Later the pots may be removed to a room of about 60° or 70°. 80° will force more 
rapid growth and earlier flowers and this is all right when the bulb is well rooted. Buds 
will usually have shown. 
After flowering, the bulbs will be shrunken and perhaps soft. A period of growth 
is necessary to fill them out and increase their size. If good growth is made at this 
important stage the bulb will be much larger than in the preceding year and offsets 
may be made. It is necessary to keep them growing as long as possible. When the 
weather is warm outside the pots may be plunged in the garden or the bulbs with’entire, 
unbroken clumps of roots and earth may be removed from pot and reset. This method, 
if carefully done and the bulbs are given abundant moisture and some fertilizer thruout 
the summer, is the best. Bulbs may be planted in full sun, but slight shade is good 
where very hot summers prevail. When bulbs are well established give liberal mulchings 
of dairy manure. Use stable manure carefully. It is good but very strong. If it does not 
rain every week give a good irrigation. Before heavy frost, remove to house. Allow 
them a rest of several weeks but do not allow pots to dry out completely. The 
temperature of 45° checks growth. When you want them to start, bring to 60° and 
water a little. You can become expert in obtaining flowers every year. In the garden 
plant Amaryllis just under the soil surface. 
I am frequently asked why the inquirer’s bulbs do not flower. Perhaps they have 
flowered the first year after their purchase but not thereafter. Some state their bulbs 
become smaller each year. These results inevitably follow poor culture. If you give 
them correct culture, plenty of water and liquid manure when growing well after 
flowering and keep the growth luxuriant for about 6 mo. or more (as long as they will 
grow) you will have nice fat bulbs, with a bud or buds formed within for the following 
season. 
When leaves naturally begin to yellow it is a signal that they would like to rest 
awhile. Some bulbs will continue to have green foliage but one should reduce water 
to give an early winter rest. Well established bulbs can often be brought into flower 
in 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 genus. 
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. 3 
Pure Whites are very rare. They are very expensive and are difficult to grow. Be 
satisfied to have White Backgrounds, Near White or Sibyl Houdyshel. 
Perfection has seldom been reached, if at all, by Amaryllis hybridizers. We do not 
want our customers to assume that our description of the ideal Amaryllis flower is a 
description of those we list. Among our Select Strains hybrids, all are good; a few 
approach perfection. Most of the bulbs produce flowers between these extremes. 
Amaryllis Species and Hybrids 
Amaryllis advena. Oxblood Lily. This species blooms in the fall, Aug. to Oct. 
There are 5 to 7 or more flowers in an umbel on a 10” slender scape preceding the 
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