which was the basis for the now famous Amaryllis-Hippeastrum nomen- 
clature controversy which stirred botanical circles for a decade. (See 
early issues of HERBERTIA, yearbook of the American Plant Life Soci- 
ety.) Further information in our 1949 catalogue, copies free on request. 
Blooming size bulbs, 50c each, $2.50 for six. Delivery any time. Prefers 
sandy loam. 
AMARYLLIS ALBERTI—double form of above, good bulbs, $1.00 
each, smaller, 50c. (Very rare.) 
AMARYLLIS STRIATA (RUTILA), a variable dwarf species from 
Brazil, used in creating the new miniature strains of hybrid Amaryllis in 
Europe. Holland type (as available) $3.00 each. A. striata var. fulgida, 
a handsome, dainty salmon-rose form, medium size bulbs $3.00 each as 
available. These are rarities and always in short supply. Fine for pots. 
AMARYLLIS JOHNSONI—the beautiful and stately St. Joseph's 
Lily of Louisiana and other parts of the lower South, likes heavy soil and 
good drainage, dark red with fine white striping, long, trumpet-shaped 
fiower, 75c each, three for $2.00. See the early 19th Century plates of 
this in Wilfrid Blunt's “THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION," 
London, 1950, pages 174 and 213, done by Redoute and Mrs. Bury. 
AMARYLLIS ADVENA—valuable and useful miniature Chilean spe- 
cies, for outdoors in lower South. Half hardy, long, slender leaves in 
winter, dormant in summer, handsome spikes of dark red blooms in early 
Fall. Likes sandy loam, with good drainage. Bulbs are an inch or two in 
diameter with a long neck like Cooperia pedunculata. Half-hardy into 
Tennessee and the Carolinas. 50c each, $2.50 for six, $4.50 per doz. 
Rose-pink variety (Amaryllis rosea, very rare) $1.00 each. 
AMARYLLIS RETICULATA var. STRIATIFOLIA, "Mrs. Garfield.” 
This is an old form of the famous striped-leaved lavender-pink netted 
and lined Amaryllis, most unusual among the medium and large flowered 
types because it is fall blooming. A lovely thing in its season. Requires 
careful attention to drainage for best growth. We grow in flats of sandy 
sandy loam. Offers much to hybridizers. $3.50 each. 
McCANN DOUBLE AMARYLLIS 
McCann Double Amaryllis—a remarkable achievement in modern 
hybrid Amaryllis, originated in South Florida by the late Capt. J. J. 
McCann, and grown to the present significant place in the bulb world 
by his son, E. J. McCann. A cross of Amaryllis Alberti and Nehrling hy- 
brid Amaryllis. Mixed colors, McCann Doubles, three for $5.00. Named 
varieties, "HELEN HULL" and CAPT. McCANN, $2.50 each. MADIRA 
BICKEL, MARY McCANN and ED-LENA, $4.50 each. Descriptions in 
our 1951 list, free on request. Lakemont Gardens introduced these 
brilliant novelties to the retail bulb trade nationally in 1949. 
GLORIOSA LILIES 
Gloriosa Lilies have been one of our most popular specialties for 
more than I5 years and we are constantly adding to our list of these 
exotic and beautiful flowers. They are one of nature's most colorful 
and showy blooms, a bulb vine, with tubers V or L-shaped, which are 
usually parted at the angle to produce two growing arms before sale. 
Can be handled in North in summer like Gladiolus, lifted in winter, 
and are good outdoors all the year in frost-free areas in the Lower South. 
GLORIOSA ROTHSCHILDIANA 
GLORIOSA ROTHSCHILDIANA is the easiest and most spectacular 
species, single tubers, 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 each, according to size. 
A line of these can be grown like sweet peas. Also useful in pots, tubs 
or for border use in the garden. Available all the year. Blooms are 
widely used by florists for bouquets and corsages. See our article on 
Gloriosas in Plant Life 195! (American Plant Life Society) pages 143-53. 
G. Rothschildiana grows four to six feet tall. Likes sandy loam. 
GLORIOSA SUPERBA—is the old favorite, known since 1680, with 
orange-red and yellow crisped petals, tall vining species. Bulbs will be 
available Jan-Aug. We offer 50c and 75c sizes; a few largest $1.00 each. 
GLORIOSA PLANTI—the new and delightful dwarf species, with glossy 
green leaves, bright orange and yellow flowers, half the size and the 
shape of G.Rothschildiana,a delightful and easy plant for the lath house, 
the greenhouse or the border, or for growing in large "pans' (flat pots 
of florists used for azaleas, étc.). Grows two or three feet tall, with 
many flowers. Will cling to two-foot chciken wire. Available January- 
August. 50c and $1.00 each, according to size; largest size $2.00 each. 
GLORIOSA CARSONI—new species from East Africa, tall, up to 
eight feet, with many medium to large flowers, claret red and lemon 
yellow, deepening to maroon. Distinct and unusual. $2.00 and $3.00 each. 
GLORIOSA VERSCHUURI—a new species described in 195! from 
bulbs collected for the Amsterdam Botanic Garden, like G. Rothschildiana 
in habit, but shorter, more compact flower with broader petals. Shows 
little variation with us, whereas G. Rothschildiana often shows variation 
to some degree in size and form. An attractive flower for corsages and 
bowls. Petals not so sharply recurved. Very rare. $5.00 each. 
GLORIOSA SUPERBA. VAR. LUTEA—a remarkable form of Su- 
perba with clear, rich yellow flowers at first opening, later deepening to 
a tawny red. Scarce. $3.00 each. Will bloom from small sizes. 
