THE AMARYLLIS. 
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hundred or thousand. Of course, if hardy 
means anything, it means that a plant will 
flourish in the open air; but the little bulb we 
allude to must stand first in that particular, 
for it not only stands all weathers, but grows 
and flowers in that season, when all other 
flowers leave off, that is to say, when light 
frosts cut them down. The cultivation of 
hardy bulbs is a very simple task; a well- 
drained border or bed is absolutely required 
to grow them in perfection, and then there is 
no difficulty ; they may be planted and left to 
grow of themselves. The Amaryllis lutea has 
a good deal the effect of a large yellow Crocus, 
and is not ill-adapted for clumps or flower- 
beds in geometrical gardens, to show its golden 
blooms just as all other subjects decay. We 
have had them planted all over a Dutch or 
geometrical garden six inches deep, placed 
dwarf-growing Annuals, Panseys, or other 
subjects alternately, and then, while the whole 
concern was looking, or rather beginning to 
look, shabby, from the decay of their summer 
subjects, they were pulled up to make way 
for the shiny leaves and yellow flowers of this 
hardy little subject. The other kinds of the 
so-called hardy sorts we have grown with 
some of the Pancratiums, in the front border 
of a hot-house, and they have bloomed well, 
but whether they required the assistance 
which the situation afforded them we know 
not ; generally speaking, they were left two or 
three years undisturbed, and then the offsets 
were removed, and the best bulbs were re- 
planted in their old situations. The soil was 
rather light, from the introduction of peat 
among the loam, and leaf-mould, and the 
border was used for subjects deemed rather 
choice, and requiring to be well looked after. 
The next division we shall notice is that 
containing those requiring the protection of a 
green-house, and they are not only numerous, 
as will be seen by their names, but every year 
is adding wonderfully to the number of hybrid 
varieties. 
Amaryllis amabilis, a hybrid variety, raised 
in 1822, has a variegated flower, which ap- 
pears in June. 
A. crispiflora, a hybrid variety, with a 
rich scarlet flower, which blooms in June, and 
was raised the same year. 
A. delecta, raised at the same time, has a 
dark red flower, which appears in August, 
and is also a hybrid. 
A. Forbesii is a fine species or variety, 
introduced from the Cape of Good Hope in 
1823, and bears a purple and white flower in 
July. 
A. Forbesii purpurea was introduced from 
the same place, and. the same year, and blooms 
purple, in July. 
A. formosissima, a species from North 
America, introduced 1758, blooming a dark 
red flower in July, but will force early. 
A. fflaucescens is a hybrid variety, raised in 
the year 1822, and flowers red in July. 
A. Iloodii is a fine scarlet hybrid, which 
was raised in 1822, and flowers in the month 
of August. 
A. ignescens, also a hybrid, raised in 1822, 
and blooms with a flame-coloured flower in 
June. 
A. imperialis ; a rich scarlet hybrid, raised 
in 1822, and flowers in August. 
A. Johnsoni, otherwise A spectabilis, is a 
hybrid, raised in 1810, blooms with striped 
flowers in May. 
A. macrantha, a hybrid variety, raised in 
the year 1822, and bearing a red flower in 
the month of August. 
Amaryllis "Belladonna. 
A. pudica, a species or variety imported 
from the Cape of Good Hope, in 1795, bear- 
ing a pink flower in June. 
A. pulchra, a hybrid variety, raised in 
1823, and blooming with a purple and white 
flower in June. 
A. vittata, a species or variety introduced 
from the Cape of Good Hope in the year 
1769, and blooming with a striped flower in 
the month of April. 
A. vittata major, a species or variety 
introduced from the Cape of Good Hope in 
1774, and blooming with a larger striped 
flower in June. 
Hundreds of hybrid varieties, which have 
not been honoured with names, and others 
which add to the most glorious confusion in 
which this tribe of plants seems doomed to 
luxuriate, might be added to the above ; but, 
as a flower, very few are unworthy of a place, 
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