on the 19th March, when it was awarded a first-class certificate 
by the Floral Sub-Committee, for its general merits. It will be 
seen at once to be a very handsome variety of extra fine form, 
the petals being very broad, and preventing it from having 
that ragged and open appearance that those exhibited gene¬ 
rally have. The colour is a deep, brilliant scarlet, the centre 
of the petals being shaded with black, and the throat having 
white markings. Altogether it is a very lovely variety, and 
well deserving the award which it received. 
We have been favoured by Mr. Williams with the following 
notes :—“ The evergreen sections require to be kept continually 
growing, and regularly watering throughout the season, namely, 
Amaryllis aulica , Amaryllis sujperha , longifolia, and reticulata; 
the rest, I believe, are better for a season of rest. First, I sup¬ 
pose to start by having good dry bulbs fit for flowering: they 
should be placed in a nice light part of the house, and gra¬ 
dually begin with water, say, a little every two or three days, 
until the leaf and flower begin to appear; after that the water 
should increase with the growth of the plant; but as soon as 
the spike is about six inches long water should be given very 
liberally, as the perfection of the dower entirely depends upon 
that. After the plants have done flowering they should be 
re-potted (if required) and have a more moist heat, to mature 
the bulbs for another season. After that, allow them to gra¬ 
dually go off to rest by withholding water from them. I had 
almost forgotten to mention that after the bulbs are dried off 
they should be placed in some dry back part of a cool house— 
under the stage, or any similar place will do—until required 
for starting again. The soil I use for growing them is two 
parts of Epping loam, one ditto leaf-mould, one ditto rotten 
manure, with a good sprinkling of sand. In potting, the soil 
should be pressed firmly in the pots, leaving the bulb about 
half covered.” 
