exhibition type, many will like them in pots, where they are easier to grow 
than the more aristocratic hybrids, and their bright cheerful colors in Feb. 
and March will be most welcome. Price, 75c ea. $7.50 per doz. $50.00 per 
100, prepaid. 
Amaryllis Seed. We had a small crop last year and expected to Sell out 
in the fall. On the contrary we still have a fair supply which we will close 
out at 50 seed for 50c. These are all the Select Strains. See directions for 
growing seed in the following paragraph. 
Plant Breeding is an interesting science and art. Undertaken as a hobby, - 
it has often resulted in fame. It will involve and develop great skill, ideals of 
beauty, good taste and intelligence. I suggest you start with our Select 
Strains. Get several bulbs and use the pollen only from those you like the best. 
Cross pollination is easily accomplished by placing the powdery pollen borne 
by the six stamens on the stigma in the center. The stigma when ready for 
pollen will usually be opened into three parts. When the seed pod is ripe it 
bursts open and may be removed and dried. Plant the seed (soon) in a fine 
sandy loam containing plenty of humus. Do not use peat. Cover seed about 
1%”, Seedlings may be grown in pots in house or greenhouse where they will 
continue to grow all year without a dormant interval until they flower. 
Usually this requires 2 to 3 years. In the warm south they can be grown 
outside under the half shade of lath. But frost usually destroys foliage in 
winter and cool nights interrupt growth, slowing development. 
Brunsvigia rosea, Lycoris aurea, purpurea, radiata, and Squamigera and 
all the Nerine species can be moved about June to July. Unfortunately too 
many people do not like to work in the gardens in the summer, especially to 
plant bulbs. When we list them in the spring we Sell too few to pay for the 
Space used in catalog altho that is the very best time to move these bulbs. 
If you are an exception please order these items from our last fall catalog 
or any former catalog and request they be sent about July 1. 
Clivias. Altho easy to grow and to flower by the amateur they will always 
be classed with the aristocrats of flowering bulbs, because the flowers easily 
place them there. They increase so slowly by division that the chief method 
must be thru the freely produced seeds. But Clivias require at least five years 
and usually seven, to flower from seeds. This time involves expense. They 
can never become very cheap. 
Clivias have evergreen, strap-like foliage somewhat resembling that of 
Amaryllis. The flowers are produced in umbels of 10 to 25, in rich and ex- 
quisite tones of orange, in March and April. When not in flower the deep rich 
green foliage and later the red fruits are most ornamental. 
Culture. They are usually grown in pots, even in the south, as more per- 
fect foliage is thus possible, and when in flower one plants them in the house. 
We grow them in a lath house, lath spaced 4%” apart and in garden under 
Avocado (evergreen) trees, directly in the soil as they are often grown in 
Calif. When grown thus they will make very large clumps. They must have 
shade with only a few flecks of sunshine, but plenty of light and air. 
Clivias must never be dried off or allowed to lose their foliage. Keep 
them well watered after flowering, all summer and fall. Liquid fertilizer 
occasionally helps. When growth ceases in late fall rest them by giving them 
less water. But keep moist enough to prevent wilting of foliage. At this time 
they should have a cool room with temperatures from above 32° to not much 
over 50°. Pots should be 8” for a small plant up to 12” for larger. As they 
grow and increase, do not divide but shift to larger pots. Drainage must be 
perfect. Potting soil is described under ‘General Culture Directions.” pH 7 
is about right. One cannot guarantee a Clivia to flower the first year after 
moving tho they usually do. 
The foliage of our Clivias, grown outside in the ground, will not be as 
perfect as that of pot grown plants. But when potted, they replace the old 
foliage in a few months and become specimen plants. Do not remove any roots. 
Clivia miniata. Wide open flowers of soft yellow orange. Hardiest, $2.75. 
C. miniata hybrids. Similar to the species “miniata” in foliage, hardi- 
ness, wide open flowers, etc., but there is some variation in color and form 
of flower. Most of them are in light orange tones. A few are dark and a few 
have a white throat. Do not express your color preference for any Clivia 
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