LUTHER BURBANK 



The flowers, like the plants themselves, may be 

 described as a balanced combination of the quali- 

 ties of the two parents. They are smaller than 

 the flowers of the amaryllis, and more tubular, 

 and in color they vary from the white of the male 

 parent to the deepest rosy crimson, light pink 

 being the most common color. The flowers of the 

 amaryllis vary from rosy pink to crimson. 



Although the hybrids bloom somewhat abun- 

 dantly, they never produce a seed. The hybrid 

 plants may of course be propagated indefinitely 

 from the bulbs, constituting thus a permanent vari- 

 ety. But they evidence the wide gap between their 

 parents in that they are sterile. 

 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 altogether 

 exceptional interest. 



From a mere horticultural standpoint, it is con- 

 sidered 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 pronouncing my 

 galaxies of amaryllis far superior to any to be 



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