C. kirkii. One of the most desirable of “Milk and Wine” type. White flowers with 
red center stripe. The large umbels have many flowers open at one time. 75c ea. Per 
doz. $7.00. Jumbo bulbs, $1.25. 
C. longifolia alba. (Syn. Capense alba.) White lily-shaped flowers. This is the 
hardiest species, surviving the winters with protection if planted deep, as far north as 
Ohio. Better than “rosea.” 50c. $4.00 per doz. 
C. longifolia rosea. Pink flowered form. 60c. 
C. Louis Bousanquet. Very free flowering thru an unusually long season. Pink 
flowers on a very tall, erect peduncle. $1.00. 
C. moorei. Large pink, bell-shaped flowers in the fall, freely produced. The long 
neck of the bulb surmounted by rotated leaves give the plant great decorative value. 
Requires shade. Nearly as hardy as longifolia. 50c. Jumbo bulbs, $1.00. 
C. powelli alba. Extra fine pure white. One of the most valuable and beautiful 
Crinums. 50c ea. Per doz., $4.00. 25 for $7.50. Jumbo, $1.00 ea. 
C. Virginia Lee. (Our 1934 introduction.) Large pink flowers with white throat. 
A second generation hybrid produced by the cross Cecil Houdyshel x J. C. Harvey but 
reverting in many characters to its ancestor on both sides, C. moorei, in its necessity for 
shade, heavy seed production and mid-summer loss of foliage. These characters are also 
shared by its seedlings, Gordon Wayne and many not named. Price $3.00. 
Elsiena longipetala. Very rare and lovely Peruvian amaryllid. It is related to the 
Ismene but the pure white flowers are far more delicate and graceful and quite distinct 
in form. Culture like Ismene. It can be forced in pots or grown in the garden in 
summer. Bulbs stored over winter like Glads. It is hardy in the middle south. $3.50 ea. 
Habranthus. This was formerly considered a sub genus of Hippeastrum, but upon 
changing the generic name from Hippeastrum back to the original Amaryllis, botanists 
have wisely given the Habranthus their proper generic standing. They usually have a 
one flowered umbel. 
Culture is very much the same as for Amaryllis. Most of them are hardier and 
probably all could be grown in pots. Some are winter growers, others are summer 
growers, still others are evergreen. 
Habranthus andersonianus. Deep yellow flower, bronze on reverse, in the fall 
before foliage appears. Winter growing. Small bulb and plant, with flower about 1%” 
across on top of a 10” scape. About as hardy as Brunsvigia rosea and as far north as 
Okla. Delivery when dormant in summer. 35c ea. 
H. andersonianus, var. Texana. A smaller plant, narrower foliage, but much like 
the type variety. Both varieties may be planted very close, in full sun. They are very 
free flowering and every time it rains or you water them, in the flowering season, a new 
crop of flowers appears clothing the bed with a rich gold carpet. Both grow easily from 
self-sown seed. 35c ea. 
H. brachyandrus. Long tubular flower like H. robustus but much larger and 
deeper, more richly colored, shades to a deep purple in throat. Not winter hardy except 
in far south. Delivery any time but early spring is best. $1.00. Largest, $1.50. 
H. robustus. Properly named. A robust grower. Like H. brachyandrus_ but 
flowers are a lovely tone of lilac pink and it is more hardy, nearly evergreen, more 
profuse in growth. Seeds itself freely. M. 15c. Large 25c. 
Haemanthus. -This south African genus is very rare in cultivation. Very few have 
ever seen one. They are hardy only in an almost frost-free climate like So. Calif. or 
Florida. In their habitat, the following grow in cool, moist forest glades where there 
is little sun but plenty of light and where light breezes keep the air in motion. 
Culture. . They should be grown in pots except in climates like Florida and So. 
Calif. The soil should be equal parts of loam, coarse sand and peat or leaf mould made 
thoroly fine. Drainage should be perfect. A tablespoonful of bone meal to each plant 
is useful. The species listed here require cool shade, little sun, but light. An abundance 
of water at all times when growing is required but rather on dry side during late 
winter dormancy. But not bone dry. When bulbs are received pot at once and water. 
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