farm with many dozens of species. So we would respectfully request our customers 
not to ask for the largest available Crinum bulbs. Please be satisfied with medium 
size bulbs or small bulbs if that is all we have ‘available. It is not the sign of a 
good horticulturist to be too impatient to see a bulb bloom. Growing on a small or 
medium size Crinum bulb will give the plant lover something to look forward to 
seeing, later on, and at the same time he or she will be learning the culture of the 
bulb in question. In a few varieties we have large size bulbs available, at speciab 
prices. Unless specified below, these are subject to inquiry by correspondence. 
This year we received several new species of Crinum bulbs from India and else- 
where. Most of these were small bulbs as supplied by the plant collectors. ‘We were 
only too pleased to obtain them at all, and will await their arrival at blooming size 
with anxious expectation. Actually, we will probably have more fun looking for- 
ward to seeing them bloom than in realizing this event, although we believe they 
will be very beautiful. All this is to indicate that we do not mean for our customers 
to expect largest blooming size bulbs of the Crinums mentioned below for the top 
prices listed. The Crinums have come into a great new surge of popularity in recent 
years all over the Southern United States into California, and it is impossible to grow 
the bulbs or propagate new stock fast enough to meet the demand. We are mak- 
ing this statement in the hope that we will be able to conserve our stock of the 
larger bulbs for propagating purposes and hence produce a better supply of the 
choice varieties in future years. 
We will supply the best size bulbs available in the price range for the different 
kinds, as indicated by the price spread. 
Of the Crinum species, the following are worth while in every collection, especi- 
ally where space in the garden is available to give them ‘‘elbow room,’’—C. Moorei, - 
C. bulbispermum (capense or longifolium) C. Asiaticum, C. erubescens, C. Amabile, 
C. Scabrum, C. Kunthianum, C. Giganteum, C. Zeylanicum. When you have one of 
these blooming in your greenhouse or sun room, at least outside of the lower South, 
you will have something to call the neighbors in to see! 
Crinums are native to the sub-tropics and tropics of the old world and the new. 
They are found in all continents but Europe. One small species, a lake and riverside 
plant, of somewhat difficult culture, C. Americanum is native in Florida. It is pretty 
but not dependable. The Crinums are grown from seed and offsets. They may be 
propagated vegetatively like Amaryllis. The Powelli varieties and C. bulbispermum 
are reported hardy with good protection to New York and Ohio in favorable locations. 
Amarcrinum Howardii, (Crinodonna Corsii) is a bi-generic hybrid originated in 
California by the late Fred H. Howard, famed rosarian and Amaryllis hybridist, as a 

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