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H. Johnsoni (Johnson’s Hybrid).—This is one 
of the very earliest hybrids, a cross between H. reging and 
H. vittatum, and is still a popular variety ; it is one of the 
most robust and showy, and a wonderful bloomer. 
Flowers dull crimson, with a white stripe down the cen- 
ter of each petal. A good bulb will frequently throw 
up four spikes of flowers. It is popularly known as the 
Johnsoni Lily. : 
H. Johnsoni var. grandiflora.—This has larger 
flowers, with broader white stripes. 
Autumn Beauty.—A delicate rose color, retic- 
ulated with rosy-pink, the leaves being striped with 
white, like those of H. reticulatum. 
H. miniatum.—A native of Chili; flowers bright 
scarlet. 
Mrs. Garfield.—This is ore of the most beautiful 
of the hybrid forms; a cross between H. reticulatum and 
Defiance, retaining the variegated leaf of H. reticulatum, 
much lengthened and widened. The flower scape rises 
to about two feet, producing from four to five flowers 
six inches in diameter, of a rosy pink color, with a white 
stripe in the center of each petal. 
H. pardinum (Leopard-spotted). — Rich creamy 
yellow, profusely dotted with crimson; the whole flower 
almost fully expanding, so as to leave little or no throat, 
thus revealing the whole of its beauty; the spots have a 
peculiarly rich effect on the cream-colored ground. 
H. pratense (Meadow).—Flowers brightest scarlet, 
sometimes feathered with yellow at the base. 
H. psittacinum (Parrot Amaryllis).—A specfes 
with green and scarlet flowers; it is unique and beauti- 
ful, and has been the parent of many seedlings. 
H. pyrrochroum (Flame-colored).—Flowers deep 
red, of good size, four or five on a scape; throat shading 
to a greenish yellow. 
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