A M A R 
22. Amaryllis tubiflora: fpathe one-flowered two- 
leaved, corolla funnel-fbaped, with a very long tube. 
This fpecies is found in Peru. 
23. Amaryllis fpiralis : fpathe two-leaved, few-flower¬ 
ed, peduncles filiform, very long, leaves fubulate. Dif- 
covered byBruguiere, in fandy grounds near the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
24. Amaryllis maculata: fpathe one-flowered, two¬ 
leaved linear, flower peduncled, ftamens and ftyle bent 
-down. Found in Chili, by Dombey. 
25. Amaryllis chilenlis: fpathe one or two-flowered, 
one or two leaved, lanceolate, flowers peduncled, leaves 
linear. This has flowers of a purple colour. Found alfo 
in Chili, by Dombey. 
26. Amaryllis clavata: fpathe one-flowered, two-leaved, 
fubulate, corolla club-fhaped. This fpecies is a native of 
the fouthern part of Africa. 
27. Amaryllis zeylanica, or Ceylon lily : fpathe many- 
flowered, corollas reclining, tube filiform, very long, 
fegrnents uncinate. 28. Amaryllis latifolia : fpathe many- 
flowered, flowers pedicelled, fomewhat reclining, tubu¬ 
lar at the bafe ; leaves oblong-'lanceolute. Natives of the 
Eaft Indies. 
29. Amaryllis cinnamomea: fpathe many-flowered, co¬ 
rollas fubhexapetalous lanceolate waved, ftamens and pif- 
til erefft, fliorter than th.e corolla. Found at the Cape of 
Good Hope, by Bruguiere. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants are of the lilia¬ 
ceous or bulbous tribe ; mod of them have flowers of lin¬ 
gular beauty, highly deferving the care and attention of 
the curious botanift and fiorift. The yellow autumnal 
.amaryllis is very hardy, and increafes fall by offsets. The 
feafon for tranfplanting thefe roots is any time from May 
to the end of July, when their leaves are decayed, after 
which it will be too late to remove them ; for they will 
■begin to pulh out new fibres by the middle of Auguft, or 
fooner if the feafon be moift, and many times they flower 
the beginning of September ; fo that, if they are tranf- 
planted, it will fpoil their flowering. This plant will grow 
in any foil or fituation ; but it will thrive heft in a frefh, 
light, dry, foil, and in an open fituation ; not under the 
dripping of trees, nor too near walls. It is commonly 
called by the gardeners, the yellow autumnal narcllTus, 
&c. and is ufually fold by them, with colchicums, for au¬ 
tumnal ornaments to gardens ; for which purpofe this is a 
pretty plant, as it will frequently keep flowering from the 
beginning of September to the middle of November, pro¬ 
vided the froft is not fo fevere as to deftrcy the flowers ; 
for, although there is but one flower in each cover, yet 
there is a fuccefiion of flowers from the fame root, efpe- 
cially when they are fuffered to remain three or four years 
unremoved. The jacobaea lily is now become pretty com¬ 
mon in the curious gardens in England, the roots fending 
forth plenty of offsets, efpecially when they are kept in 
.-a moderate warmth in winter: for the roots of this kind 
will live in a good green-houfe, or may be preferved 
through the winter under a common hot-bed frame ; but 
then they will not flower fo often, nor fend out fo many 
offsets, as when they are placed in a moderate Hove in 
winter. This will produce its flowers two or three times 
in a year, and is not regular to any feafon p but from 
March to the beginning of September the flowers will be 
-produced when the roots are in vigour. It is propagated 
by offsets, which may be taken off every year; the beft 
time to Ihift and part thefe roots is in Auguft, that they 
may take good root before winter; in doing this, there 
fhould be care taken not to break off the fibres from their 
roots. They fhould be planted in pots of a middling fize ; 
and, if they are kept in a moderate degree of warmth, they 
will produce their flowers in plenty, and the roots will 
make great increafe.. 
