THE AMARYLLIS. 
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few carefully, to give the others room, and 
prick out those so removed, that they may 
have a chance of living. Those who are nice 
in such matters, and can depend on their seeds, 
place them, in the first instance, an inch apart 
all over the surface ; so that they have the 
same room after coming up as if they were 
pricked out, and they grow all the better for 
not being disturbed. When the foliage has 
died down, they must have no water; and, as 
soon as the stuff they are in has perfectly 
dried, the young bulbs may be carefully taken 
out, to be replanted in other pans, and fresh 
. compost, about two inches apart, or three or 
Hipp centrum, or Amaryllis Bulbulosum. 
four in a pot; so that they may have the 
advantage of the next season's growth in plenty 
of room. Here they will swell into a size that 
can be handled well; and, being kept moist all 
the while they are growing, they will, until 
the tips of their leaves begin to look yellow, 
continue to increase in their size. From the 
time, however, that the leaf indicates decay, 
they must have no more water, and must be 
allowed to die down, and the soil to perfectly 
dry. They may then be put out into pots of 
large sixty or small forty-eight size, and one 
only in a pot. They require now the same 
treatment as the full-sized plants, until they 
bloom. The great object will be to throw 
away, or give away, all those of an indefinite 
colour, — all that are very deep or very narrow 
in their divisions ; for it is useless to save any- 
thing worse than we have already. There 
may be some doubt occasionally, as to whether 
the seeds are of the green-house varieties or 
the stove. It may be remembered, however, 
that the green-house, and even the hardy 
varieties, will grow in the stove, although the 
stove kinds will not do well in a green-house. 
The Amaryllis forces as well as any flower we 
have. They must not, however, be put sud- 
denly from a low to a high temperature. They 
should be placed first in the coolest part of the 
stove, and then after a while removed to the 
warmer. The Amaryllis formosissima may 
be brought forward, in the best condition, in 
a common hot-bed of dung. The roots may 
be had at any nursery, potted, as we have 
directed, one in a forty-eight-sized pot, and 
placed in a common cucumber or melon frame. 
They will produce their rich crimson blooms, 
in perfection, in a short time, and the same 
may be said of many other varieties; but the 
one in question is a sort of stock variety, ap- 
proved by every body, and making a rich 
appearance among spring-forced flowers. 
The stove varieties of the Amaryllis are 
numerous — more so than all others together; 
and, although many of the following are 
strikingly beautiful, there are many far supe- 
rior that have been raised in private establish- 
ments, and not let out ; therefore, to a majority 
of plant-growers wholly unknown : — 
Amaryllis amcena, hybrid, red, blooming 
June, raised 1821. 
A. atrorubens, hybrid, dark red, blooming 
August, raised 1821. 
A. augusta, hybrid, scarlet, blooming De- 
cember, raised 1822. 
A. aulica platypetala, orange, blooming 
August, from Brazil, 1824. 
A. campanulata, hybrid, purple and scarlet, 
blooming August, raised 1822. 
A. canalicidata, hybrid, scarlet, blooming 
August, raised 1822. 
A. coccinea, hybrid, scarlet, blooming Au- 
gust, raised 1821. 
A. compacta, hybrid, red, blooming August, 
raised 1821. 
A. consanguinea, hybrid, orange, blooming 
August, raised 1821. 
A. costata, hybrid, striped, blooming Au- 
gust, raised 1821. 
A. crocata, vermilion, blooming April, 
imported from Brazil 1815. 
A. crocata regina, hybrid, scarlet, blooming 
May, raised 1810. 
A. decora, hybrid, striped, blooming July, 
raised 1821. 
A. discolor, hybrid, striped, blooming Au- 
gust, raised 1821. 
A. equestris, scarlet, blooming August, im- 
ported from West Indies 1710. 
A. equestris major, scarlet, blooming August, 
imported from West Indies 1710. 
A. equestris plena, scarlet, blooming August, 
imported from West Indies 1809. 
A. expansa, hybrid, dark red, blooming 
August, raised 1821. 
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