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IV. On the Cultivation of Chlidanthus fragrant, a hardy bulbous 

 plant. In a Letter to the Secretary. By R. W. Byres. Esq. 



Read July 16, 1833. 



SlR, Bryn Sin, Swansea, 21 June, 1833. 



According to your request, I beg to communicate the result of 

 seven years experiments on Chlidanthus Fragrans. 



This elegant and fragrant flower I am happy to say is of as easy 

 culture as the narcissus and must become a great favorite in every 

 select flower-garden. Amongst a collection of 150 varieties of the 

 Amaryllideae which I possessed (several of which I have lost this 

 winter) Chlidanthus Fragrans took its place, and from Mr. Herbert's 

 account of it, I was particularly anxious to see the flower, and for 

 three years it had careful stove and frame attention ; but I observed 

 that a high temperature had the effect of fretting the bulb into 

 offsets, and not of enlarging it. I, therefore, placed it one year in 

 the green-house, and here as before, very long leaves and offsets 

 appeared, and in despair of doing anything with the bulb, and finding 

 my stock increasing, I determined in 1830 to plant some out of 

 doors, and having prepared a bed by a south wall 1 8 inches deep 

 of my common amaryllis soil'(turfy loam, sand, and decayed vege- 

 table matter) I planted several bulbs in it six inches deep ; through 

 that year little was effected, but I was satisfied the bulbs were 

 healthy. I, therefore, allowed them to remain through the winter, 

 protecting them by mulching. In the April of the next year they 

 began to show themselves, I was satisfied they were getting stronger 

 as very few offsets appeared and the leaves were more sturdy ; 



