favorite pot plants for over 100 years. The most aristocratic are Clivias. The 
onion group (Alliae) following Zephyranthes are also now considered by 
botanists to belong here. 
JOIN THE AMERICAN AMARYLLIS SOCIETY 
If you love Amaryllis and want all the available information about them, 
join the American Amaryllis Society. They publish annually a volume, ‘‘Her- 
bertia’’, containing usually about 225 or more pages on fine book paper. Many 
illustrations. Replete with information about Amaryllis and the bulbs belong- 
ing to its family. This volume is free to members. Join now and you will get 
the 1941 Herbertia, Vol. 8, when published, about Jan. to Mar., 1942. Send 
me $2.00 for membership. Vol. 7, (1940) price $3.25. Vol. 1 to 7 (1934 to 
1940) complete, 7 Vols. Price, $21.00. Several will soon be out of print and 
there will then be no chance to complete this set. 
The Fall Amaryllis Show, is an annual event. Sponsored by the American 
Amaryllis Society, and under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Fair, 
Floral Dept., Sept. 18, and 19, 1941. The exhibits will be both beautiful and 
instructive. Attend and send exhibits if possible. Send to L. A. Co. Fair, 
Pomona, Calif., for Premium List if interested. $75 in cash prizes. 
How to Grow Amaryllis. Many of this family are hardy as far north as 
the warmer portions of North Carolina and around Washington and Phila- 
delphia. Amaryllis belladonna, Lycoris, Hippeastrum advenum ete., altho winter 
growers easily recover from 12° of frost or more and are hardy along the west 
coast to Vancouver. Alstromeria are easy in the same section. Lycoris squami- 
gera, L. incarnata, Crinum longifolia, Leucojums and perhaps others are hardy 
in Ohio. But most Amaryllids must be grown in pots in the north and they are 
especially satisfactory for that use. 
Practically all Amaryllids are heavy feeders. Most of them like top- 
dressing of manure or use of manure water if potted, and bone meal in the 
soil. When in full growth they should be watered liberally. One frequent cause 
of failure is lack of good culture after the plant has flowered. At this period 
growth is necessary for future performance. 
The special culture requirements, if any, are mentioned for each type 
with the description. 
Agapanthus umbellatus. Blue Lily of the Nile. The name means “Love 
Flower.’’ Many deep blue flowers in a large umbel, on 24” stem. The large 
plants form very attractive clumps with a strap like foliage. Prefer part shade. 
Very hardy in south and in the north are easily grown and flowered in tubs 
or large buckets that are wintered in a light warm cellar. 50c. Per doz. $4.50. 
A. umbellatus, sky blue variety. 60c ea. 
Alstromeria. Alstromerias are very showy plants with long slender stems. 
As a cut flower they last a long time, are very beautiful and are distinctly 
different from the more common flowers. The individual flowers much re- 
semble a highly colored small-orchid. The flowers are in a large umbel on a 
long stem. 
Culture. They should have about 50% shade. The soil should be a rich 
sandy loam with good drainage and a great deal of humus. This may be had 
from old rotted screened manure or leaf mould. Plant the cluster of tubers in 
the south from Sept. to Nov. with the crown 2” under the soil surface. When 
tops die after flowering withhold water or dig and keep dry. It is better not to 
disturb them. In the south they start to grow in the fall and will require 
irrigation before rains come. 
They must have an abundance of water at all times when growing and a 
good drainage. They are hardy as far north as Washington, D. C., and we 
have them reported hardy in a well protected situation, with winter mulch, 
in New Jersey and Ohio. In the north they can be planted in the spring. Care- 
fully lift in the fall and store in dry peat or sand, and keep very cool. They 
also may be grown in large pots. Please order early, as it is hard to hold them 
back in this warm climate. 
Alstromeria auratiaca lutea. Bright yellow flowers. A strong grower and 
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