BULBS AND ORCHIDS AS POT PLANTS. 
Bulbs and orchids are most desirable as pot plants. They may be grown 
in the living room, kitchen, a light basement or in a small greenhouse quite 
as well as in a large commercial greenhouse. : k 
The following bulbs and plants are recommended for growing or forcing 
in pots. 
Amaryllis Family: Agapanthus, Amarcrinum, Amaryllis, Clivias, 
Habranthus, Haemanthus (or Blood Lilies which include Katherinae, 
Coccineus, Albiflos, Carneus, etc.), Ismene, Tulbaghia, Zephyranthes, etc. 
Include Crinums if you have large space; Iris Family: Marica; Oxalis Family: 
both winter and summer growing species; Arum or Calla Lily Family includes 
Yellow and Pink Callas or Zantedeschias, Fancy Leaf Caladiums (the most 
gorgeous pot plant in existence because every leaf is like a brilliant flower), 
Sauromatum venosum, Amorphophallus revieri; the Gesnaria Family includ- 
ing Gloxinia, Achimines, Saintpaulia and Naegelia; Orchids; Ranunculus and 
Anemones; Bromeliads or Pineapple Family including Billbergias. ; 
Nearly all our bulbs and plants may be grown in pots but there are 
exceptions as indicated. 
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 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. 
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 
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