THE WORLD'S PREMIER STRAIN 
AmatufiUi 
Over 250,000 bulbs grown annually 
For over thirty years, season after season, we have carried on consistent line breeding with 
this gorgeous class of Spring and Summer flowering bulbous plants. 
We are now in a position to offer you bulbs of this new race at very moderate prices. For 
the Fall delivery season of 1939 we have ready a splendid stock of firm, heavy bulbs, all strictly 
flowering size. They bear blooms of immense proportion, of model form, with a surprising bril¬ 
liancy and range of color, from the pure white ground colors with their delicate markings of 
rose, red, carmine and other tints, to the glorious dazzling scarlet, crimsons, maroons, rose and 
bright red self colors, or the innumerable handsomely bi-colored or tri-colored varieties. This 
strain will leave little to be desired. The blooms attain an enormous diameter of nine to ten 
inches and over. The flowers are flat and spreading, with short necks, borne erect on stems of 
2^/2 to 3 inches in length, displaying the flower to great advantage. 
Large flowering size bulbs, each, 50c; ten for $4.50. 
Mammoth flowering size bulbs, each, 75c; ten for $6.75. 
Cultural Note 
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. 
Partial view of selected 
varieties of Amaryllis 
expressly grown for hy¬ 
bridizing purposes at 
our Montebello plant. 
Visitors fortunate 
enough to see this dis¬ 
play marveled at the 
regal beauty expressed 
in their glorious colors, 
perfect form and giant 
size. The improvement 
shown in these Ama¬ 
ryllis is a result of 25 
years’ unremitting work. 
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