A. Select Strains. Extra large. Assorted Colors. Bulbs from nearly 3” to 314” 
$2.50 ea. 3/4” to over 344” diam. $3.00 ea. For 50c more I will try to find specified 
colors such as Red, Scarlet, Rose, White Backgrounds, etc. If out I will notify you. 
bE A. American hybrids. Small bulbs 35c ea. M. 50c. Large bulbs, nearly 3” and up 
c ea. 
A. Rutila Hybrids. For landscape use, in the garden, to produce a splash of vivid 
color, these rival the A. Johnsonii. The following qualities recommend them for this use. 
They are most vigorous in growth, producing immense bulbs and multiplying very 
rapidly. They are nearly all one variety and color, but with a few that are closely 
similar. This color is scarlet-red, most striking in a green background. They are very 
free blooming, with a heavy crop of flowers in spring, now and then a few all summer 
and quite a few in the fall. We had flowers in Dec. They should be hardy farther 
north than our Select Strains but not where temperatures go below zero. They are not 
Leopoldi types and on a close up view do not have the individual perfection required 
for growing in pots tho many will like them thus. Large bulbs 75c. Jumbos $1.50. 
A. Diener’s Posthumous Hybrids. These are Diener’s latest hybrids. They are 
Equestre type, quite different from the Leopoldi type. Many umbels have 5 to 8 flowers. 
In order to produce the large flowers claimed by Diener and often exhibited by him 
it appears that the scapes must be disbudded leaving only two flowers. Assorted Colors. 
$2.50 ea. 
A. Johnsonii. The first Amaryllis hybrid, now distributed all over the world. Dark 
red with contrasting broad white band thru center of petals. One of the hardiest, easiest 
to grow and most rapid in increase. 50c and 65c ea. 
Amaryllis Seed. We are unable to produce enough seed for our own planting. It 
is far better anyway for you to grow you own seed as that which you buy is often too 
old. Amaryllis seed should be planted shortly after ripening and drying. One year old 
seed is unlikely to grow in a good percentage. 
Plant Breeding is an interesting science and art. Undertaken as a hobby, it has 
often resulted in fame. It will involve and develop great skill, ideals of beauty, good 
taste and intelligence. I suggest you start with our Select Strains. Get a dozen or more 
bulbs and cross only those you like the best. Cross pollination is easily accomplished by 
_ placing the powdery pollen borne by the six stamens on the stigma in the center. The 
stigma when ready for pollen will be opened into three parts. When the seed pod is 
ripe it bursts open and may be removed and dried. Plant the seed (soon) in a fine sandy 
loam containing plenty of humus. Do not use peat. Cover seed about 4%”. Seedlings 
may be grown in pots in house or greenhouse where they will continue to grow all year 
without a dormant interval until they flower; usually this requires 2 to 3 years. In the 
warm south they can be grown outside under the half shade of lath. But frost usually 
destroys foliage in winter and cool nights interrupt growth. 
Brunsvigia rosea. Synonyms, Amaryllis belladonna, Callicore rosea. This bulb is 
familiar in Calif. and many parts of the south as Amaryllis belladonna, Naked Lady 
Lily, etc. I hope you can adjust yourself to this new name the botanists have decided on. 
There is sufficient evidence that the bulb is really a Brunsvigia and certainly it is 
incorrect to call it Amaryllis. 
These begin to flower often in late July. The variety Major is in full flower in 
Aug. Minor follows soon after. The umbels are many flowered and the flowers are 
of the most exquisite pink and most entrancing fragrance. They are not suitable for pot 
growing, as in pots they flower only the first year. But that flower is well worth the 
cost of the bulb. | 
It is hardy where winter temperatures go as low as 10° or 12° above zero. That 
limits its culture to the south, and along the coasts to N. Carolina and the state of 
Washington. 
Time of Delivery. These are usually ordered in the fall. As the result of such 
late planting they do not always flower the first year. If they do flower, they do not 
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