
Roger Schall (Paris) Photo 
Amaryllis against a background of classical antiquity: part of the Dutch national 
flower exhibition presented at the Louvre in Paris last spring, including Hybrid 
Amaryllis as shown within the white circle at one side. These were Amaryllis con- 
tributed to the exhibition by Ludwig & Co., but the firm places no special emphasis 
on this fact as all exhibits were made anonymously, in behalf of the Dutch flower 
industry for the French people. More than 30,000 saw the show. 
Plant Life Society and receive “Herbertia,” which is an essential for all growers and 
hybridizers of Amaryllis and related bulbs, plants, etc., who want to keep up with 
things. 
The main published literature of Amaryllis and the Amaryllis family of plants 
is skimpy. There is Dean Herbert’s remarkable work “Amaryllidaceae,” published 
in England in 1836, and available second hand from old book dealers at fair to 
stiff prices; then there is Baker’s Handbook of the Amarylleae, London, 1888, 
being a catalogue of the genera and species with brief scientific descriptions of 
same, botanical keys and a minimum comment on habitats. Nothing of a_horti- 
cultural nature. The new handbook, “Amaryllidaceae: Tribe Amarylleae,” published 
in 1949 by Traub and Moldenke, brings the botanical situation up to date with 
modern American scientific accuracy. Back issues of “Herbertia,” the yearbook 
of the American Plant Life Society, formerly the American Amaryllis Society, con- 
tain a large fund of important cultural, descriptive and breeding data on the 
Amaryllis and related bulbs, and should be consulted by every dyed-in-the-wool 
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