CULTURE OF AMARYLLIDEiE. 
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CULTURE OF AMARYLLIDE^. 
{Extracted from " ManteWs Floriculture.^'') 
The Amaryllideae are a beautiful and interesting tribe of plants, and add greatly 
to the attractions of the stove and green-house during the winter and spring months. 
Although the varieties of the Amaryllis are very numerous, the hybrids are in 
many instances preferred, as they often surpass the originals in beauty, and are found 
to flower more freely. Mr. William Nichol of Newick Park, succeeded in obtaining 
beautiful hybrids from the following varieties, by transferring the pollen of 
Amaryllis rutila to AmaryUis Johnsoni. 
— crocata — vittata. 
— Johnsoni — miniata. 
■ — equestris — vittata. 
— reticulata — Johnsoni. 
— Solandrseflora — Johnsoni. 
— Johnsoni — reginae. 
— miniata — reginae. 
— splendens — Johnsoni. 
Amaryllis fulgida to Amaryllis vittata. 
— miniata — Johnsoni. 
— vittata — equestris. 
— Johnsoni — reticulata. 
— reticulata — vittata. 
— vittata — Johnsoni. 
— Johnsoni — equestris. 
— fulgida — Johnsoni. 
psittacina — reticulata. 
The seed should be collected as soon as ripe, sown in pots, and placed in a hot- 
bed. When the young plants have produced two leaves, they should be potted 
singly into the smallest sized pots, taking care not to put them too deep, but to 
leave the young bulbs on a level with the surface of the mould. They should be 
watered, and kept shaded in the hotbed frame for a few days, and as soon as the 
bulbs recede from the surface, they should be repotted into large 60-s, and occa- 
sionally shifted during the summer, until the plants are well rooted in 24 sized 
pots. By this treatment many of the young plants will flower the following 
spring. 
The established plants treat in the following manner : — as soon as they begin 
to show flower, stir the surface of the mould, and give as much water as will pene- 
trate to the bottom of the pots ; then place them in the stove, and water them 
occasionally as the plants may require. In a few days the flower-stems advance 
considerably in height, the leaves shortly after make their appearance, and in a few 
weeks the plants are in flower. 
When the flowers begin to fade, the flower-stems should not be cut off", but be 
allowed to die down, for if cut while in a green state it will cause the coats of the 
bulbs to decay. 
After the leaves have attained their growth, which may be known by their 
dropping down to the sides of the pots, and by the tips of the leaves beginning to 
turn yellow, the plants should be repotted, taking care to disturb the roots as little 
as possible. 
