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XL VII. A Notice of certain Seedling Varieties of Amaryllis, 

 presented to the Society by the Hon. and Rev. William 

 Herbert, in 1820, which flowered in the Society's Garden 

 in February 1823. By Mr. John Lindley, F.L.S. fyc. 

 Assistant Secretary at the Garden. 



Read March 4, 1823. 



In the third Volume of the Society's Transactions, it is stated 

 by the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, in a Paper upon 

 the subject of Hybrid Plants* " that he then possessed 

 several mule Amaryllises, from which he had great expecta- 

 tions ;" and in the fourth Volume of the Transactions, in an 

 essay by the same Gentleman, upon the production of hybrid 

 individuals, it is remarked,T that he had sent, " twenty-four 

 bulbs to the Society, each of which was an offset from a dif- 

 ferent seedling of a mule Amaryllis equestri-vittata, crossed 

 again with Amanjllis rutila and Amaryllis fulgida, which 

 from their rapid growth and increase, their free habit, and pro- 

 bable beauty of blossom, were likely to become favourites in 

 every collection." 



At the time the above Papers were read, it seemed impro- 

 bable, and contrary to general observation, that plants ob- 

 tained under such circumstances should be not only more 

 beautiful than either parent, but even productive of flowers 

 in greater profusion. It is therefore very gratifying to me to 



* See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iii. page 196. 

 f See Horticultural Transactions, Vol. iv. page 43, 



