HIPPEASTRUM. 



H. Johnsoni (Johnson's Hybrid). — This is one 

 of the very earliest hybrids, a cross between H. regince and 

 H. vittatum, and is still a popular variety ; it is one of the 

 most robust and showy, and a wonderful bloomer. 

 Flowers dull crimson, with a white stripe down the cen- 

 ter of each petal. A good bulb will frequently throw 

 up four spikes of flowers. It is popularly known as the 

 Johnsoni Lily. 



H. Johnsoni var. grandiflora. — This has larger 

 flowers, with broader white stripes. 



Autumn Beauty. — A delicate rose color, retic- 

 ulated with rosy-pink, the leaves being striped with 

 white, like those of H. reticulatum. 



H. miniatum. — A native of Chili; flowers bright 

 scarlet. 



Mrs. Garfield. — This is one of the most beautiful 

 of the hybrid forms ; a cross between H. reticulatum and 

 Defiance, retaining the variegated leaf of H. reticulatum, 

 much lengthened and widened. The flower scape rises 

 to about two feet, producing from four to five flowers 

 six inches in diameter, of a rosy pink color, with a white 

 stripe in the center of each petal. 



H. pardinum (Leopard-spotted). — Eich creamy 

 yellow, profusely dotted with crimson ; the whole flower 

 almost fully expanding, so as to leave little or no throat, 

 thus revealing the whole of its beauty ; the spots have a 

 peculiarly rich effect on the cream-colored ground. 



H. pratense (Meadow). — Flowers brightest scarlet, 

 sometimes feathered with yellow at the base. 



H. psittacinum (Parrot Amaryllis). — A species 

 with green and scarlet flowers ; it is unique and beauti- 

 ful, and has been the parent of many seedlings. 



H. pyrrochroum (Flame-colored). — Flowers deep 

 red, of good size, four or five on a scape ; throat shading 

 to a greenish yellow. 

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