the botanist as Nerine Sarniensis, but lately the learned botanists put 
their heads together and decided they were wrong in their classification 
and that the correct name should be Lycoris, Radiata. Anyway, it is one 
of the prettiest lilies I have ever seen, and as the bloom (watermelon 
red) appears in late summer each year on a flower spike from 12 to 18 
inches tall and before a sign of foliage appears, makes it a most inter- 
esting as well as regal member of the lily family. It is easy to handle— 
in fact just the past year I noticed a prominent florist advertising them 
and recommending that they be grown in water and pebbles, just as you 
do Narcissus bulbs. I tried six bulbs in a glass bowl and was so pleased 
with the results I obtained in late September that I have prepared a little 
mimeographed leaflet and will sent a copy on request. If you have never 
grown them try a few and you would not be without them. They are 
$1.25 per dozen delivered, but can not be shipped with mum plants, as 
the bulbs can not be shipped until the foliage dies down—usually about 
the middle of May. 
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