92 JACOBEA LILY. [April. 
GLADIOLUS, OR SWORD LILY. 
It is now a well-ascertained fact that the whole of this 
beautiful family will succeed well with a treatment similar 
to the tuberose, requiring to be two or three weeks earlier 
planted: indeed, G. communis and its varieties are perfectly 
hardy; but the splendid G. psittactnus, with large yellow, 
red, and green flowers; G. cardinalis, scarlet and white; G. 
blandus, rose and white; G. Jlorabundus, shaded rose; G. 
formosissimus, magnificent scarlet ; G. Gandavensis, large 
and superb orange, scarlet and yellow ; G. ramosus, delicate 
waxy pink, of strong growth ; G. Buistii, bright scarlet 
shaded with orange and yellow, splendid ; and several others 
are worthy of the greatest care and attention. Their large 
spikes of showy flowers will well compensate for an extra 
degree of care in preparation of soil, &c. 
AMARYLLIS FORMOSISSIMA, OR JACOBEA LILY. 
About the end of this or beginning of next month is the 
most proper time for planting out these bulbs. This flower 
is of the most beautiful and rich crimson velvet colour. The 
bulb generally produces two stems, the one after the other, 
about the end of May or first of June. The stem is from 
nine inches to one foot high, surmounted by a single flower, 
composed of six petals, three banging down, three erect and 
recurved ; the stamens droop on the centre of the under 
petals. The flower thus appears nodding on one side of the 
stem, and has a most graceful and charming appearance. If 
planted in a bed, prepare the ground as before directed for 
Tuberoses. Keep the rows one foot asunder, and the bulbs 
six inches apart in the rows, covering them two inches over 
their crowns. This plant is now called Spreikblia formosls- 
si7na, and we think properly, too, for its character and habit 
differ from Amaryllis. 
We have not tbe smallest doubt that, in a few years, not 
only this superb South American bulb will adorn our flower- 
gardens, but many of the rich bulbs of Brazil and South 
America generally will yearly exhibit to us the beauty of 
their colours, and the beautiful construction of their flowers 
