January or even by Christmas. But they should have had a few weeks dormancy 
preceding that. 
How to judge the quality of the flowers of Amaryllis hybrids. The perfect flower 
of the Leopoldi type should be at least 5” to 8” across. The petals should be well 
rounded and broad, overlapping each other, no twisting of petals and forming a wide 
open flat flower. The texture should be smooth and firm of good substance. The tube 
should be short. There should be little or no green in throat but as the species Leopoldi 
contains considerable green there are few hybrids that do not contain some green. 
There should be no dull colors, like brick red. But colors should be bright and of 
every imaginable tone within the range of this species. 
Self colors are desirable to go along with stripes and other variations. But it is 
difficult to get other than red selfs and these are unusual. A few of our Select Strains 
are pure red, scarlet, rose or pink selfs. But they are few and not separately labelled. 
Don’t order self colors or any colors except as listed. When you are lucky enough to 
draw a self color you may congratulate yourself that you received a bargain worth 3 to 
10 times its cost. 
Pure Whites are very rare. 
They are very expensive and are 
difficult to grow. Be satisfied to 
have White Backgrounds and Am- 
bigua hybrids. 
Amaryllis species 
Amaryllis advena. Ox-blood Lily. 
This species blooms late, Aug. to 
Sept. There are several flowers in 
an umbel. It likes deep planting, 
6” deep or more and it is reported 
hardy in Michigan in the mild 
climate near lakes (where peaches 
are hardy. There are two colors, 
Dark Red, jumbo bulbs, 50c ea. 
Light Red or Pink, 50c. 
A. ambigua. This is now be- 
lieved to be a wild hybrid from 
Costa Rica and therefore not entitled 
to specific rank. Sometimes listed 
as A. solandriflora conspicua. The 
very tall scape has an umbel of 5 to 
8 flowers, pure white with lines of 
pink. Sweet spicy fragrance. Rare. 
$3.00. Jumbo bulbs, $3.75. 
A. organense. From S. Brazil. 
The flowers are bright crimson and A. AMBIGUA HYBRIDS 
red. Rare. We recommend this and the next species to collectors only as the hybrids 
have far greater beauty. Small bulbs, not blooming size. Only 10 will be sold at 
$5.00 ea. 
A. psittacina. Flowers red and green with crimson stripes radiating from keel. 
An unusual flower and chiefly valuable as it blooms for me in the winter. Only 10 
very large bulbs offered at $6.50 ea. 
Amaryllis Hybrids 
A. Ambigua Hybrids. These are second generation crosses of Ambigua hybrids 
pollinated by the better whites. They are white with light to medium pink markings. 
Fragrant. $1.00 ea. Extra large bulbs, $1.50 and $2.00 ea. 
A. Hybrids. Select Strains. Leopoldi Type. These are selected from the very best 
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