. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. 461 aa cultivated in gardena ia that it haa not generallyflowered freely, Bat in the hands of those whostudy the requirements of the species of Amaryllida,which are natives of hot, sandy plains, a reaaonableamount of success is attained, and especially invery warm, dry summers. The plant makes anoble show, with ita tall, atont ecapea crowned withbright red flowers. The chief points to be observedin the culture of Bninavigias ia to withhold waterearly in the season, and when the leavea begin to one fo
. The Gardeners' Chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. 461 aa cultivated in gardena ia that it haa not generallyflowered freely, Bat in the hands of those whostudy the requirements of the species of Amaryllida,which are natives of hot, sandy plains, a reaaonableamount of success is attained, and especially invery warm, dry summers. The plant makes anoble show, with ita tall, atont ecapea crowned withbright red flowers. The chief points to be observedin the culture of Bninavigias ia to withhold waterearly in the season, and when the leavea begin to one for Brnnavigia, for we have aeen the apecies nndernotice in flower at Kew and several other places. Oneof the beat examples was that exhibited by Mr. 1 (. , gardener to Earl Bhownlow, Ashbridgj Park,at the Rjyal Horticultural Siciety on August 13this year, and which waa much admired, and fromwhich our illustration (fig. 81) waa taken (see Gar-deners Chronicle, August 17, p. 191). It ia a veryold inhabitant of gardena, and it ia recordedthat the first bulb to flower waa purohased by the. FlQ. 81. — BBDf6VIGIA : FLOWEB8 DEEP BED. (SBE P. 460.) wither, to place the bulbs in a sunny situation,either in full sunshine out-of-doors or in aframe or greenhouse, to be thoroughly dried andkept in a dry state till the flower - spikeaappear, which will take place in advance ofthe leaves if the plant ia going to if the leavea appear and get well advanced, andno flower-spike appears, it is reasonable to concludethat the bnlb will not flower that season; and theplant should be liberally watered and grown-onuntil the leaves again wither, when, if kept dry, aabefore-mentioned, it will, in all probability, rewardthe cultivator with ita gorgeom display of present season aeema to have been a favourable Empress Josephine in Holland, and on Its floweringin the garden of Malmaison, it was named in honourof her. Lindens Orchid Sale at Stevens Rooms. —On Thursday,
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