200 green-house — repotting. [March. 
flower fringed-like, with three or four on the stem. A. 
vittata is an admired species with scarlet flowers, striped 
with pure white ; there are two or three varieties of it ; 
corolla canipanulate, three or four on the stem, about three 
inches in diameter; petals a little undulate. A. filhpda , 
flower scarlet, large, tube striped, petals acute, two flowers 
on the stem. A. dulica is magnificent, has from two to 
four flowers about seven inches in diameter, erect on a stem 
about two and a half feet high ; six petals, strongly united 
to the capsule, bottom of the petals green, connected with 
spots of dark crimson, which spread into fine transparent 
red, covered with rich tints, nerves very perceptible, anthers 
bold; it is called Crowned Amaryllis. A. jisiddcina, 
Parrot Amaryllis, is scarlet striped with green, two or more 
flowers on the stem, each about five inches in diameter. 
A. longifolia, is perfectly hardy ; flowers pink, inclining to 
white, in large umbels, leaves long, glaucous, and is a de- 
sirable garden bulb. A. lowjiflbra striata has pure white 
flowers with bright pink stripes, and each flower is about 
seven inches long; it was introduced from South America 
by Mrs. R. Alsop, and is a most superb flowering bulb. A. 
solandrijidra, large red ; A. elegdns, red and green, and 
many other superb kinds, especially the hybrid sorts; from 
Johnsbni there are above twenty cultivated varieties; from 
formbsa about twelve; and from Grijjini about ten, all of 
them esteemed. Where they have been kept in the earth in 
which they were grown last year, the ball ought at this 
repotting to be reduced ; when the bulbs are in a growing 
state, they ought to have plenty of water, and be fully 
exposed to the sun, so that the foliage may have its full 
influence, and as the roots grow to the outside of the earth, 
give them another and larger pot. They must have plenty 
of drainage, and be kept from heavy rains. We prefer 
growing them in the green-house all summer, or into frames 
under glass; about the end of October the watering must be 
gradually withheld, and by the middle of November put the 
bulbs where they will be kept dry till February or March 
next, when they must be again potted (in soil No. 12). 
Araia-aria. — This noble genus contains four species, which 
are without exception the most noble plants we are acquainted 
with, for the beauty of their foliage and symmetry of their 
growth, that belong to the green-house. A. exce/sa, Norfolk 
