AMARYL'LIS BELLADON'NA. 
BELIADONNA LILY. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNI A» 
Natural Order. 
AMARYLLIDACEJ2, 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers 
Habit. 
Introduced 
VV. Indies. 
2 feet. 
July to Sep. 
Bulb. 
in 1712. 
No. 1223. 
Amaryllis, the name of a shepherdess in the works 
of the ancient fabulists, is derived from the Greek 
amarusso, signifying to be resplendent. 
Belladonna Lilies, according to Miller, were in- 
troduced to this country from Portugal ; and when 
well established, under favourable circumstances, in 
the open ground, they produce an effect that cannot 
be readily forgotten. Their fine bold stems, from 
two to three feet high, surmounted by umbels of six 
or eight flowers each, produce an impression on the 
mind never to be felt in the greenhouse. They have 
been brought, of late years, in considerable numbers 
to this country, but still are rarely met with where 
they ought to be seen in their splendour, — in the 
open flower garden. It is the want of knowledge in 
regard to their management, to which their absence 
from our borders must be attributed ; a matter the 
more to be regretted, from the little attention they 
demand, if that attention be judiciously directed. 
Where these Lilies can be planted on the out- 
side of the front wall of a greenhouse, or similar 
erection, possessing the advantage of a dry soil pro- 
duced by the warmth of the wall, they seem, after 
