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from a florist’s point of view, and the 
color is a deep, dazzling crimson, very 
glowing and rich. My first attempt to 
grow these plants in the open proved a 
failure. They need a rich vegetable soil, 
and a liberal supply of old, well rotted 
cow-manure. As they all are evergreens 
and flower in winter, thev also need some 
protection. I now grow them in beds 
surrounded by boards, so as to be easily 
covered, when cold weather sets in. The 
soil consists of half-rotten wood, old cow- 
manure and black soil from the mucky 
edge of the lake. In this compost the 
plants grow vigorously and flower abun¬ 
dantly. When in full growth they also 
receive a liberal application of commer¬ 
cial fertilizer, preferably bone-meal. This 
species and its varieties belong to the 
most important ancestors of our new race 
of show Amaryllis. 
H. Organense, also from the Organ 
Mountains, is similar to the above, 
though quite distinct when closely 
studied. It is a vigorous grower and 
flowers in winter with H. aulicum. It 
thrives luxuriantly with the same treat¬ 
ment. 
H. pardinum. This exquisite species 
was discovered in 1866 by the late Mr. 
Pearce, in the Andes of Peru. It flow¬ 
ered first in 1867, and created a sensa¬ 
tion among flower lovers, on account of 
its fine form and unique coloration. The 
short-tubed, star-like flowers have a 
greenish-white ground color, and are pro¬ 
fusely and minutely spotted with crim¬ 
son. Some of the varieties have a de¬ 
cided yellowish ground color and some 
are, in addition to the spots, flushed with 
red. This species has opened a new field 
for the hybridizer. The progeny, how¬ 
ever, though of very beautiful form, is 
of weak constitution. I have used it at 
first but have finally abandoned it. The 
influence of this species is still noticeable 
in many of my hybrids, which are min¬ 
utely spotted with deep red on a white 
or pink ground. 
H. Leopoldi, Leopold's Amaryllis. This 
species was also discovered by the late 
Mr. Pearce, in the Andes of Peru, and 
it flowered first in cultivation in 1870. 
It is so beautiful and distinct, so perfect 
in form and so refined, and its color is 
so unique and so strikingly gorgeous, 
that Amaryllis lovers at once placed it 
at the head of the entire group. The 
ideal of perfect form and exquisite color 
combination had at last appeared, and it 
was used at once in cross-breeding. The 
very large flowers are short-tubed. The 
ground color is a beautiful bright red in 
the center, with a bifid white keel in the 
lower half of the red, and a large green¬ 
ish-white throat; the tips of all the seg¬ 
ments are white. The beautiful perfect 
form of our new race of show Amaryllis, 
their broad rounded segments, and their 
great substance have been derived from 
this species. No other species has in¬ 
fluenced the progeny in such a decided 
manner. The grand hybrids raised by 
James Veitch and Sons, London, the still 
finer Aigburth hybrids, produced by Robt. 
P. Ker and Sons, of Liverpool, and the 
Westorbirt strain of Col. G. L. Holford, 
the finest of all, were only possible after 
H. Leopoldi had been introduced. I also 
used this species largely in my cross¬ 
breeding. Many of my hybrids show its 
influence, not only in form but also in 
color, though I have lost the species long 
ago. 
The foregoing is a list of Amaryllis 
which I have grown, and which I mostly 
still grow. All of the species and vari¬ 
eties mentioned have been used in cross- 
