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Double Flowering Amaryllis. 



A rare and beautiful variety trom the West Indian Isles. It 

 produces immense double flowers, measuring from 6 to 8 inches 

 across; the coloring is a rich orange-scarlet blended with white 

 towards the center. The flowers are borne freely, usually in 

 clusters on strong stems about 18 inches high. For pot culture 

 in the window, conservatory or greenhouse it is especially 

 adapted, and a plant in bloom during the winter and spring 

 is gorgeously effective. 



Price, large flowering bulbs, $1.00 each, SIO.OO per doz. 



AMARYLLIS )OHNSONlI. 



" The Bermuda Spice Lily." Congenial conditions — climate 

 and soil — produce a strong-growing variety of Amaryllis John- 

 sonii, popularly known in Bermuda as the " Spice Lily." 

 It is one of the handsomest and the most reliable bloomers 

 in the Amaryllis family. Their immense flowers, richness of 

 coloring and regal habit are simply incomparable. The bulbs 

 are very large, 8 to 10 inches in circumference, and produce with 

 great certainty extra-strong spikes of bloom, from 18 inches 

 to 3 feet high, bearing enormous trumpet-shaped flowers of 

 great substance, averaging 5 to 6 inches across, of rich and 

 glowing scarlet, intensified by a contrasting wide white stripe 

 through each petal. The spikes frequently produce 4 to 8 

 flowers each, and often 2 and 3 spikes are produced at one time. 

 When in bloom in the winter and spring months no flower can 

 surpass them in beauty. £.xtra large bulbs. (Now ready.) 

 40c. each, S4.00 per doz. 



GIANT CALIFORNIA^ 

 HYBRID AMARYLLIS. 



AMAKYLLIS. 



Aulica Platypetala. (Lily of the Palace.) ^ Flowers large 

 and extremely handsome, glowing crimson, tipped 

 green. Splendid winter bloomer. 75c. each, S7. 50 per 

 doz. 



A. Equestris. (The Barbados Lily.) Bright, light scarlet 

 with a white star-like throat, running out into bars in 

 the centre of the petals; very free bloomer. 15c. each, 

 SI. 50 per doz. 



A. Formossisima. (Jacobean Lily.) A quaintly-shaped, 

 beautiful flower of grand, dark scarlet, free-blooming; 

 forces well and can be grown in water like Hyacinths; 

 if the bulbs are kept dry during winter, they can be 

 planted m the open ground in the spring and will flower 

 during the summer. i5c. each, §1.50 per doz. 



A. Belladonna Major. (Belladonna Lily.) Autumn- 

 blooming variety, of extreme beauty and fragrance; 

 the spikes grow from 2 to 3 feet high, each carrying 

 from 6 to 12 beautiful flowers, " sweet as Hlies," of sil- 

 very-white, flushed and tipped with rose. South of 

 Washington these Belladonna Lilies will thrive in the 

 open ground if planted 6 inches deep in light, well-drained 

 soil; they will then establish themselves and bloom 

 freely year after year. 15c. each, SI. 50 per doz., SIO.OO 

 per 100. 



Belladonna Purpurea Maxima. The strongest and freest 

 blooming Belladonna Lily in cultivation; a remarkably 

 beautiful varietv bearing bold clusters of from 9 to 10 

 large rose-colored delightfully scented flowers on strong 

 stems 3 feet high. A very free and early bloomer com- 

 ing in 2 or 3 weeks before the standard varieties. 50c. 

 each. S5.00 doz. 



For 



(For Amaryllis Atamasco see " Zephyranthes," page 37. 

 >r .Amaryllis Sarniensis . see " Nerine," page 37.') 



GIANT 

 CALIFORNIAN 



HYBRID 

 AMARYLLIS. 



THESE unnamed seedling hvbrids from the famous hybridizer, Mr. Burbank, will produce some 

 new varieties of e.xceptional beauty. The colorings and markings are exquisite; the bulbs are 

 very large, and are of suflicient strent'th and ace to produce magnificent flowers during the 

 winter or spring. They are probably the most magnificent and gorgeous bulbous plants known. 

 Their immense flowers, richness of coloring and regal habit are simply incomparable. They throw 

 up spikes from 2 to 3 feet high, bearing enormous trumpet -shaped flowers, averaging 8 to 10 inches 

 across, of great substance, some being of rich and glowing colors, others delicately shaded and superbly 

 veined. Mixed Color.'. Price. 75c. each, S7..50 per doz. 



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