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POPULAU GARDEN BOTANY. 



larger and lesser Fallot a. They look handsome in the 

 greenhouse in May and April, at which time they are in 

 flower. They are tolerably hardy, and will do well in the 

 frame. 



NERINE. (Guernsey Lily.) 



Gen. Char. (Hexandria Monogynia.) Division of flowers six, 

 spreading, wavy ; stamens inclined downwards, unequal in di- 

 rection and proportion ; capsule few-seeded ; seeds round, like 

 peas. 



Named after the daughter of Nereus. N. Sarniensis, 

 the well-known Guernsey Lily, though originally from the 

 Cape, is sufficiently hardy to bear the open ground in the 

 summer; but as it is extremely ornamental, it should also 

 find a place in the greenhouse : it is generally brought 

 every year from Guernsey in July, when the bulbs are ready 

 for potting, and in October they begin to flower, and make 

 a great show for some time, as their red flowers are parti- 

 cularly handsome and very sweet-scented. N. corusca, scar- 

 let flowered; venusta, red; versicolor, lilac-flowered : these, 

 and some others, as Fothergillii 3 pidchella >t flexuosa } undulata } 

 and curvifolia, are all worthy of a place in the greenhouse. 

 They require rich loam and plenty of light. When the 



