(GLOXINIA—Continued) 
BRILLIANT. Clear, bright red flowers, 
light green flexible foliage. 
BRUNHILDE,. Pure white. 
er, bright green foliage. 
EMPEROR FREDERICK. Upright flow- 
ers, scarlet with white band. 
EMPEROR WILLIAM. Upright flowers, 
deep violet with white margin. 
TIGRINA. Blossoms veined and spotted. 
In a mixture of pink, blue, purple, and 
red markings on white ground. 
SKY BLUE. The name accurately de- 
scribes the color of the large, open flow- 
ers. Flexible foliage. 
MONTEREY ROSE. Produces open blos- 
soms of soft rose. The first good rose col- 
ored Gloxinia to be offered. Flexible foli- 
age. 
Large flow- 
Gladiolus Tristis 
We offer the variety CONCOLOR, which 
is pure straw yellow with deeper midrib. 
This is by far the most graceful Gladiolus, 
and is doubly useful as cut flower, as it 
is highly fragrant at night. Three to five 
flowers on a 2 ft. stem. Blooms early in 
the spring. In the South it may be left 
in the ground for many years and it will 
give increasingly more satisfaction each 
succeeding year. Delivery Sept. to Dec. 
$1.50 doz. 
*Habranthus Brachyandrus 
An extremely beautiful Amaryllid, allied 
to the Zephyranthes. Long, tubular flow- 
er resembling Zephyranthes Robusta but 
twice as large, on 15-inch stem. ~The color 
is most unusual, being lavender pink 
gradually shading down to deep purple at 
the base. Culture same as for Zephyran- 
thes. Delivery throughout the year. $1.00 
each. 
ADVENUM. See Hippeastrum advenum. 
ROBUSTA. See Zephyranthes robusta. 
Haemanthus 
(Blood Lily) 
These Amaryllids are quite tender and 
should be grown under glass except in 
Florida and Southern California. They 
have ornamental foliage, beautiful and 
curious flowers and decorative seed pods, 
which turn a brilliant red color and often 
stays on for several weeks. Bulbs should 
be planted shallow in a partially shaded 
location. For pot culture use rich garden 
soil with leafmold and humus added and 
fertilize frequently with liquid manure. 
Withhold water when the bulb becomes 
dormant. 
COCCINEUS. A very unusual plant that 
is always unique. The pair of succulent 
leaves are about two feet long and four 
inches wide and lie flat on the ground, at- 
tracting immediate attention because of 
their unusual appearance. The leaves die 
down in early summer. The flower scape 
rises from the dormant bulb in Septem- 
ber and is heavily and attractively mottled 
with purple and red. The flowers are pro- 
duced in an umbel four inches across and 
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Haemanthus Katherine 
are blood red, followed by green berry- 
like seeds which turn red upon ripening. 
Delivery July to October. $1.00 each; large 
bulbs $2.00. 
KATHERINAE. The most gorgeous of 
the Haemanthus, and entirely different 
from the above in all its characters. The 
leaves, about six in number, expand in 
umbrella fashion from the top of the 
stalk, which in Southern California often 
grows to a height of 2 ft. The flowers are 
produced with the foliage in the summer. 
The umbel, which is 6 or more inches in 
diameter, is composed of about 100 star- 
shaped red flowers with yellow anthers, 
and is held on top of 30-inch stem. The 
flowers are long lasting and are followed 
by scarlet seeds. The plant becomes dor- 
mant in the winter. It is new in this 
country, very rare and _ outstandingly 
beautiful. Delivery Jan. to April. $6.00 ea. 
*PUNICEUS (Wavy leaved Haeman- 
thus). This plant is lovely and is an ideal 
subject for pot culture, as the bulb pro- 
duces numerous sideshoots, filling the 
pot with attractive, nearly evergreen foli- 
age. The flowers, which are produced over 
a very long season, are small compared 
with the other species, about 3 inches in 
diameter and salmon in color, and held 
on mottled 12-inch stem. The most attrac- 
tive feature of this species is the nest of 
brilliant red seeds, each about 19-inch in 
diameter and forming a cluster about 3 
inches across, lasting several weeks. Easy 
to grow even under neglect and a find as 
a house plant. Delivery throughout the 
year. $3.50 each; seeds 15c each. 
