CATALOG ARRANGEMENT 
is by Plant Families, according to their relationships. 
In the following lists the genus (plu. genera) is mentioned first. After it, 
the species (plu. also species) or horticultural variety is named. The initial 
of the genus is used for the second and succeeding species. Thus A. will stand 
for Amaryllis or Agapanthus depending on the genus last named in full. 
When a person’s name in parentheses follows a plant’s name, that person is 
the botanical authority for the name. 
THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY — Amaryllidaceae 
This Family includes the following bulbs, Agapanthus thru The Alliae. 
The American Plant Life Society was founded in 1934 as The American 
Amaryllis Society. The interests of the Society have recently been enlarged 
to include other bulbs and plants and the name changed but with no lessening 
in interest in Amaryllids. 
The annual book, “Herbertia,” is devoted to Amaryllids. It consists of 
about 250 pages, beautifully illustrated, on fine book paper, and is edited by 
Dr. Hamilton B. Traub of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, the greatest living 
authority on the Amaryllidaceae. Each member receives a copy. 
The members also receive the occasional publication, “Plant Life,’ on 
other bulbs and plants. 
Those who grow Amaryllis as an interesting and intellectual hobby and 
who love their vivid beauty, are invited to become members of the Society. 
The annual dues are $3.00 per year, which you may send to Mr. E. Frederick 
Smith, Sec., Box 2398, Stanford, Calif., or you may include this membership 
fee with your bulb order to me. 
The society also publishes the following two books. These are bound in 
manila paper. These books will be of interest only to advanced collectors and 
students, those who understand scientific terms. 
Amaryllidaceae: Tribe Amarylleae, by Traub and Moldenka. 18 illustra- 
tions, 194 pages. $4.00. This is a systematic treatment of one of the main 
tribes of Amaryllids, in scientific language. The most important work on the 
sovereee of Amarylleae since the publication of Baker’s ‘‘The Amaryllideae,”’ 
in : 
Descriptive catalog of Hemerocallis Clones, 1893-1948. By Norton, Stuntz 
and Ballard. This describes by means of key numbers all horticultural varieties 
and species of Daylilies. 
These may be ordered direct from the secretary of the society, E. 
Frederick Smith, Dept. H, Box 2398, Stanford, Calif. He will be glad to receive 
your membership fee for the society or your renewal. 
Amaryllid nomenclature. Carl Linnaeus, father of modern botany, made 
- the first, rather complete scientific arrangement of plants according to 
relationships in the 18th century. His information about many plants was 
wholly inadequate to achieve perfection. Even in my later first French edition, 
1798, nearly all American epiphytic orchids were placed in one genus, 
Epidendrums, and under the genus Amaryllis he included certain Crinums, 
Zephyranthes, Sprekelias, Brunsvigias, Nerines, etc. Botany is a progressive 
science and later explorations and discoveries have made possible many 
improvements in plant classifications and have required changes in nomen- 
clature. Horticulturists are often loath to accept the new classifications. and 
names. But we must do so even if inconvenient at first. It is not logical to 
continue an error. 
In our catalogs, we accept changes in classification and names as made 
by recent writers in Herbertia. These have been approved by “Gentes 
Herbarum,” the publication of the Bailey Hortorium of Cornell University. 
To help you avoid ordering a bulb you already have we give both old and 
new names, thus: Brunsvigia rosea (Amaryllis belladonna); Amaryllis advena, 
(Hippeastrum advenum). 
Agapanthus means Love Flower. Blooms in spring and summer. Large 
attractive umbels, blue or white on tall erect stiff stems. Easy to grow in 
south in full sun or slight shade, any good soil, and in the north in tubs or 
buckets, wintered in basement. Delivery any time. 
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