188 On the Treatment of Amaryllis longifolia, fyc. 



able length in the water. Having thus ascertained that the 

 species was, as I had suspected, an aquatic plant, I pro- 

 ceeded to try whether it would endure an English winter, 

 under the protection of the water, in a pond in the garden. 

 About the middle of September, I plunged the pot which 

 had been in the warmest cistern about two feet below the 

 surface of the water in the pond. On the last night of Sep- 

 tember, a severe frost, which very much injured the green- 

 house plants that were still remaining in the open air, and 

 killed many of the Geraniums, cut the leaves of the Crinum 

 to the surface of the water, but no lower. During the 

 winter, the water moss gathered round the pot, so that I lost 

 sight of the plant ; and the ice was occasionally about three 

 inches thick. On the tenth of April, the moss having risen 

 to the surface, and the water become more transparent, I 

 had the pleasure of observing that the plant was alive, 

 apparently in good health, and that the leaves which had 

 died back to within a few inches of the neck of the bulb were 

 evidently growing again. The pot was then taken out of the 

 pond, and (on turning the plant out) it appeared to be com- 

 pletely matted with white fibres, in the most healthy and vi- 

 gorous state, and there was not the least appearance of decay 

 about the bulb or stem. The plant was in better condition 

 than those which had been kept in the green-house. As it 

 perceived the change of temperature at that depth, and 

 began to grow so early as the commencement of April, I have 

 very little doubt of its flowering in the same situation : and 

 I think it will flower as a hardy aquatic if planted in any pond 

 or river of two feet water, not liable to freeze at the bot- 

 tom. The bulb, which was a seedling, grown to about half 



