184 On the Culture of the Guernsey Lily, $c. 



and dry situation, to ripen and prepare their blossom : the 

 earth should have just sufficient moisture to promote the 

 growth of the fibres, and prevent their shrivelling. I believe 

 that a moderately strong loam, or a mixture of light and 

 strong loam, where soil of the proper medium is not easily 

 procured, will be found the best, for all the species of Ne- 

 rine; forCoburgia, especially C. blanda and C. Belladonna, 

 as well as Haemanthus, which requires the same treatment 

 as that recommended for Coburgia blanda, I think a 

 stronger loam desirable, and I consider the use of peat to 

 be dangerous to the bulbs ; although they may be found 

 to thrive pretty well in various composts. When the bulbs 

 are repotted, the offsets may be taken from them, and 

 those which are of sufficient strength to flower, may be set 

 apart from the younger stock. Under the treatment recom- 

 mended for Haemanthus, I do not include H. puniceus and 

 multiflorus, which perhaps form a distinct genus ; nor the 

 bulb which has been sometimes called Haemanthus toxica- 

 rius, which if it be not a Brunsvigia, will be found, as is 

 most probable, to be a genus by itself. 



Amaryllis laticoma BoL Reg. 497, is the Nerine lucida 

 Bot. Mag, 2124, p. 2, discovered by Burchell beyond the 

 Snowy Mountains in South Africa. It is unquestionably a 

 Nenne, but it has leaves which do not perish in the summer, 

 and it seems more disposed to repose in the winter. 

 I am, 



dear Sir, 



Your's very faithfully, 

 S P ofoHK William Herbert. 



March 20, 1820. 



