, and also by seeds. Some cultivators re- 

 commend that the bulb should not be quite covered with 

 the soil ; they may be well supplied with water during the 

 flowering season, but this should be discontinued when the 

 leaves begin to fade; after these are dead, the bulbs should 

 be kept very dry for a month or two, when they generally 

 show that they require potting, by the point of the new 

 plant appearing. 



