Plate 109 . 
AMARYLLIS VITTATA — HARRISONEE. 
Few plants attracted more attention at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
held on February 19th, than the subject of the accompanying plate. The perfect form of 
this Amaryllis, its beautiful colouration and profuse blooming qualities, fit it for a foremost 
place in the collection of every lover of Amaryllids. The variet} 1 ' here figured differs from 
the typical A. vittata in its longer, more tubular, and less expanded flowers, which in the 
specimens exhibited were striped on each petal with two regular longitudinal bands of deep 
rich crimson on a ground of clear white. The trumpet-shaped flowers are from four to five 
inches in length, and they are produced in clusters of from five to seven on a stem. 
This plant is a recent re-introduction from Lima, and the specimens displayed at 
Kensington came from the rich collection of Mr. William Bull. The species was originally 
collected at Lima, as far back as 1824, and was sent to this country, with many other 
remarkable plants from the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro, by Mr. William Harrison, after 
which gentleman our plant has received its specific name. Of other species of Amaryllis in 
Mr. Bull’s named collection (more than thirty in number), we may specially call attention to 
A. ignescens and A. pyrrochroa, the former a fine stove bulb from New Grenada, producing 
umbels of flowers from between sessile lanceolate bracts. The flowers expand to a breadth 
of five inches, and are of a light fiery orange-red colour, stained at the base with pale green ; 
the latter is a notably distinct and handsome Brazilian bulb of dwarf stature, bearing orange, 
red, or flame-coloured flowers. 
Plate 110. 
NEW BOUVARDIAS. 
The two fine varieties of Bouvardia here figured are true hybrids raised from seed by 
Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, of St. John’s Wood, and must be numbered amongst the 
finest varieties ever produced. B. jasminoides longipetala is a hybrid between B. jasminoides 
and B. Bavisoni, with deliciously fragrant snow-white flowers twice the size of the latter, and 
half as large again as the former. It is readily recognised by its free, vigorous growth, its 
dark-green well-expanded leaves, and compact racemes of large pure white flowers. The closer 
and more erect flower truss resembles more in outline the Catalonian Jasmine than Bouvar- 
dias in general. B. Humboldti corgmbijlora is a remarkable instance of the possible improve- 
ment of a species which in its original condition of bloom is comparatively worthless for pot 
culture, but which in the above hybrid variety assumes a habit of the greatest interest and 
beauty, forming a most valuable plant for the ladies’ boudoir, drawing-room, or conservatory, 
and, like the last, an elegant flower for evening dress bouquets. The individual blossoms 
of this plant are the largest hitherto known in the entire group, being four sizes larger than 
the well-known B. jasminiflora, with a flower-tube three inches in length, and the ray-lobes 
one and a half inches in width, in colour snow-white, and exquisitely fragrant. To estimate 
aright the value of this plant, it is requisite to state that B. Humboldti produces in its 
original growth but one solitary flower on each branch, whilst in this variety they are from 
ten to fourteen. The present varieties, which produce their blossoms at a season when 
flowers are most sought after and valuable, are clearly the greatest acquisitions yet made 
in this charming tribe of plants. 
