
Ludwig Photos 
Two of the most attractive of the Ludwig named varieties of Hybrid Amaryllis— 
on the left our personal favorite for novel and unusual coloring, Fantasy, rose and 
white, and right, another of the fine pure whites, “Snow Queen.” 
planting. For hybridizers they are the strain to use for vigor and thrifty growth, to 
combine with the fancy quality of the imported types. We also recommend the How- 
ard & Smith strain of Amaryllis, the leading California strain, which has many beauti- 
ful and unusual shades and some interesting large flower types. No strain of Amaryllis 
can be judged by a single bulb, and even a dozen will give only a limited idea of its 
possibilities. So do not be too harsh in judging the qualities of an Amaryllis strain 
by the results obtained from just one or two bulbs. Something may have gone 
wrong with them, or maybe they were rogues or off-color bulbs which never were 
intended to be sold. 
The Ludwig Amaryllis received a Gold Medal for quality of the strain last 
December 28th at Lisse, Holland, at the great Dutch Winterflora Show, some sixty 
pots being shown in full bloom, some of them with two and three scapes. The 
Van Meuwen exhibit of cut blooms of Amaryllis received a similar award for display 
at the same show. 
As far back as 1929, the Ludwig Co. won a gold cup at the major Dutch winter 
flower show with their exhibit of pure white Amaryllis. In 1935, the firm received 
the Gold Medal of Merit at the International Flora Show at Heemstede, near Haar- 
lem, Holland, this show being staged only once in ten years. In Europe the Ludwig 
record as Amaryllis breeders and exhibitors is outstanding. We invite comparison 
with any other strain in this regard. 
The Ludwig strain originated more than 40 years ago from bulb stock pur- 
chased from the firm of Robert P. Ker & Son of Liverpool, one of the two great 
19th century hybridizer-dealers in Amaryllis, along with the famous firm of Veitch. 
The highest artistic and horticultural efforts have gone into the development of this 
strain. The Ludwig hybridizing program is aimed to make the “separate shades” 
Amaryllis show a general improvement from generation to generation (a generation 
in Amaryllis is of course three or four years), with higher quality of shape and texture 
of flowers and fewer rogues or off-color bulbs in the different shades. 
At the same time Ludwig & Co. is striving toward ever better show quality in 
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