if you handle the bulbs carefully you may expect more, larger and better flowers the 
second year. With experience you may become skillful in having bulbs bloom even by 
Jan. 1 and others up to May 1. 
I am frequently asked why the inquirer’s bulbs do not flower. Perhaps they have 
flowered the first year after their purchase but not thereafter. Some state their bulbs 
become smaller each year. These results inevitably follow wrong culture. Flowers in the 
spring are sure to result if good growth was made in the preceding period. If you have 
trouble in getting good growth in pots, be sure to try shifting to the garden after 
flowering. 
How to judge the quality of the flowers of Amaryllis hybrids. The perfect flower 
of the Leopoldi type should be 5” to 8” across. The petals should be well rounded and 
broad, overlapping each other, no twisting of petals, and they should form a wide open, 
flat flower. The texture should be smooth and firm, of good substance. The tube should 
be short. There should be little or no green in throat but as the species Leopoldi 
contains considerable green there are few hybrids that do not contain some green. Very 
few are perfect in any respect. 
There should be no dull colors, like brick red. But colors should be bright and of 
every imaginable tone within the range of this genus. 
Self colors are desirable to go along with stripes and other variations. But it is 
difficult to get other than red selfs and these are unusual. A few of our Select Strains, 
American Hybrids are pure red, scarlet, rose or pink selfs. But they are few and not 
separately labeled. Don’t order self colors or any colors except as listed. 
Please note. There is no quantity discount on Amaryllis except as noted with listing. 
Amaryllis advena. Oxblood Lily. 5 to 8 ox-blood red flowers in an umbel, on a 10” 
slender scape, preceding foliage. Fall bloomer. Culture. Not suitable for pot culture, but 
so nearly hardy that in mild sections of north it will succeed. In Michigan, in the section 
where peaches are grown, this Amaryllis has been grown commercially. It may be 
planted 6” deep and mulched, in a protected situation. Full sun exposure, heavy or 
medium loam soil is good but does well in lighter soils also. Price 50c ea. $5.00 doz. 
Delivery late June. 
A. psitticina. Species from S. Brazil: Large bulb and plant. The large flowers have 
green tinted throat with carmine lines radiating to the carmine edge of petals. The effect 
is of a very pretty red Amaryllis. Here this species flowers in winter and is a free bloomer. 
Price $6.00 ea. 
A. Hybrids, Select American Strains. These are the best American hybrids, of 
Leopoldi ancestry. Many Amaryllis sold are chance seedlings grown from seed collected 
in the field. These are likely to produce the sturdiest bulbs. From a vegetative stand- 
point they are the best. But for the most beautiful flowers, breeders select the best 
parents having the most beautiful flowers, grow them in a greenhouse and cross them 
by hand. Our Select Strains are produced thus. 
Color Classes. These are named from the parents. When they first bloom, off colors 
are removed or “rogued” out. They are again rogued the second year. Nevertheless, the 
color classes are only approximately correct. Many off colors are missed when rogueing. 
There is also a wide difference in opinion as to color. One calls a flower pink. Others 
may call it rose. Therefore, we do not guarantee the color but we do exchange them if 
the customer is not satisfied. Seldom, however, is a customer willing to part with a 
bulb of this strain, even tho it be an off color. The following color classes are as 
selected and named by the originator. When you get a wrong color and do not wish 
to keep it, notify us at once and await instructions. 
Select American Strains. Assorted Colors. 2%” diam. up. We are very short this 
year on bulbs of this size and of which we sell the most. We will offer them only in 
assorted colors. They are as good as the named colors. This size gives one and sometimes 
~ two flower scapes. As far as possible we will send bulbs that have not been dug over 
one month and will therefore have from a few to many living roots. These should be 
worth a little more than our October dug bulbs, which have fewer living roots when 
shipped in Dec. to later dates. $1.00 ea. 
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