Arrangement of This Catalog 
Please note that we group our bulbs into the Families to which they be- 
long rather than arranging them alphabetically. Knowing the relationship of a 
bulb is an advantage that all will approve, but it adds a little difficulty in find- 
ing a bulb if you do not know its plant family. This catalog is worth study for 
the information it contains. 
THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY—Amaryllidaceae 
This family includes the bulbs from Agapanthus and includes The Alliae. 
The American Amaryllis Society is an association of those thruout the 
world who grow Amaryllids as an interesting and intellectual hobby. An an- 
nual book ‘‘Herbertia’”’ of about 250 pages is sent to each member. Therein is 
discussed the best culture methods; descriptions of new species; notes on 
Amaryllids in their habitat; reports on experiments in crossing, in culture, 
propagation, etc. Herbertia is the essential book of reference on Amaryllids. 
Beautifully illustrated. I invite you to send me $2.00 for membership. You will 
receive volume 8 of Herbertia for 1941 as soon as published, probably 
within 60 days. 
Bulb lovers who specialize in the Amaryllis Family would enjoy having the 
complete set of 8 vols. of Herbertia. Price $23.00, postpaid. Several issues will 
soon be out of print and never again available. 
The Fall Amaryllis Show, an annual event, is sponsored by the American 
Amaryllis Society and held in connection with the Los Angeles Co. Fair. See 
our Fall Catalog for announcement and dates. 
How to Grow Amaryllis. This discussion includes not only the genus Hip- 
peastrum, which recently botanists have changed to the old popular name of 
Amaryllis, but will also include the entire family of Amaryllids. The name, 
“Amaryllis’”? has been bandied around by botanists from Linnaeus to Herbert 
and later. At times the name has been applied to species of Crinums, Lycoris, 
Nerines, Zephyranthes and many others. 
Changes made by recent writers evidently are scientifically correct but in- 
convenient to amateurs. We must gradually accustom ourselves to the name 
Callicore rosea in place of Amaryllis belladonna. We must learn also that the 
bulb known in America as Nerine sarniensis, or Guernsey Lily, always was an 
error. The correct name is Lycoris radiata, or Red Spider Lily. N. sarniensis is 
quite a different bulb, tho the flowers have a casual resemblance. 
It is customary, but wrong, to order winter growing Amaryllids in the fall. 
They should be moved as soon as dormant. Living roots should not dry off. This 
type grows all winter. Most of them become dormant about late June, but a 
few before that. Exact time varies with the season. We are usually ready to 
deliver the bulbs in June to July. They should be ordered now. We will send 
as soon as ready and if planted at once your results will far exceed those ob- 
tained by fall planting. 
Included in this group are Amaryllis belladonna, Haemanthus coccineus, 
Hippeastrum advenum, Leucojum, Lycoris, Nerine, (except N. filifolia which 
can be moved anytime) and Sternbergia. Order now and receive them at ex- 
actly the best time. 
Hardiness. All Amaryllids listed are hardy outdoors in the far south. 
Amaryllis, Amarcrinums, Agapanthus, Crinums, Hippeastrums, Habranthus, 
Hymenocallis, Lycoris, Sprekelia, Sternbergia and Zephyranthes are hardy 
along Atlantic coast to N. Carolina. Inland most of them are grown successfully 
with protection at Washington and Philadelphia, Arkansas and even in south- 
ern Missouri and southern Kansas. There are, no doubt, other milder locations 
where they could be grown. Where the location is on the borderline, they 
should be planted more deep and in protected location like the south side of a 
house, a wall or evergreen tree. They are helped by a mulch of leaves or by a 
mound of tree branches. Hippeastrums can scarcely be wintered in the garden 
where temperatures go much below 20°, unless planted deeper than the 
frost penetrates. 
