stores often sell them for 25c. 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 seed- 
lings 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 parents. 
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, escape. Thus our classi- 
fication is not a perfect one and some 
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. SELECT STRAINS HIPPEASTRUM 
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. 
This spring we can offer Select Strains in the following color classes and sizes. 
No dozen or 100 rates on Amaryllis except as listed. 
A. Select Strains, Assorted Colors. 2!” diam., up 85c ea. Three for $2.40. $9.50 
per doz. 
A. Select Strains, White Backgrounds. These are white with light markings of 
pink, rose or red. The markings are seldom heavy and the effect is that of a white 
flower. From these the near white and pure white are developed. 85c ea. 3 for $2.40. 
A. Select Strains. Crimson. A fine red shade and a few are self colors. But these 
are not separately identified. 90c ea. 3 for $2.60. 
A. Select Strains. Scarlet. A lighter red produced by a mixture of red and yellow 
pigments. $1.00 ea. 3 for $2.75. 
A. Select Strains. Salmon. $1.00 ea. Straight price. 

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