ALSTR(EMERIA. 
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water during the flowering season, and a moderate 
quantity throughout the year. The kinds that flower 
in summer, as Brunsvigia, Calostemma, and Jacobea 
lily, may be planted in the garden in any good sandy 
soil in spring, and taken up before frost. They should 
be kept dry during' winter, although if kept in pots 
the year round, they will occasionally flower twice 
in the year. 
Alstr(emeria is a tuberous rooted Plant, belong¬ 
ing to the genus Amaryllis; they should be grown in 
sandy loam and thoroughly decayed manure and leaf 
mould, about equal parts. Before they begin to grow, 
shake them out of the pots, and if it is desired to 
increase them, the roots may be divided and planted 
in pots proportioned to the size of their roots. They 
should be placed in a warm part of the greenhouse, 
and be kept a little moist, and as soon as the roots 
have filled the pots, they should be shifted into larger 
ones, (always using the same compost) and kept moist, 
and shaded from the sun and wind, as the leaves are 
tender and easily get broken, and during their fastest 
growth, which is in April or May, they will require a 
good deal of water, and they will soon thrust up strong 
flower stems, and flower finely. Many kinds will do 
turned out of the pots in a shady border of the garden 
in summer, as A. pulchella, hookeri, and psittacina. 
When they have done flowering and the tops die 
down, they should be taken up and potted, and kept 
dry till they begin to grow, which with some kinds, is 
about the end of November, and with others not till 
January or February. Persons having no greenhouse, 
may keep the pots containing them in a cellar till 
