flowers, breeders select the best parents having the most beautiful flowers, 
grow them in a greenhouse and cross them by hand. Our Select Strains 
are produced thus. 
Color Classes. These are named from the parents. When they first bloom, 
off colors are removed or ‘rogued” out. They are again rogued the second 
year. Nevertheless, the color classes are only approximately correct. Many 
off colors are missed when rogueing. There is also a wide difference in 
opinion as to color. One calls a flower pink. Others may call it rose. Therefore, 
‘we do not guarantee the color but we do exchange them if the customer is 
not satisfied. Seldom, however, is a customer willing to part with a bulb of 
this strain, even tho it be an off color. The following color classes are as 
selected and named by the originator. When you get a wrong color and do 
not wish to keep it, notify us at once and await instructions. 
This season, we have few 21” bulbs of assorted colors. They are not as- 
sembled. Do not order this size from old catalogs. But we have a very few 
hundred that are slightly smaller, but should flower and plenty large sizes 
which we offer at very modest special prices since we lack the standard 
2%” bulbs. 
A. Select Strains. These are Howard and Smith hybrids and very good. 
They are mostly about 24”-2%”. A few are slightly smaller or larger. They 
should all flower. We will ship recently dug and slightly dried bulbs so that 
you will have the advantage of living roots. Assorted Colors, 75c ea., 3 for 
$2.15. $8.50 per doz. Red Shades, 90c ea., 3 for $2.50. $9.75 per doz. White 
Background, 85c ea., 3 for $2.40. $9.35 per doz. Please note. There are more 
than the usual number of fine colors in these (the best since before the war) 
and the two color classes have a good many off colors but so fine, I think you 
will not complain. In both classes you may find a few self colors or a few 
red, scarlet or rose. Because they are good, and the mixture is admitted in 
advance, there will be no return privilege on these. 
Select Strains, Large Sizes. These are different lots from those sold last 
fall. Those delivered in the fall were individually staked when in flower with 
color indicated by a tag for each bulb. There was little chance for an off 
color to be included. The following are offered under the color classifications 
of the originators, thus there may be some off colors. We are allowing for 
this by revising prices down. 
Select Strains, Assorted Colors. Large sizes 3’-34%4”, $1.35 ea. 3 for $3.90. 
3%"-3%"”, $2.00 ea. 3 for $5.75. 
Select Strains, White Background. Large sizes. 3”-3%4”, $1.75 ea. 3%4”"-3%”, 
$2.25 ea. 
Select Strains, Red Shades. Large sizes. 3”’-344", $2.00 ea. 314”"-3%”, 
$2.50 ea. 
Select Strains, Scarlet Shades. Large sizes. 3”-34%4”, $2.00 ea. 344”"-3%”, 
2.00 ea. 
: Select Strains, Carmine Rose. The White Backgrounds and most off colors 
have been removed from these. I would not claim all colors to be Carmine 
rose but rather all shades found in the rose, Such as rose pink, purplish rose 
(American beauty rose), salmon rose and orange rose. They are at least all 
fine desirable colors. I consider these to be the finest colors we have to offer 
thissseason.. Prices, 22° “to 3%, $i.3otear 3” 102354 "2.25. 314" -to: 346"; $3.00: 
Over 312”, $4.00. 
A. Houdyshel’s Hardy Hybrids. Do not be misled by the use of “hardy” 
to describe them. They are not winter hardy in Minnesota or the coldest 
states. But they are the toughest, hardiest Amaryllis that we have tried and 
planted outside in a protected place, with 4” of soil above the top of bulb, 
with the addition of a heavy mulch of straw and leaves they easily survive 
the winters in Oklahoma. : ; 
Possibly with a pile of brush above the mulch they might be wintered 
in the garden even farther north. There is no doubt that this strain extends 
the northern boundary which limits Amaryllis hardiness. | 
This is an extremely vigorous, rapid growing and multiplying strain and 
equally prolific with flowers. Most of them are similar in color, orange scarlet 
with white throat and green keel. An ideal strain for outside planting and 
landscape effects. Their bright vivid color “hits you in the eye.” Altho not an 
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