








Poreniwn scabrum, Herdsorne deciduous species with low foliage. Wide open, startling 
fers like Amaryllis, white with red-purple stripe. $1.00 and $2.00. ‘ 
Crinum Kunthianum, colorful Central American spécies of the milk and wine type, 
00 and $2.00. Large bulbs, $5.00. 
_ Crinum virginicum, a light colored milk and wine type, probably a hybrid, with 
huge flower umbels produced by large bulbs, $10.00, as available. 
_ Crinum Giganteum, pure white, tulip-like, cup- -shaped flowers, which expand to 
rge size, black anthers, distinct type of Crinum, not very “siant.”’ $2.00 to $5.00, ac- 
ording to size. 
e Crinum Caribaeum, a lovely small species, stoloniferous, pretty white flowers with 
pinkish tint, like C.Americanum, $1.00 and $2.00. 
te r, Giganteum Hybrid, also known as Christopher Lily, and has other names. It 
blooms in summer and is close to the species C.giganteum, but not as large, 50c to $2.00. 
BLE. t may be C.podophyllum (?). 
_ C.Americanum, native of Florida, for moist lakebanks and stream-sides, $1.00. 
Ate C.Zeylanicum, common Florida June-blooming milk and wine lily, large bulbs, vig- 
-_ orous, exotic, wide-open fiowers on heavy purple stems, with wide purple stripe on 
white petals. Showy as Amaryllis. Likes high, rather sandy soil, and does well under 
ordinary garden culture in lower South. Rather difficult in pots, $1. 00 and $2.00. 
i We have several other species in small supply. 
THE ZEPHYR OR RAIN LILIES 
a These dainty little spring and summer-flowering bulbs of the Amaryllis family 
are almost beyond description in their beauty and charm, but are not well known or 
_ generally appreciated in the United States by amateur gardeners. They are admirable 
ior the greenhouse or conservatory, some varieties can be grown outdoors in the 
- North in the summer in garden beds, and most of them are splendidly effective for 
. planting in pots, pans, boxes or in masses in the garden or in the lath house far South. 
The bulbs, usually about an inch in diameter, are quite tropical in some species, 
but can be dried off and stored safely in dry sand and kept warm in the winter in the 
Worth, if grown outside. In pots in the greenhouse they may be watered just enough to 
_ retain their foliage. The flowers are notable for a wide range of shades, pink, red, rose, 
white, yeliow, cream, copper, lavender and even light blue in .one species not yet in 
cultivation. No garden lover is ever disappointed with them. In this group we include 
_ the Zephyranthes, Cooperias, Habranthus, and the Cooperanthes, interesting hybrids 
between Cooperias and Zephyranthes originated in India. 
One could spend a lifetime growing and studying these lovely miniature flower 
- bulbs, and certainly a few are deserving of a place in every collection. Some are native 
of the United States, and others are found in the West Indies, Mexico, Central and 
_ South America. The United States species include the large, spring-flowering Z.ata- 
masco, found on the Atlantic coast to Virginia, Z.Treatiae, central and north Florida, 
_4&.Simpsoni, south peninsular Florida, and a number from the Texas area, as Cooperia 
pedunculata, drummondii, Smalli and Traubii, (this last was originally described by 
the writer from our gardens), Zephyranthes pulchella, longifolia, Habranthus ander- 
- sonius var. texanus, etc. Most of the United States species are difficult in cultivation 
and require careful pot culture or planting in beds of sandy loam in a lath house 
- in the South. Five or six bulbs of Zephyanthes in a five or six inch pot make a nice © 
; show. 
_ We recommend the first nine below for the beginner: 
; : Z.grandiflora, large rose-pink, showy, up to 3 in. in diameter, 15c each, $1.50 per 
ay OZ sh : 
pie Z.citrina, lovely golden-flowered rain lily, slender blue-green leaves, 15c each, $1.50 
eee.) per..doz. 
se Z.macrosyphon, padi sized, rose-pink, rare, 50 each. | 
Z.insularum, recently described - white species, very lovely, rather blunt petals, and 
_ the best early flowering white, $1.00 each. 
_-~--«*Ztubispatha, pure white similar to insularum, pointed petals, more trumpet-shaped, 
_  60e each, 
> a Gs zZ. candida, the standard white, 15¢c each, $1.50 per doz. : 
| Z.rosea, one of the world’s most lovely flowering bulbs, small, dainty and indescrib- 
ably beautiful in beds of bloom, warm, rose-red flowers, several times in summer, 
Mi) handsome narrow, flat, bright green foliage, 15¢e each, $1.50 per doz. 
Z.Ajax, a hybrid between Z.candida and Z. citrina, straw colored, 25c each. 
ree Habranthus robustus, slightly larger than most Zephyranthes, bulbs up to 1% in. 
ihae diameter, flowers on 1 foot stems, white and lavender-pink trumpets, vigorous, and a 
fine cut flower, free blooming, 15c¢ each, $1.50 per doz. 
_ Habranthus brachyandrus, like above, but slightly larger trumpets, with deep pur- 
ple and white coloring, 50c each. 






