Zephyr Lilies, etc. 
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 
for 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 
North, 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, yellow, cream, copper, lavender end 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, inter- 
esting 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, Centra! 
and South America. The United States species include the large, spring-flowering 
Z. atamasco, found on the Atlantic coast to Virginia, Z. Treatiae, central and north 
Florida, Z. Simpsoni, south peninsular Florida, and a number from the Texas area, aS 
Cooperia pedunculata, drummondii, Smalli and Traubii, (this last was originally de- 
scribed by the writer from our gardens), Zephyranthes pulchella, longifolia, Habran- 
thus andersonius 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 Zephyranthes in a five or six inch pot 
make a nice show. 
ZEPHYRANTHES GRANDIFLORA 
large pink flowers, easy culture 

ZEPH. ROSEA, dainty rose-pink dwarf species, like tiny pink 
crocuses in bloom. Cur favorite. 
