THE AMARYLLIS 277 



A LOOK AHEAD 



It will be obvious from all this that the 

 colony of amaryllis plants, with its hybrids of 

 intricate lineage, involving not only many species, 

 but four genera, is a collection of plants of alto- 

 gether exceptional interest. 



From a mere horticultural standpoint, it is 

 considered by experts to be the best collection of 

 amaryllis in the world. Not only has this colony 

 the greatest diversity of forms but the most 

 extraordinary individual plants. 



Experts of both Europe and America who 

 have visited my grounds are agreed in pro- 

 nouncing these galaxies of amaryllis far superior 

 to any to be seen elsewhere, not only in size but 

 in rapid multiplication and general effectiveness. 



As with any plant colony that has been 

 brought to such a degree of variability, with 

 only relative fixation of many new combinations 

 of characters, there are possibilities of further 

 development that can only be realized in later 

 generations. The number of new combinations^ 

 that might be made among the complex hybrids 

 of different types is quite beyond computation. 

 But it may safely be predicted that some of 

 these combinations will produce results even 

 more striking than any hitherto attained. 



