foliage. There are two color types, dark oxblood red and pink with a lavender tone. 
We sold nearly all our large bulbs last year and have very few this year that are large 
enough to sell. The light form is especially scarce at present. 
Culture. Amaryllis advena is reported to be hardy by a commercial grower in the 
warmer parts of Mich. and very likely would prove hardy in milder climates where 
peaches can be grown. However, we will recommend it only for trial from Philadelphia 
thru southern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and south. Plant 6” or 8” deep. 
They may be flowered in pots the first year but it has not yet been proved adaptable to 
continuous pot culture. Order before Sept. 15. 
Amaryllis advena. Ox-blood Red, 60c ea.; Pink, $1.00 ea. 
A. ambigua. This is now believed to be a wild hybrid rather than a species. It is 
a beautiful amaryllis, with a scape 30” tall. Five to nine flowers in an umbel, lily-like 
in form, pure white with lines of pink. Very spicy fragrance. Large bulbs, $3.75. 
A. hybrids. Select Strains. These are the Leopoldi type, selected from the very 
best American strains. 
Most Amaryllis that are sold are chance seedlings. In Florida and California there 
are many who grow acres of bulbs. The seed is collected in the field and no selection 
of parents is possible. The strongest growers, not the most beautiful, produce the most 
seed. 
Judged from the standpoint of a turnip, these seedlings are likely to produce the 
most beautiful, vigorous and largest bulbs. From the vegetative functions of prolific 
seed bearing, rapid, vigorous growth and increase they can be sold the cheapest. Dime 
stores often sell them. Many very well known and honorable firms handle this grade 
of Amaryllis. They please many customers. The “beautiful bulbs” will range in price 
from 35c to 75c each. 
Altho these bulbs will produce flowers that please the average inexperienced 
amateur they are not truly representative of the advancement made in the quality of 
Amaryllis flowers. To appreciate fully the quality of any flower, one needs experience, 
study and the best examples for comparison. 
Our Select Strains, in contrast with the average amaryllis, are seedlings of selected 
parents. The parents are not judged as vegetables (nature’s process in a large measure) 
but for the beauty and perfection of their flowers. These parent bulbs are of a quality 
that would command a price of from $5.00 to $25.00 or more per bulb. The parents 
are grown in greenhouses which exclude insects and the possibility of nature's way of 
crossing. They are all hand pollinated and study is given to the proper mating of the 
arents. 
° The Color classes are founded upon the color of the seed parent. Not all come 
true to this color and these are rogued out at the first blooming. But often a few rogues, 
or off-colors will be found. It is best to buy 3 or more of a color in order to get the 
nearest to your ideal. But every bulb will give a good flower and be worth the price 
paid. A reasonable percentage of the bulbs will give very superior flowers and these 
bulbs may be worth from double to several times their cost. 
Personally, I have grown Amaryllis continuously since 1898, first as a hobby and 
later as a business. I have imported bulbs and seeds from the best specialists in England 
and Holland and made selections from Burbank’s originations after a very close study 
of them all. I am a little hard to please in Amaryllis, but I consider our Select Strains 
worthy of their name. 
Due to lack of sufficient labor, we and other growers have found it most difficult 
to “rogue” our Amaryllis and other bulbs. As a result, quite a few bulbs of the highest 
quality may remain in the different classes. Growers usually remove these to use for 
hybridizing and seed production. For the same reason there may be more “off colors” 
than usual. 
Sizes. Unless otherwise specified our Amaryllis bulbs are 244” to 3” diam. 
Select Strains. Assorted Colors. 2% - 3” bulbs 80c ea. 3 for $2.25. 3-3%”, $2.50 
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