364 Description of Amaryllis Psittacina- Johnsoni. 



been noticed and described by Mr. Gowen in the above 

 Paper. The plants sent by Mr. Griffin were in full flower, 

 and were exhibited at the Meeting of the Society, on the day 

 they were received. The blossoms, though very beautiful, 

 were by no means so splendid as those described by Mr. 

 Gowen, and this difference is thus accounted for by Mr. 

 Griffin, in a letter which accompanied the plants : " In a 

 family of seedling mule Amaryllis you will find a marked dis- 

 tinction between the plants. Some of them having the 

 stronger resemblance to the father, and others to the mother 

 plant. There are also other varieties partaking in some de- 

 gree of both ; both these variations are trivial, and never suf- 

 ficient to destroy the leading distinction of parental resem- 

 blance ; therefore, no one description can ever answer for a 

 whole family of seedling mule plants of Amaryllis. I send 

 you two plants from the same batch of seed as the plant des- 

 cribed was raised from. These will exemplify what I say. 

 They are weak plants, but such as they are, they are at the 

 Society's service. I have only to add, that the foliage of some 

 of my seedlings is glaucous, and some of the bulbs have a 

 leek-shaped neck, though not so much as A. Psittacina," 



