May 19, 1897.] 



Garden and Forest. 



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lined and penciled with crimson ; segments broad and well 

 formed and Mowers well opened, very symmetrical and large ; 

 scapes about three feet high, contemporary with the leaves ; 

 each stem bears four delicately fragrant flowers. Noble par 

 Merite, white ground, slightly veined and striated with red ; 

 flowers large, of good form and substance, slightly fragrant ; 

 stems thirty inches high, each carrying four flowers. Jeanne 

 d'Arc, white, lined profusely with red, greenish in the tube; 

 very floriferous and a strong-growing hybrid. These hybrids 

 compare well with the others now in flower with me. They 

 are vigorous growers and easily managed. The scapes are 

 usually three feet high. The form of the flowers, the narrow- 



belong to the less beautiful, narrow-petaled Hippeastrum vit- 

 tatum strain, but Mr. Pfister has lately grown a large number 

 of the vigorous kinds, using for this purpose some of the best 

 forms raised by Messrs. Veitch and Mr. B. S. Williams. From 

 the good hybrid Dr. Masters, fertilized with the pollen of the 

 best forms of H. pardinum, Mr. Pfister has raised a large 

 number of seedlings. Three of the finest he named Ruth, 

 Esther and Marion. They are of symmetrical form, their 

 ground-color is light, and they are profusely spotted and 

 clouded with different shades of red. Like Dr. Masters, they 

 flower when quite small. He also succeeded in raising a deep 

 rosy flowered hybrid with only a few traces of greenish toning 





Fig. 24. — New growth, one year old, on Pinus rigida, after the destruction of all green leaves by fire.- See page 192. 



channeled leaves and color of the bulbs show that Mr. Krelage 

 has had a way of his own in producing these grand hybrids. 



In this country Mr. W. Otto Groner, of the Rock Island 

 Arsenal, has raised the finest forms of Amaryllis. From many 

 hundred seedlings he selected only four, which he named the 

 Koh-i-noor, with very broad segments of a deep glowing red, 

 with a greenish white star and yellowish lips ; Modjeska, Bar- 

 bara Pomfret and Beethoven. With the exception of the last 

 named, these hybrids are rather hard to deal with, and great 

 care is necessary in order to keep them in good health. 



The largest collection of Amaryllis in this country has been 

 brought together by Mr. Henry Pfister, head-gardener of the 

 Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. Most of the hybrids 



at the base of the tube. This has been named Mrs. Cleveland. 

 In the greenhouses of the Executive Mansion the beautifully 

 foliaged autumn-flowering Amaryllis, such as Mrs. Garfield 

 and Mrs. William Lee, are grown to perfection. 



Just now a large number of my own exceedingly vigorous 

 Amaryllis hybrids are in flower. They are refined in form, 

 brilliant in color and of a luxuriance rare among the common 

 strain of Amaryllis. There is nothing in the whole floral world 

 that can compare with these royal plants. By careful selection 

 of the most beautiful and vigorous English hybrids that were 

 awarded certificates of merit by the Royal Horticultural Society 

 and the Royal Botanical Society of London, and such kinds as 

 were pronounced the most beautiful of the Continental collec- 



