The growing of amaryllis from seed is a very interesting and profitable branoh of floriculture. Save seeds from the best varieties and sow them as soon as ripe, in pots, pans or shallow boxes filled with very light sandy soil, mixed with very fine, well-rotted manure. As soon as the plants have made three leaves, prick them out into thumb-pots, filled with a little heavier soil - a good lively loam - and grow them in a moderate temperature, shifting them into pots a size larger as required. They will, when well-grown, flower the second year. We have just seen a magnificent plant in flower, the seed of which was sown but two years ago, a cross between Bayard and Mon. Souchet. This seedling is in possession of Julius Scharff, of Floral Park, L. I., who not only grew it, but also cross-fertilized the parents. The flower is of good shape and intensely crimson in color, with slight traces of green, which shows the aulica blood. The amaryllis will rarely, if ever, produce seeds unless it is artifically fertilized, and if cross-fertilization can be effected the results will be more pleasing.