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Houdyshel’s Hardy Hybrids. These are not hardy outdoors in the colder 
northern states but as far north as North Carolina, Washington, D. C., Okla- 
homa and even So. Kansas these have proven winter hardy if covered by 
4” or 5” of soil and given a good winter mulch of straw. Possibly with a pile 
of brush above the straw they might be wintered in the garden farther north. 
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 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 again offer seed-of our Select Strains Amaryllis. 
In one package of seed you are very likely to get all the colors that we list. 
There are bound to be some that will be excellent self colors, worth a few 
dollars per bulb tho you might not get one in a 50c package. Price 50c for 
50 seed. 200 seed for $1.75. Field grown seed. 
Plant the seed as soon as possible while fresh. Altho we get good reports 
of germination when planted in late winter or spring, more will grow if 
planted in early fall. Use good rich sandy loam, containing much humus. 
Seed may be close enough to overlap a little. Cover seed about %”. 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 (Sym. Amaryllis belladonna, Aitson). Familiar in Calif. 
‘and the south as Amaryllis belladonna, Naked Lady Lily, ete. It is hardy 
where minimum winter temperatures are about 10° above zero. It will be 
safe to plant it on the east coast to N. Car. and to Washington, D. C.; thruout 
the south where winters are mild; on the Pacific Coast to Vancouver. They 
do not succeed in pot culture. 
The many flowered umbels are of the most exquisite pink and the most 
entrancing fragrance. Only in the rose and the Belladonna Lily does nature 
assemble these two qualities in one flower in such perfection. 
Brunsvigia rosea major. Earliest to flower and largest. Fragrant, pure 
pink flowers. A favorite florist item. L. 50c. 
B. rosea, var. Parkeri. This is a larger flowered and deeper rose form. 
A great improvement on the type form. Special price, $1.50 ea. 
B. rosea, var. Hathor. This is a pure white Belladonna Lily and is very 
rare and most beautiful. Price $5.00 per bulb. 
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 
exquisite 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 
perfect foliage is thus possible, and when in flower one wants them in the 
house. We grow them in a lath house, lath spaced %” 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 
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