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stem. One has a yellow bloom. The other, which is better known, is 

 Allium Neapolitanum, an early flowering bulb. The white flowers are 

 produced in large umbels about fifteen to eighteen inches high. Very 

 little care is required in its cultivation. 



Amaryllis. Amaryllids are in two classes, which may be popularly 

 distinguished from the fact that one, the common "belladonna lily," 

 sends up a flower stem after the foliage has disappeared, or it may be 

 said to bloom before the foliage appears the former being probably 

 the more correct statement, for the bloom must be the work of the 

 preceding and not the following foliage-effort. The bloom appears in 

 midsummer and is gorgeous, in its rose-pink profusion of lily-like 

 flowers on a stout, dark stem which has force enough to uplift hard, 

 dry ground, but should not be required to do so, for the soil should 

 be kept reasonably moist after the foliage dries and disappears in June. 

 Generally in the month of September, and after the flowers wilt and 

 decay, the bulb begins its growth, and grows through the winter and 

 spring months. If it is desired to move and divide the bulbs it should 

 be done in September and October. Immediately after the flowers 

 wilt, 'and before any growth starts, take them up, divide and replant 

 and they will go ahead and grow their foliage and form a dormant 

 flower bud for the following summer, and when the time comes, they 

 will bloom as though nothing had happened. They cannot be moved 

 at any other time of the year without postponing the bloom until they 

 re-establish themselves. They will be satisfactory for years without 

 disturbance. 



Some amaryllids are evergreen and do not lose their foliage as 

 above described, but the best time to move them is after the flower has 

 recently disappeared. Mr. Burbank has produced most wonderful 

 hybrids suitable for open-air growth in California. They are immense 

 in size and fairly startling in brilliance of colors and uniqueness of 

 markings. 



Amaryllis bulbs are large and should not be planted as deeply as 

 the rule, previously given, would prescribe. They should have the stem 

 end but an inch or two below the surface, usually. 



Anemones. There are two groups of anemones: one low, wholly 

 herbaceous, growing and blooming during the California winter and 

 spring and classed as spring-flowering bulbs. The other anemones 

 are of taller growth, making more woody stems and classed with fall 

 bloomers. These two classes taken together constitute one of our 

 most attractive complementary groups of flowers included in a single 

 genus. 



The spring flowering anemones form small bulbs with peculiar 

 pointed extensions which should be placed downward soaking the 

 bulbs in water before planting. The bulbs should be but lightly 

 covered and can be set six or eight inches apart. The varieties include 



