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Some of the species of Hymenocallis are winter bloomers: these should be treated essentially like crinums, being rested or kept slow in the summer. They require a warm temperature. Of such are H. macrostephana, H. speciosa, H. caribaea. Other species require an intermediate or conservatory temperature, and bloom in spring or summer, resting in winter. Of such are H, calathina, H. harrisiana, H. macleana, H. rotata, H. littoralis. Some of these latter or intermediate-house species are hardy in the southern states, there blooming in spring, as H. lacera, H. galvestonensis, and others. The species of hymenocallis require no special treatment (see Bulb), except that the same bulbs may be flowered year after year if they receive good care. Use turfy or peaty soil that will not become "sour" or soggy. Propagation is by offsets from the bulbs. See Amaryllis, for the general handling of this class of bulbs.

Some of the species of Hymenocallis are winter bloomers: these should be treated essentially like crinums, being rested or kept slow in the summer. They require a warm temperature. Of such are H. macrostephana, H. speciosa, H. caribaea. Other species require an intermediate or conservatory temperature, and bloom in spring or summer, resting in winter. Of such are H, calathina, H. harrisiana, H. macleana, H. rotata, H. littoralis. Some of these latter or intermediate-house species are hardy in the southern states, there blooming in spring, as H. lacera, H. galvestonensis, and others. The species of hymenocallis require no special treatment (see Bulb), except that the same bulbs may be flowered year after year if they receive good care. Use turfy or peaty soil that will not become "sour" or soggy. Propagation is by offsets from the bulbs. See Amaryllis, for the general handling of this class of bulbs.

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Index.

angustifolia, 3.  

angustifolia, 3.  

undulata, 2.

undulata, 2.

The following names may be expected in the trade: H. adnata, Herb.=H. littoralis.—H. Amdreana, Nichols., is one of the Ismene group, and the only species with yellow fls. B.M. 1224. B.R. 600. Gn. 48, p. 168.—H. amana, Herb.=H. ovata (below).—H. Andreana, Nichols. An lsmene: fl. only 1, the cup nearly or quite as long as the segms. R.H. 1884. pp. 129, 468.—H. crassifalia. Herb. =H. occidentalis.—H. Ernalii, Worsley. Garden hybrid, H. Mortiziana being one of the parents.—H. fragrans, Salisb.=H. ovata (below).—H. Moritziana, Kunth. Evergreen, with lvs. like eucharis: fls. white, fragrant, with greenish tubes, very slender and twice as long as the segms., the cup very short and toothed. Venezuela. G.C. III. 27: 89.—H. occidlentalis, Kunth. Bulbs large: lvs. evergreen, thick, strap-shaped: fls. white, 3-6, the tube 3-4 in. long; cup much narrowed below. S. C. to Mo. and south.—H. ovata, Roem. Lya. broad and petioled: fla. 6-10, the tube about 2 in. long, the linear segms. little longer: cup 1 in. long. W. Indies. B.R. 43. B.M. 1467.—H. schizostephana, Worsley. Cup laciniate: fls.' white, 12-20 in an erect, crowded umbel, the filaments very short and winged at base. Probably Brazil. L. H. B.

The following names may be expected in the trade: H. adnata, Herb.=H. littoralis.—H. Amdreana, Nichols., is one of the Ismene group, and the only species with yellow fls.—H. amana, Herb.=H. ovata (below).—H. Andreana, Nichols. An lsmene: fl. only 1, the cup nearly or quite as long as the segms.—H. crassifalia. Herb. =H. occidentalis.—H. Ernalii, Worsley. Garden hybrid, H. Mortiziana being one of the parents.—H. fragrans, Salisb.=H. ovata (below).—H. Moritziana, Kunth. Evergreen, with lvs. like eucharis: fls. white, fragrant, with greenish tubes, very slender and twice as long as the segms., the cup very short and toothed. Venezuela.—H. occidlentalis, Kunth. Bulbs large: lvs. evergreen, thick, strap-shaped: fls. white, 3-6, the tube 3-4 in. long; cup much narrowed below. S. C. to Mo. and south.—H. ovata, Roem. Lya. broad and petioled: fla. 6-10, the tube about 2 in. long, the linear segms. little longer: cup 1 in. long. W. Indies.—H. schizostephana, Worsley. Cup laciniate: fls.' white, 12-20 in an erect, crowded umbel, the filaments very short and winged at base. Probably Brazil.

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