Haemanthus Blossoms 



The Heamanthus or blood lily is a South African bulbous 

 plant, of which there are many species, belonging to the same 

 family with the amaryllis. It will be seen that the flowers of this 

 particular species are very attractive in themselves; but their 

 chief value in Mr. Burbank's eyes is their possible avail- 

 ability for hybridizing experiments with some of 

 their relatives. We shall see that Mr. Bur- 

 bank has made very notable experi- 

 ments in hybridizing members 

 of this family. 



