. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 56 AMARANTUS AMARYLLIS retroflixus, Linn., A. chlordstachys, Willd., A. dlbus, Linn., A. ilitoldes, Wats., A. spindsus, Linn. The two first are known as pigweeds and beet-roots; the third is a common tumbleweed. L H. 76. Amarantus Gangeticus (X /4). AMAB'^LLIS (classical name). Amaiylliddcew. Bulbous plants
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 56 AMARANTUS AMARYLLIS retroflixus, Linn., A. chlordstachys, Willd., A. dlbus, Linn., A. ilitoldes, Wats., A. spindsus, Linn. The two first are known as pigweeds and beet-roots; the third is a common tumbleweed. L H. 76. Amarantus Gangeticus (X /4). AMAB'^LLIS (classical name). Amaiylliddcew. Bulbous plants from Cape of Good Hope, flowering in late summer or in fall, the Ivs. appearing later. Perianth with a short ribbed tube, the divisions oblong or lanceo- late, the filaments distinct and no scales between them, fls. 5-12, in an umbel, on a tall scape. Monogr. by Her- bert, AmaryllidacesB, 1837 ; and by Baker, Handbook of the Amaryllidese. In dealing with the culture of Amaryllis, it is cus- tomary to speak of the genus in its horticultural sense, —to include Hippeastrum and related things. Such is the understanding in the following cultural directions. There are two widely differing methods of cultivating the Amaryllis to produce showy flowers in the spring months,— the border method and the pot method. Any one trying both of these methods will soon come to the conclusion that they differ not only in method, but in flower-producing results. The first method is to plant the bulbs out in a prepared border after they are done flowering, say about the middle of May. The border selected should have perfect drainage, and, if convenient, be situated on the south side of a house or wall, fully exposed to the sun during the greater part of the day. The bulbs are set out in rows, necessarily with as little disturbance of the roots as possible, because if they are bulbs which have undergone similar treat- ment the previous year, by the middle of May they have made a considerable numb
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