Please note. One cannot guarantee Clivias to flower the first year after moving 
tho they usually do. The only sure way to have one that will flower in 1945 is to add 
75c to the price of the plant ordered and ask us to send the plant when budded next 
March. The extra cost of labor to pack, packing material and postage for a budded 
plant is now about that much. Do not order budded plants of the $1.00 size “miniata” 
or the $2.50 size of “miniata hybrids.” 
Lack of Labor this year has prevented us from perfectly controlling the snails. As 
a result the Clivia foliage will be somewhat imperfect. Our method of ground culture 
produces strong vigorous roots and plants that will replace the faulty foliage and produce 
specimen plants in pot culture. 
Clivia miniata. Wide open flowers of soft yellow orange. Flower earliest, late 
Dec. to Mar. 1. Hardiest and easiest to grow. Small, $1.00. Large, $2.00. The latter 
is more sure to flower the first year. 
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, possibly blooming size, $2.50. Med. $3.00. Large, $3.50. 
C. nobilis hybrids. None for sale until fall. 
Cooperia pedunculata. Texas Rain Lily. Close to Zephyranthes but larger. Lovely 
white flowers appearing after rains in summer. Hardy except in far north. In central 
sections it may be planted to 6” deep for frost protection. It may be dug and stored 
over winter in north. 25c. $2.50 per doz. 
Crinums. Species of this large genus are native to every continent. They are most 
attractive plants for their foliage alone and with their fragrant, lovely flowers they are 
indispensable for southern gardens, for the landscape effect among shrubs and trees. 
The flowers are useful for cutting and many florists use them. 
Culture. The species Longifolia is hardy in milder sections of the north. There 
it should be planted quite deep in a protected place and mulched over winter. C. Moorei 
and the hybrids derived from longifolia x moorei, Cecil Houdyshel, Powelli, etc., are only 
a little less hardy. Any Crinums, except tropical sorts, should be hardy in the middle 
south where Amaryllis belladonna can be grown. In the north, even the largest sorts 
may be grown in an 18” tub and wintered in a basement. 
While Crinums prefer a deep rich loam, most do well in heavy soils. All appear 
to do better with slight shade but with the exception of C. moorei, Virginia Lee and 
Gordon Wayne, they do very well in full sun. C. moorei, etc., must have considerable 
shade. 
Crinum Americanum. Native to Southeastern U.S. The species is variable and 
some forms do not succeed well away from their native swamps. We offer a form 
long grown in California, that does exceptionally well. Flowers blush white. Increases 
by underground stolons, soon making a large clump. 50c. 
C. campanulatum. Belongs to the “Milk and Wine Lily” type. That is, the 
flowers are white with a bright rose stripe thru center. $1.00. 
C. Cecil Houdyshel. Flowers, deep rose pink. One of the best hybrids, all qualities 
considered. It is the same cross as C. Powelli but is much larger, more robust and instead 
of flowering in but a limited period it is almost a perpetual bloomer. Large bulbs often 
produce 7 or more flower scapes in a year, the most profuse of all. Small bulbs, $1.50. 
Good blooming size, $2.00. Jumbo bulbs weighing several pounds, $3.50. 
C. Ellen Bousanquet. Most outstanding. It is most surprising to see a Crinum 
with such dark, glowing wine red flowers. Very vigorous and easy. Jumbo, $1.50. 
Large, $1.00. Medium, 60c. 
C. erubescens. Milk and Wine type. The center stripe is red-purple. 50c. Jumbo, 
$1.00. 
C. H.J. Elwes. Pink flowers of unusual beauty. $2.50. 
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