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Amaryllis 
Bearing flowers of immense proportions, of model form, with surprising brilliancy and range of color, our strain 
of these glorious bulbous flowering plants stands supreme. From the pure white ground colors, with their delicate 
markings of rose, red, carmine and other tints, to the glorious, dazzling scarlets, crimsons, maroons, rose and bright 
red self colors, or the innumerable handsomely bi-colored or tri-colored varieties, this strain of Amaryllis leaves 
little to be desired. The blooms attain an enormous diameter of nine to ten inches and over. The flowers are flat and 
spreading, with fully rounded, overlapping petals, borne erect on sturdy stems three feet or more in length dis¬ 
playing the flowers to great advantage. 
Large flowering size bulbs, each, 50c; ten for $+.50. Mammoth flowering size bulbs, each, 75c; ten for $6.75. 
Cultural Note 
Partial view of selected 
varieties of Amaryllis ex¬ 
pressly grown for hybrid¬ 
izing purposes at our 
Montebello plant. Visitors 
fortunate enough to see 
this display marveled at 
the regal beauty expressed 
in their glorious colors, 
perfect form and giant 
size. The improvement 
shown in these Amaryllis 
is a result of twenty-five 
years unremitting work. 
We doubt if you can find 
better, if their equal. 
For open garden culture, select a sunny, well-drained bed. The soil preferably a 
sandy loam, which should be well enriched with rotted barnyard fertilizer. The bulbs 
should be planted so that the top of the neck is even with the surface of the ground. 
Give copious supplies of water during the growing and flowering period. 
The bulbs which we send out soon make large clumps, which should be 
divided every three years. For pot culture use a 7 or 8-inch pot. 
Crock the pots well, to insure good drainage. The potting compost 
should consist of a light, rich, friable mixture. After pot¬ 
ting, place the pots in a cool, shady place until root action 
begins, after which, remove to a sunny 
greenhouse bench or liv¬ 
ing room window, if de¬ 
sired for indoor culture. 
Amaryllis require a mod¬ 
erate temperature. 55° to 
60° suits them admirably 
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