Plate 97. 
AMARYLLIS UNIQUE. 
Amaryllis hybrida , varj 
The whole tribe of Amaryllids, including Hippeastrum, 
Nerine, Yallotta, Brunsvigia, etc., contains flowering bulbs of 
great beauty: some of them, as A. Belladonna , being perfectly 
hardy; others, as Yallotta purpurea (a charming and most 
easily-grown species), belonging to the greenhouse; while 
others, as the one now figured, although sometimes called Stove 
Amaryllids, succeed best, as we were informed by Mr. B. S. 
Williams, the raiser of Amaryllis Unique , in an intermediate 
house. They are very largely used in Paris for the decora¬ 
tion of houses in spring; when at Messrs. Truffauts’, of Ver¬ 
sailles, in October last, we saw large pits, containing several 
thousand bulbs, in as many as three hundred varieties. 
No one has, perhaps, been more successful in the treatment of 
Cape bulbs than Mr. Charles Leach, King’s Load, Clapliam; 
when visiting him during the present month, we saw some 
magnificent specimens of this tribe in the height of vigour. 
Brunsvigia Josephine?, which used to be considered an impos¬ 
sible plant, had immense leaves upon it, and promised well for 
bloom. This splendid species he flowers in the open air in 
summer, where it makes a most magnificent appearance; and 
he informed us that he had not given to any of this tribe so 
much heat as has been ordinarily adopted, only giving them 
a little when first showing flower, or leaf, and soon afterwards 
removing them to the greenhouse. The soil in which they 
best succeed is one composed of light sandy loam, leaf-mould, 
and rotted manure, in nearly equal quantities. 
Amaryllis Unique w T as exhibited by Mr. B. S. Williams, of 
Paradise Nursery, Seven Sisters Road, Hollow r ay, at the Hya¬ 
cinth and Camellia Show of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
# Described by the raiser as a seedling of A. Akermanni 'pulcherrima . 