GLORIOSA SUPERBA VAR. SIKKIMI—a larger and more beautiful 
form of Superba obtained bv us from Sikkim below the Himalayas. The 
species Superba is found both in India and Africa, and this Indian form 
is outstanding under good culture. $2.00 each. 
BLOOD LILY or HAEMANTHUS 
HAEMANTHUS MULTIFLORUS—Footbali Lily, Fireball Lily, or the 
East African ‘Blood Lily’ is one of nature's showiest flowering bulbs, spec- 
tacular to the utmost degree. A plant of H. multiflorus with its globe 
of red flowers on a foot-long stem, displayed in the window of a store on 
a busy street when properly shown off with black velvet backdrop and 
overhead lighting will stop traffic. 
The bulb is the size of an Amaryllis at maturity, and even medium 
size bulbs, |'/ to 2 inches in diameter, will usually bloom. They are 
always scarce and in our experience far superior to H. Katherinae, offered 
in California, which seems unsuited to culture in the Lower South. 
In greenhouses and home window gardens in the north, H. multiflorus 
is superb, showy and amazing. Easy culture, like an amaryllis. Bulbs 
are completely dormant in winter and early spring and are shipped at 
that time. They bloom April to June. Price $10.00 each, largest size, 
$5.00 medium, and $3.00 small sizes. Medium and large sizes should 
bloom. A scarce item and rarely offered in the American trade. 
GERBERA DAISIES 
We offer the Hersey strain of Duplex Gerbera Daisies, large, broad- 
petaled perennial flowers, in a fine mixture of colors and types., won- 
derful plants for the Southern garden where freezing is not severe. They 
are hardy with protection outside into Tennessee and the Carolinas and 
are at their best around the Gulf Coast and over the lower South gener- 
ally. They can be grown in the summer garden North. Price $3.50 per 
dozen. Double form, $9.00 per doz. Six at half the dozen rate. 
Agapanthus umbellatus (orientalis) the famous Blue* Lily of the Nile, 
one of our most popular perennial tuberous rooted plants and having a 
great revival at this time. Best planted in the Fall, Winter and Spring 
in Deep South. Must have plenty of moisture and rich soil. Fine for 
large pots or tubs, but can be grown South in heavy soil in gardens and 
borders or pool-side location. 50c each, $5.00 dozen. 
Eucharis grandiflora, the Amazon lily, popular Amaryllid for pots, 
large, white narcissus-like flowers, 75c each. 
Sprekelia formosissima, var. superba, showy form of the classic Ja- 
cobean “Lily, the “orchid'’ of the Amaryllids, bright red, 75c each. 
Brunsvigia rosea—the Cape ‘'Belladonna Lily’, formerly Amaryllis 
belladonna, Herb. Popular in California, difficult to bloom in South- 
east, 75c each. 
Hymenocallis—we have several beautiful species of this exotic and 
astonishing group of bulbs—H. Caribaea, the best known, for Amaryllis 
culture, in pots or the garden, summer blooming with spidery white 
flowers, 50c each; H. tenuiflora, larger flowers, with showy corona in 
center, glossy green leaves, $1.00 each. ISMENE (Hymenocallis) -SUL- 
PHUR QUEEN, nice bulbs, one of our specialties, rare yellow-flowered 
hybrid Ismene or deciduous Hymenocallis hybrid, $2.00 each. A famous 
flower. 
TULBAGHIA—a dainty genus of South African plants, fine for pots, 
related to Agapanthus. H. violacea, onion-scented, slender foliage, um- 
bels of lavender flowers, 50c each. Also T. fragrans, larger winter bloom- 
ing bulb, umbels of attractive lilac flowers, richly perfumed, $1.50 each. 
ACHIMENES 
The ACHIMENES are definitely the latest plant sensation of the 
Gesneraceae in the United States. This tuberous-rooted plant, bearing 
little pine-cone-like tubercles on the roots, of similar culture to the Afri- 
can Wiolet and Gloxinia, is sweeping the country. Our sales have in- 
creased every year since World War II, and this season we look for the 
busiest season in Achimenes ever. 
We are short of some of the standard varieties this season, but have 
other kinds, which previously have been rare and choice, in reasonably 
abundant quantities, at reduced prices. Culture is like the Gloxinia, 
Saintpaulia, Episcea, Gesnera, etc.—plant five or six Achimenes tubercles 
in a five or six inch pot, using any good Gloxinia or African violet soil. 
(Yo sandy loam, '/4 leaf mold, '/4 compost or sifted peat, well rotted 
manure, etc). Drainage must be qood and give plenty of light. Ask 
for our special leaflet on Achimenes culture, free to every Achimenes 
customer. We also hope to have some reprints of the helpful article on 
Achimenes, from the "Calling All Growers'' column, Florists Exchange, 
for Aug. 23, 1952. Also a few extra copies of our article on Achimenes 
as contained in Tropical Homes and Gardening (Miami, Fla.), October 
1952, page 20, price 25c per copy (entire issue). 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
ROYAL PURPLE (Purple King, Pulcherrima, etc.)—best all-around 
Achimenes, early blooming, vigorous, free-flowering. Doge Purple (RHS 
color chart), 75c per doz. 
PATENS—the best dwarf type reddish purple for pots (Petunia Pur- 
ple), bright, compact type, foliage veined dark red. 75c per doz. Try 
this one. 
DAINTY QUEEN—a splendid white type, with slight lavender eye 
at center, 98 per cent white.Best white available this year. Large flowers, 
free blooming, showy, vigorous. $1.00 doz. 
GALATEA—the best early flowering blue (Hyacinth blue}, scarce 
this season (Achimenes longiflora type) $2.50 doz. 
