ON THE AMARYLLIS 



increase their hardiness by selection, or by cross- 

 ing with some hardier species. 



It is true that the hybrids of Crinum and Ama- 

 ryllis have hitherto been sterile, but there is reason 

 to hope that other combinations might be found 

 that would produce fertile offspring. 



These and such like developments, however, 

 await the experiments of future seasons and future 

 experimenters. But, even as it stands, the colony 

 of bulbs of the amaryllis and its allies constitutes 

 one of the most interesting groups of plants any- 

 where to be found. 



— If no ten-foot giant has ever 

 appeared, it is probably not so 

 much because the human race 

 does not have the potentialities 

 of producing such a specimen, 

 but that experiments in select- 

 ive breeding of men for the 

 quality of size, comparable to 

 the hybridizations that pro- 

 duced the giant amaryllis. have 

 never been carried out 

 during a series of generations. 



