in price changes, tho we hope not. A good plan is to order early altho we expect no very 
serious increases. Don’t forget Sales Tax in California. 
POT PLANTS 
Many bulbs, corms and tubers are most desirable for growing in pots as house or 
greenhouse plants. In the following pages, hundreds of varieties are listed and full 
directions are given for growing them. Many other plants like Billbergias, Anthuriums, 
Orchids, Marantas, Maricas and African Violets are favorite house plants and are listed 
although they are not “bulbs.” We try to offer you the world’s finest plants (including 
bulbs) for growing in pots. 
CATALOG ARRANGEMENT 
is by Plant Families, according to their relationship. 
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 incuudes 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. Due to present shortage of paper and its high price these publications at 
present are included in one volume per year. 
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 book, bound in manila paper. 
Amaryllidaceae: Tribe Amarylleae, by Traub and Moldenka. 18 illustrations, 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 taxonomy of Amarylleae since. the 
publication of Baker’s “The Amaryllideae,” in 1888. 
Amaryllid nomenclature. Car! 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 nomenclature. 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. 
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