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tained full maturity. The flowers may increase 

 in size for several successive seasons as the bulb 

 gains size and strength. 



Moreover, it is necessary to give the bulbs good 

 treatment rich soil, plenty of water and sunlight 

 in order to have them reveal their full possi- 

 bilities. In particular, Mr. Burbank points out 

 that a bulb that has been ill-treated in its first 

 season will never produce a large flower, even 

 though it have the hereditary factors for large 

 blooming. 



The amount of patient work required to secure 

 just the right combinations will be appreciated 

 when it is said that Mr. Burbank experimented 

 for about fourteen years before obtaining varie- 

 ties of amaryllis that seemed worthy of intro- 

 duction. 



I had an illustration of the precocity of some 

 of these plants when an amaryllis bulb brought 

 from Santa Rosa and potted indoors in New York 

 in the month of April sent up a flower stalk and 

 put forth the first of a series of beautiful blos- 

 soms in the extraordinary short space of eight 

 days. 



ENORMOUS BULBS OF HYBEID CRINUM AND 

 AMAEYLLIS 



Mr. Burbank has crossed the true amaryllis 

 with plants of the genus Crinum with spectacular 

 results. 



Some of the hybrids have enormous bulbs, 

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