THE AMARYLLIS AND THE POPPY 



must be given to its care and cultivation, but 

 by the use of the first flowering seedlings in 

 crossing, the duration of life from seed to seed 

 is cut in two, so that after two or three years 

 new crossings will be ready for him to pass 

 judgment upon them. Almost all of the long 

 California summer we may now have the 

 amaryllis in flower. The flowers reach a diam- 

 eter of twenty to twenty -five centimeters in 

 different varieties, with flower leaves over- 

 lapping one another with their broad edges. 

 The colors and figures compare with the best 

 European kinds, while a strong -built plant, an 

 easy handling and rapid multiplication make 

 it a very desirable garden plant. It is the aim 

 to make it one of the most common plants 

 which will find its place in parks and at sum- 

 mer resorts, in city gardens and around the 

 farmer's dwelling. 



" Endeavors to cross the amaryllis with the 

 related Crinums are started, and from what I 

 saw of them, the first trials were crowned with 

 success. The Crinum Americanum is a wild 

 plant from the Florida swamps which proved 

 its fitness for crossing. At the same time a 

 number of other species were raised for the 



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