with our Select Strains. Get several bulbs and use the pollen only from those you like 
the best. Better still, start with even one bulb, several, or a collection of the 5 colors 
of the Dutch Hybrids. 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 usually be opened into three parts. Cross only similar colors. 
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, slowing development. 
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. 
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. Car. and the state of 
Washington. 
Unfortunately, most people want to order and plant these bulbs in the fall, after 
the proper blooming time. The bulbs do not like this time and they do much better if 
dug while dormant and planted back reasonably soon. To induce you to plant in 
August, I am offering some reduced prices and a quantity offer for those who buy 
wholesale. Delivery in July or August. 
Culture. Plant-in full sun or slight shade. Cover top of bulb with 2” or more 
soil,—deeper in cold sections. In sections of heavy rainfall in mid-summer when they 
are dormant, they should be planted on a ridge or raised bed as they prefer to be dry 
when dormant. 
Brunsvigia rosea, major. Pure pink, 35c ea. L. 50c ea. Jumbo 75c. 
B. rosea, minor. Later to flower. Pink with lighter throat. 65c. 
B. rosea, var. Ethel. Very deep, beautiful rose. $2.00. 
Special Wholesale Offer. We planted on rented land and must vacate. For those who 
buy wholesale or wish to make a large planting we offer B. rosea major at $15.00 per 
100 f.0.b. La Verne. 
Chlidanthus fragrans. Golden yellow flowers in spring. Entrancing, spicy fragrance. 
Three or four flowers in an umbel on a 10” scape. Plant 3” deep, in full sun. They 
like to be crowded whether in garden or pots and when bulbs fail to flower freely it is 
often because the bulbs’ entire energy is spent in vegetative increase. Remedy, don’t 
divide clumps. Let them become crowded or pot bound. 
Altho cheap, this is one of the most desirable bulbs for southern gardens. In the 
north it can only be grown in pots. It should be potted as soon as received but start it 
into growth slowly. 25c ea. $2.00 per doz. Planting stock, small bulbs, some of which 
may flower, 50 for $3.50. 100 for $6.00 postpaid. 1000 ten $50.00 f.0.b. La Verne. 
Gardeners in the south should order these in quantity. 
Clivias. Altho easy to grow and to flower by the amateur, they a always be 
classed with the aristocrats of flowering bulbs, because the flowers easily place them 
there. They increase so slowly by division that the chief method must be thru the 
freely produced seeds. But Clivias require at least five years and usually seven, to flower 
from seeds. This time involves expense. They can never become very cheap. 
Clivias have evergreen, strap-like foliage somewhat resembling that of Amaryllis. The 
flowers are produced in umbels of 10 to 25, in rich and exquisite tones of orange, in 
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