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our plantings of various specialties, to resume our breeding work with many 
and bulbs, and to prepare our business for a resumption of mail order trade. Th 
first catalogue we have issue in six years. We hope you will find it interesti 
cover in it something worthwhile to grow and bloom, because our pleasure in 
ness is founded on the success of our customers. ot 
For the present many things are in short supply, including ohowe: ieme il 
hybrid Amaryllis, some of the nicer Crinums, Achimenes, Fancy Leaved Calad r 
etc., but as fast as possible we intend to build up our stock to its pre-war standard a 
when Lakemont Gardens was one of the leading specialty bulb and plant farms in 
Florida, and our mail order customers ranged from England to Hawaii. We will make 
every effort to fill the needs of our customers, and would like to ask their patienc 
all our difficulties. 
We are operating at this time under vastly higher labor costs and inprensads 
penses in all other factors concerned. Labor alone is 300 to 400 per cent over its 
figure in Florida. But the flowers are the same beautiful creations as before, and 
of them are improving all the time. If we can convert a few more garden lovers © 
the growing of bulbs and related plants, our efforts “will not have been in 
CITRUS AND ORIENTAL PERSIMMONS — 
EXPRESS SHIPMENTS 
we are Dated to Ait oranges, Dae eet and other citrus fruits by ie are 
Dec. 15 to our regular customers at reasonable prices. We pick this fruit it; Wie LOPE 
condition of ripeness, and guarantee satisfaction. ae 
Last season we shipped numerous express orders of oranges and - 
with good results, receiving repeat orders and not a word of complaint f. 
customer. The fruit is picked to order and shipped as picked, without washin 
ments are submitted. In the case of Oriental persimmons full aria ch: for eating | 
delicious and satisfying fruit are included. i i j 
WYNDHAM HAYWARD thy 
HYBRID AMARYLLIS | 
ae for more than 15 years. Our record of show winnings before the NV 
American Amaryllis Society shows were held at nearby Orlando, Fla., is a lon one, 
is recorded in the early numbers of “Herbertia,” the invaluable yearbook | 
now known as the oe Plant Life Society. 
Lakemont Gardens 
Membership in this society is ‘one. i, 
the ‘must haves” for every lover of. 
Amaryllis, and ownership of a complete — 
set of the yearbooks will prove a treas- 
ure chest of information and enjoyment. 
for any bulb fan. For application blank 
write E. Frederick Smith, Asst. Secy Rs 
Box 2398, Stanford University, Calif. 
Hvbrid Amaryllis are grown fro: 
seeds, from offsets or from cuttings | o 
the bulb stem. Most of the plants ‘sold 
today are from seedlings. The Dutch ar 
English growers have developed st: 
of Amaryllis which come reasenably tru 
to color from seed in recent decad 
these are highly Rata. Pe w 

PURE WHITE AMARYLLIS 
Informa! Type 
