LUTHER BURBANK 



seen elsewhere, not only in size but in rapid multi- 

 plication and general effectiveness. 



As with any plant colony that has been brought 

 to such a degree of variability, with only relative 

 fixation of many new combinations of characters, 

 there are possibilities of further development that 

 can only be realized in later generations. The 

 number of new combinations that might be made 

 among the complex hybrids of different types is 

 quite beyond computation. But it may safely be 

 predicted that some of these combinations will 

 produce results even more striking than any 

 hitherto attained. 



As an inkling of some of the expected develop- 

 ments that as yet are only at their beginnings, I 

 may add there is among my plants one that bears 

 a sixteen-petaled flower, and which is otherwise 

 exceedingly handsome. This did not breed true as 

 to the production of excess petals, but there is 

 little doubt that by selective breeding it will be 

 possible to produce a double amaryllis which will 

 be an entire novelty. 



In the matter of hardiness also, there is oppor- 

 tunity for great improvement. My amaryllis 

 plants are grown out of doors, the seedlings being 

 started in the greenhouse in boxes very much as 

 other bulbous plants are started, but not in a high 

 temperature. There is opportunity, however, to 



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