April 14, 1900. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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and offered to buy the plant on the spot. The 
woman (she was a sailor’s wife) demurred, the plant 
having been purposely brought from a foreign part 
to her by her faithful Jack, at this time once again on 
a voyage. But persistence and an offer of all he had 
in his pocket (about £8), at last won over the 
woman’s trust, and she parted with that bell- 
AMARYLLIS AT CHELSEA. 
The Amaryllis house in the nursery of Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, is now gay, and will 
be for some time to come. The plants are about 
three weeks later than usual, but that is only in ac¬ 
cordance with the season. Everything is late both 
out of doors and under glass. In the latter case, 
dwarf, and the foliage vigorous and good. The chief 
display is in the central bed, where the oldest 
bulbs to the number of 1,066 are plunged in the 
cocoanut fibre. The benches round the sides of the 
house are occupied with the younger bulbs, some of 
which are strong enough to throw up their first 
flower spike. On one side of the house 910 are 
Good Modern Type of Amaryllis. 
flowered plant. Mr. Lee went home, propagated 
this new subject of wonder and admiration, sold the 
young plants at £3 apiece, gave the woman a nice 
specimen to prove to her returning wanderer that 
she had still his presentation plant or " love-darg,” 
and had looked after it to advantage ; and so the 
story closes. 
truly, extra heat can be applied by means of the hot 
water pipes, but artificial heat can never make up 
for the absence of sunheat and sunlight in the culti¬ 
vation of plants. Sunlight is necessary to build up 
healthy tissue while growth is advancing. The 
Amaryllis at Chelsea have not been forced, however, 
so that, although growth is late, the flower scapes are 
plunged in fibre; while on the opposite side are 
1,250 pots of bulbs. Last week when we inspected 
the house a large number of flowers were still in 
bud, while the latest were only pushing up from the 
bulbs, so that the display will continue for some 
time to come. The present is the best time to in¬ 
spect them, for everything is young, healthy, bright 
in colour, and highly attractive. 