The Mexican lily, being not fo hardy as the foregoing 
•or the Belladonna lily, nnift be placed in a warm ftove ; 
.and, if the pots are plunged into a hot-bed of tanner’s 
ifoaik, the roots .will thrive better, .and the flowers will be 
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ftrong. It is increafed by offsets, as the others, and flow¬ 
ers ufually the beginning of Ipring, when it makes a fine 
appearance in the ftove. 
The method in which Mr. Miller cultivated the Bella¬ 
donna lily with great fuccefs, we fit a 11 give in his own 
words : “ I prepared a border clofe to a wall which had a 
fou th-weft afpedt, of about (ix feet wide, in the following 
manner, viz. I removed all the earth to the depth of three 
feet, then I put feme very rotten dung in the bottom, fix 
inches thick, upon which I laid light garden mould about 
twenty inches deep ; after making this level, I placed the 
roots at fix inches diftance every way, and then covered 
them over with light fandy earth, to tire height of the bor¬ 
der, whereby the upper part of the roots were five or fix 
inches buried; and in the winter I covered tire border all 
over with rotten tanner’s bark, three inches deep, to pre¬ 
vent the froft from penetrating the ground ; and, when 
the froft was very fevere, I laid fome mats or ftraw over 
the leaves to protect them from being killed. With this 
management the roots have greatly increafed, and have 
conftantly flowered every year; fome'of them have put 
out two or three items, which grew near three feet high, 
and produced many flowers in each umbel, which have 
made a fine appearance during the month of Oitober. The 
green leaves come up foon after, and abide all the winter 
and fpring until June, at which time they decay; foon 
after which the roots fhould be tranfplanted, for, if they 
are let ftand till July, they will have fent forth new fibres, 
when it will greatly injure the roots, if they are difturbed. 
If fome of thefe roots are planted in a warm border, clofe 
to a fouth -wall, and on a dry foil, they will thrive very 
well, efpecially if they are covered in fevere froft ; and 
thefe roots will flower much ftronger than thole which 
are kept in pots, and will multiply fafter.” 
The Guerniey lily is fuppofed to come originally from 
Japan, but has been many years cultivated in the gardens 
of Guernfey and Jerfey; in both which places it feems 
to thrive as well as if it was their native country; and 
from thofe iftands their roots are fent annually to the cu¬ 
rious in moft parts of Europe. The bulbs are generally 
brought over in June and July ; but, the foor.er they are 
taken out of the ground after their leaves decay, the bet-, 
ter they are : for, although the roots which are taken up 
when their flovver-ftems begin to appear will flower, yet 
their flowers will not be fo large, nor will their roots be 
near fo good after, as thofe which were removed before 
they had fent out frefh fibres. When thefe roots come 
over, they fhould be planted in pots filled with fr.eih. light, 
fandy, earth, mixed with a little very rotten dung, and 
placed in a warm fituation, obferving now and then to re- 
frefh the earth with water : but by no means let them 
have tpo much wet, which would rot their roots, efpe¬ 
cially before they come up. About the middle of Sep¬ 
tember, fuch nf the roots as are ftrong enough to flower 
will begin to fnew the bud of their flower-ftem, which is 
commonly of a red colour; therefore you fhould remove 
thefe pots into a fituation where they may have the full 
benefit of the fun, and may be fheltered from'ftrong winds : 
but by no means place them too near a wall, nor under 
glaffes, which would draw them up weak, and render 
them lefs beautiful. At this feafon they fhould be gently 
refrefhed with water, if the weather be warm and dry ; 
but, if it ftiould prove very wet, they fhould be fereened 
from it. When the flowers begin to open, the pots fhould 
be removed under ihelter, to prevent the flowers from 
being injured by too much wet: but they muft not be 
kept too clofe, nor placed in a fituation too warm, which 
would occafion their Colour to be lefs lively, and haften 
their decay. The flowers of this plant will continue in 
beauty, if rightly managed, a full month ; and, though 
they have no feent, yet, for the richnefs of their colour, 
they are juftly efteemed in the firft rank of the flowery 
tribe,. After the flowers are decayed, the leaves will be¬ 
gin to ftioot forth in length, and, if ftiejtered from fevere 
.cold, will continue growing jail the winter; b.ut they muft 
have 
