THE AMARYLLIS AND THE POPPY 
must be given to its care and cultivation, but 
by the use of the first flowering seedlings in 
crossing, the duration of life from seed to seed 
is cut in two, so that after two or three years 
new crossings will be ready for him to pass 
judgment upon them. Almost all of the long 
California summer we may now have the 
amaryllis in flower. The flowers reach a diam- 
eter of twenty to twenty-five centimeters in 
different varieties, with flower leaves over- 
lapping one another with their broad edges. 
The colors and figures compare with the best 
European kinds, while a strong- built plant, an 
easy handling and rapid multiplication make 
it a very desirable garden plant. It is the aim 
to make it one of the most common plants 
which will find its place in parks and at sum- 
mer resorts, in city gardens and around the 
farmer’s dwelling. 
“Endeavors to cross the amaryllis with the 
related Crinums are started, and from what I 
saw of them, the first trials were crowned with 
success. The Crinum Americanum is a wild 
plant from the Florida swamps which proved 
its fitness for crossing. At the same time a 
number of other species were raised for the 
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