AMARYLLIS (from Amaryllis, the name of a countrywoman mentioned by Theocritus and Virgil). ORD. Amaryllideae. Half-hardy or hardy, deciduous, bulbous plants. Flowers large, sweet-scented, pedicelled; spathe two-leaved; umbels few-flowered; perianth with a very short tube, funnel-shaped, six-parted, sub-regular or irregular; segments many-nerved, broad, undulate, spreading somewhat at the apices; stamens at the summit of the tube, unequal, declined; anthers fixed by the middle, incumbent, curved into a circular arch after bursting; style declined; stigma thickened, sub-three-lobed; scape tall, solid, compressed. Capsule obovate; seeds globose, fleshy. Leaves appearing at a different season from the scapes, numerous, strap-shaped. The following genera are sometimes arranged hereunder, but in this work are treated separately; Brunsvigia, Crinum, Hippeastrum, Nerine, Sprekelia, Sternbergia, Vallota, Zephyranthes. Warm, dry, and well-drained positions in front of hot-houses, or at the base of south or south-west walls, are the most suitable sites for AMARYLLIS Belladonna and its varieties. The soil should be composed of good, fibrous loam, leaf mould, and sand, in equal parts. Insert the bulbs 6in. to 8in. deep, and surround with sand, after which they may be covered with the compost, which should be pressed firmly about them; they should not be again distubed for years, when they will ultimately establish themselves, and produce grand masses of blossom. The best time to plant a fresh stock is June or July, when they commence root-action, before the flower-stems are sent up. In their growing season, and in dry weather,an occasional soaking of clear water, or liquid manure, will be greatly beneficial. The extremely ornamental plants now largely grown, and frequently classed as Amaryllis in nurserymen's catalogues, belong to the genus Hippeastrum. For pot-culture of the Belladonna Lily, see Hippeastrum. AMARYLLIS Belladonna.* Belladonna Lily. This splendid species is very variable, both in the size and colour of the flowers, frequently producing variously-shaded flowers, from almost white ot a reddish or purplish hue. Autumn. West Indies, 1712. The leaves and flowers are not produced together. In Fig. 76 they are both shown in the same illustration for economy of space. AMARYLLIS B. pallida (pale).* A pale-coloured variety. h. 2ft.