types, as the pure white, sterilities will be found, which are not well understood. 
These will make setting of seed difficult, always a problem in the case of pure 
whites. 
When the pods dry slightly and crack open,, they are ready to pick and the 
seed can be removed in a few days and planted. Or it will retain a fair germination 
for several months. Usually a year brings no results. 
If there is any question about the soil you are using being too acid, have it 
tested by your county agent or fertilizer research man. You can add ground 
dolomite or limestone, or hardwood ashes to sweeten it in moderate proportions. 
There is great difficulty on new Florida land over the peninsula from over-acid 
conditions, especially on flatwoods areas, where the pH may be down to 4.5. By and 
large the range should be 6.0 to 8.0 or better 6.5 to 7.5. But we have seen them 
make fine bulbs on 4.0 muck and grow equally as well in a limestone soil 1/3 
calcium carbonate or shell, so there you are. 
The Appeal of Amaryllis 
And so we hope you have found our discussion of the Hybrid Amaryllis inter- 
esting. Once you have grown them there will be nothing more for us to say. You 
will be growing more and more of them until, perhaps as one of our customers in a 
New York apartment writes, they will soon have to move out to make room for the 
Amaryllis! They have so many of them. 
It is a bulb that will stand the air of the ordinary home, but does better in a 
sun room, or little greenhouse. Even a light and sunny room in the cellar where 
the temperature does not go below 50 will do well for them. There you can dry off 
your pots in winter, and bring them up to the light and water them or repot them in 
January and February as the buds begin to show. We wish that we could sell them 
to you already established in pots. That would make it easier for you to grow and 
bloom them. The care and attention given the bulbs for the first few months after 
planting will determine their future. Almost any Amaryllis bulb of size will bloom 
somehow on the shelf or in a pot, but to get the maximum out of fine bulbs requires 
considerable care and love and labor. But it’s all so worthwhile. 

Hayward Photos 
Left, Dutch rutila type; right, side view of a Ludwig pink Amaryllis in the 
“separate shades.” 
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