C. miniata hybrids. Similar to the species “miniata’” in foliage, hardiness, wide 
open flowers, etc., but there is some variation in color and form of flower. Most of 
them are in light orange tones. A few are dark and a few have a white throat. Do not 
express your color preference for any Clivia hybrids as we cannot tell the color from the 
plant. Special Prices: Small plants that should bloom in one or two years, $1.00. Small 
blooming size, $2.50. Med. $3.00. Large, $3.50. 
C. nobilis hybrids. These are the finest and most rare of the hybrids. . There 
probably is no large stock anywhere in America at present. Foliage broad with rounded 
apex. The large flowers range from light orange to red-orange. Large, $10.00. In bud, 
(March delivery) $12.00. 
Cyrtanthus are closely related to Zephyranthes. Bulbs and plants are about the 
same size but the flowers are long and tubular. Their most vigorous growth and 
flowering is in the winter tho a few flowers are produced thru a large part of the year. 
They may become semi-dormant in mid-summer when hot but should not be dried off 
much. They like rich soil and respond to barn-yard fertilizer. 
Cyrtanthus augustifolius. Orange red flowers. 50c. 
C. lutescens. Bright yellow tubular flowers. 35c. 
Elisena longipetala. Rare Peruvian amaryllid. Closely related to Ismene, which it 
resembles in bulb and plant, but the pure white, large flowers are far more graceful and 
beautiful. Culture like Ismene. Easily grown in the north. Plant in spring, dig and 
store in fall like Gladiolus. Plant 4” deep. $4.00. 
Haemanthus. This south African genus of the Amaryllis family is rare in culti- 
vation, therefore unusual. They are hardy only in almost frost free climates like 
So. Calif. and Florida, but are rare pot plants in the north. The soil must be well 
drained and should be composed of a mixture of loam, leaf mould and peat, with plenty 
of sand. The entire mixture should feel gritty. When in vigorous growth, the plants 
can use weak manure water or light, successive mulchings of manure. The two species 
listed here are very pretty in foliage and flower and quite unusual. In our spring 
catalogs we list H. Katherinae and H. multiflorus which are equally rare and unusual 
and most gorgeous in beauty. 
H. puniceus. Smaller, evergreen plant that makes a desirable pot plant of easy 
culture. Small umbel of scarlet flowers, on a mottled 12” stem, followed by red fruits. 
Flowers in spring as a pot plant. Delivery any time. $2.75 ea. 
Hemerocallis. Daylily. The flowers range in color from dark bronzy red, thru 
pastel tones of pink to orange and yellow. They are borne on a branching scape well 
above the foliage. . 
The Greek name, meaning, “beautiful for a day,” refers to an individual flower. 
But these are so freely produced, thru a long period that “beautiful every day’ would 
be more apt, as a collection of several sorts show masses of flowers thruout the spring, 
summer and fall and here we often have some winter flowers. The modern sobriquet 
of “The Perennial Supreme” is well deserved. 
Culture. While their beauty is their greatest recommendation, their easy culture 
and hardiness adds to their desirability. They will succeed where any plant will succeed. 
I have known abandoned plants here, where we have arid, hot summer, to persist for 
years. But that must not be their fate. They grow well in full sun. Slight shade is 
even better. If given constant moisture about their roots, preserving this and coolness 
of the earth with a good mulch, the plants are ideally situated and respond with 
generosity. They are hardy even in severe winters in the north. They are fibrous 
rooted, not bulbs, and must be planted at once when received. Altho they can be 
moved any time, it is better to ship from late fall to early spring, which we do. 
In these war times, when it is difficult to get labor for maintenance of extensive 
gardens and landscaping, one solution is to plant Daylilies extensively. They are an 
almost perfect border or landscape plant, never have to be dug and replanted. All that 
you must do for them is, keep the weeds down and water. They will even choke out 
most of the weeds. A heavy leafy mulch helps every way. 
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