is far better anyway for you to grow your 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 several bulbs and 
use the pollen only from 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 usually 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 
¥,”. 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 (Sym. Amaryllis belladonna, Aitson). Familiar in Calif. and the 
south as Amaryllis belladonna, Naked Lady Lily, etc. It is hardy where minimum winter 
temperatures are about 10° above zero. They do not succeed in pot culture. 
The many flowered umbels are of the most exquisite pink and the most entrancing 
fragrance. Only in the rose and the Belladonna Lily does nature assemble these two 
qualities in one flower in such perfection. 
Since Brunsvigias begin to flower in late July it is far better to order from our 
spring catalog. We then deliver in July. When ordered in the fall, one is very likely 
to lose the first year’s bloom. 
Brunsvigia rosea major. Earliest to flower and largest. Fragrant, pure pink flowers. 
A favorite florists item. M. 35c. L. 50c. Blooming sizes, $15.00 per 100, f.o.b La Verne. 
B. rosea minor. Flowers pink with light throat, in Sept. - Oct. 50c. 
B. rosea var. Ethel. Very dark rose. Very beautiful. $2.00. 
B. rosea Parkeri. This type originated at Kew Gardens and was later developed 
and probably improved by a Dutch grower. It is probably a hybrid between B. rosea 
and another Brunsvigia species. We offer seedlings of our original importation that are 
variable in color, ranging from medium to dark rose. $2.50 ea. 
B. rosea, var. Hathor. This is an Australian hybrid between rosea and another 
species. The large flowers are pure white tinted cream in throat and are very rare. 
$10.00 ea. 
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 bulb’s 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 $4.00. Gardeners in the south should order these in quantity. 
Clivias. Altho easy to grow and to flower by the amateur they will 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 March and April. When not in flower the deep rich green foliage and later the red 
fruits are most ornamental. 
Culture. They are usually grown in pots, even in the south, as more perfect foliage 
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