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AMARYLLIS, NERINE, ZEPHYRANTHES, AND GLADIOLUS. 
VALLOTA PURPUREA AND THE JACOBCEAN LILY. 
Amaryllis purpurea, better known as Vallota purpurea or Scarborough Lily, is one of our most beautiful 
Aulumn-fiovvering plants. Its rich scarlet blossoms are highly appreciated in the conservatory or sitting-room 
window, and as a cut flower for filling vases. Amaryllis formosissima, the Jacobocan Lily, is a qu«aintly-shaped 
beautiful flower, and forces well. When kept dry during the winter, it may be bedded out or planted in the 
flower borders in May. * each— ». d. 
1716 Vallota purpurea, bright scarlet i$s. and 21 s. per doz. ; is. 6d. & 2 6 
1717 Amaryllis formosissima (Sprekelia formosissima), rich crimson per doz., 5 ^. td. o 6 
CHOICE GREENHOUSE AMARYLLIS. 
The Amaryllis is a decorative plant in the conservatory, valuable for table decoration, and beautiful for 
furnishing vases and jardinets, or to cut for table bouquets. With management the varieties of this section of 
Amaryllis may be had in bloom throughout the year. Cleopatra, with its crimson scarlet flowers and central 
white line in each petal, combined with its robust constitution and finely formed flowers, we recommend as one of 
the very best. 
1718 Fine Unnamed seedling Amaryllis 30 J. per dozen, 31 . 6 d. each. 
each — *. rf. 
1719 Cleopatra 5 6 
1720 Crocea gprandlflora 3 6 
1721 Johnsonl 5 6 
1722 Prince of Orange 3 6 
each — d, 
1723 Regina 5 6 
1724 Reticulata, variegated foliage species $ 6 
172B Vlttata 3 6 
1726 Fine mixed ...per doz., 15 / & 21 / ; 1/6 & 2 6 
NERINE. 
These, like the Vallota purpurea, require the protection of a frame or ^eenhouse in winter to encourage the 
development of the foliage. The beautiful Guernsey Lily [Nerine SarnUnsis), so well-known and so highly 
prized, is the typical plant of this group. Fothergilli and Corusca have larger flowers, and the same beautiful 
appearance as if spangled with gold dust. each—#, d. each—#, d. 
1727 QoTMSCdi., glittering scarlet 2 6 
1728 Fothergilli, deep vermilion^scarlet, 2/6 & 3 6 
1729 Japonica i o 
1730 Reflexa 2 6 
1731 Undulata, flowers dark rose, and prettily 
crisped. Pots of 3 to 6 bulbs, ij & 1 
ZEPHYRANTHES. 
These are pretty bulbous plants. Candida, the "Flower of the West Wind,” throws up its beautiful silvery 
Crocus-like blossoms in August and September, and is charming as an edging, beautiful on rockwork and in groups 
in the flower borders. They all make nice pot plants. 
each— j 
1732 Candida, silvery white, for edgings, 
per 100 , lox. (id., per doz., 2 s. o 
1733 ,, xazJ^tsXyWhite, tinged rose, dXiZ., ^\(i o 
d. 
each — d. 
1734 Carinata, rose i 6 
1736 Ochroleuca, yellow, crimson centre i o 
1736 Sulphurea, i o 
THE GLADIOLUS. 
RAMOSnS, AND OTHER EARLY-FLOWERING GLADIOLI. 
These are beautiful though not so stately as the varieties of Gandavensis ; they however bloom earlier, and their 
value is on this account enhanced in the general succession of flowers. A correspondent in the North of England 
informs us that he has beds of these early flowering Gladioli, which have not been disturbed for 10 or 15 years, 
and that bulbs, which have been newly planted convey but a meagre idea of the magnificent effect which is 
produced from established masses. Where cut flowers are in demand, these should be extensively cultivated 
for filling vases. The snow-white flowers of Colvilli albus, sometimes called "The Bride,” are exceptionally 
valuable. 
Culture. — Trench the ground, and work abundance of rotten manure in the underspit; plant the bulbs 
from the beginning of December till the end of March, at a depth of six inches. If the summer is dry and the 
weather hot, a good soaking of water or liquid manure twice a week will greatly benefit the plants. 
Culture for Conservatory DECORATroN. — Plant three in a five or six- inch pot, and place in a cold 
frame or pit, plunging the pots in ashes, and withholding water till the bulbs Iiave started into growth ; or, the 
pots may be buried in ashes out of doors, as recommended for the Hyacinth, and there allowed to remain 
undisturbed till ready to remove in-doors. It is customary with many to plant several bulbs close together in 
the open border, and, when tlie flower-spike shows the first tint, to lift them without breaking the ball, pot them 
and place them in-doors. Thus treated, the flowers expand as perfectly as if they had not been disturbed, and 
the bulbs are in no way injured. 
OUR OWN SELECTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING GLADIOLUS, &C., READY END OF OCTOBER. 
L' ». d. 
1737 6 each, of 15 varieties i i o 
1738 3 ,, 15 ,, o 10 6 
1739 I ,, 15 ,, 040 
per doz,— 8. d. 
1743 QdJCd^lsaHs, bright scarlet, flaked white ... 2 6 
1744 „ XQZQyXQ, rose, flaked white 2 6 
1746 ColvlJll, purplish lilac i 6 
1746 „ pure white ... 10/6 per loo i 6 
1747 Elegantlsslmus, fine rose, spotted 2 6 
1748 Emicans, orange-scarlet, feathered 2 6 
ToTaiCs^\.'s,%\.X£syi%, scarlet, flaked white 2 6 
1760 Floiibimdus, 12/6 per 100 2 0 
#. d. 
1740 Splendid varieties, per 100 , 21 / ; per doz. 
1741 Fine mixed per 100 , 12/6 ; per doz. 026 
1742 GuernseySecdlings,perioo, 2 i/;perdoz. 03 a 
per doz.—#, d. 
1761 Inslguls, rich scarlet, tinged purple 4 6 
1762 Lord Clarendon, red, feathered white 3 6 
1753 Magnifleus, 2 6 
1764 Ne Plus Ultra, deep rose, blotched white ... 2 6 
1766 bright scarlet, flaked white 2 6 
1766 salmon-rose, flaked crimson ... 2 6 
1767 Trlmaculatus, rose, spotted white 3 6 
1768 Washington, bright rose-lilac 4 6 
GLADIOLI FOR SHRUBBERIES AND SEMf-WILD PLACES. 
These very early flowering Gladioli should be planted in situations where they may be left undisturbed. 
They flower during the months of May and June, and are extremely decorative at that period in the borders. 
Where cut flowers are in demand for vases, the rosy-purple Byzantinus and the pure white Colvilli are matchless. 
per 100 . per doz. per roo. per doz. 
1769 Byzantlnus, rosy purple, showy and 
very beautiful 5 6 ... 
12 and 13 , King Stmt, Covent Garden, 1879 ] 
1760 Colvilli, Z/Arr... 10 
1761 ,, pure white lo 
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