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AMARYLLIS PARDINA. 
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If nice little compact plants in 48-sized pots are required for placing in 
baskets or stands in tlie conservatory or drawing-room, they will only 
require one shift after they are rooted. A sufficient quantity of plants 
should always he provided, so as to he able to change them once a-week if 
they are wanted for places where much light and air cannot get to them ; 
and as the plants are brought out they should be placed on shelves as near 
the glass as possible, where they will soon regain any colour they may have 
lost, and will be as bright as ever in a few days afterwards. One of the 
principal points to be seen to, is to have the jdants well established in their 
pots before using them for this purpose. This is more especially necessary 
in the case of plants intended for winter decoration ; these it is necessary 
to keep so that they will retain their beauty for a considerable time. We 
do not want them to grow during this period, but to preserve them in 
health and beauty during the time they may be wanted for decorative 
purposes. Cuttings for the winter supply of plants should be struck in 
June, and be fully exposed to the sun in the open air all through the summer 
months. They may be treated just the same as recommended for the 
summer plants, with regard to repotting, stopping, watering, &c. 
The following is a list of varieties suitable for bedding or pot culture :— 
Varieties suitable for Conservatory Decoration or Pot Culture: —Countess of Kellie, 
Firebrand, Iventisli Hero, Mrs. Frampton, Kefulgens, Rev. W. F. Radclyffe, Venus, Model, 
Her Majesty, Perilla, Compactum, Beauty of Calderdale. 
Varieties suitable for Bedding out or Conservatory Decoration : —Her Majesty, Beauty 
of Calderdale, A. H. Wills, Beauty of Ribbledale, Admiration, Peeress, Fascination, Painted 
Lady, Princess Alice, Countess of Kellie, Kentish Hero, Rosalind, Sultan. 
Chelsea . J. Wills, F.R.H.S. 
AMARYLLIS PARDINA. 
« HE illustrations that have appeared of this beautiful Amaryllid by no 
means set forth the best traits of its character. By far the best 
f representations we have of it are those in the Florist and the 
Botanical Magazine; the variety which appeared in the Floral Maga¬ 
zine is a mere weed both in point of form and colouring. In addition 
to the beautiful form represented in the best of the illustrations above re¬ 
ferred to, a variety has flowered at Meadowbank which, instead of having 
a greenish tint in the ground colour, is creamy white, and, moreover, the 
centre of each of the segments is adorned with glowing lines of carmine, 
interspersed with crimson, spotted regularly over the surface. The base of 
the perianth is of a greenish tint, which rapidly shades off into cream, and 
the flower measures fully 8 inches across. 
This is by far the best acquisition in its way that has ever been intro¬ 
duced, standing prominently out among some of the finest cross-bred 
sorts in cultivation. It is a free pollen-bearer, and no doubt all inter¬ 
ested in improving the race will be busy emasculating favourite sorts, and 
