This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V28", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
When I traveled in Florida last April, I learned that the people of the Suwanee region call this fine Amaryllis the "Suwanee Lily." It grows most luxuriantly on the banks of that far-famed river, and tourists are usually delighted to hear the pretty flowers called by that name. I am inclined to believe that many northern people only know this Zephyranthes by the name of "Suwanee Lily." I have seen two forms on the Suwanee - a white one and a rose colored one.
Frets tatt, Mo., Aug. 10th, 1886.
 
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