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to success. But don’t allow any one to persuade you to use small pots. We use 7” pots 
for larger bulbs and how they grow! We keep the bulbs growing as long as tops stay 
green and continue watering and feeding. Others advise to dry them off even as early 
as Oct. Nature does not do it that way in their natural habitat but frost does farther 
north if grown out doors. 
ie advise that you use our soil mixture and culture method for expensive Dutch 
hybrids. 
There is no quantity discount on Amaryllis except as specified in the listing. 
Amaryllis advena. Oxblood Lily. 5 to 8 ox-blood red flowers in an umbel, on a 10” 
slender scape, preceding foliage. Fall bloomer. Culture. Not suitable for pot culture, but 
so nearly hardy that in mild sections of north it will succeed where peaches or apricots 
may be grown. Plant bulbs 6” deep or more, and mulched, in a protected situation. Full 
sun exposure, heavy or medium loam soil is good but does well in lighter soils also. Order 
before September 15 if possible, or you may miss first year flowers. Special prices: Largest 
bulbs 60c. Blooming sizes 50c. Medium 30c. Small bulbs 15c, $1.50 doz. Per 100, $10.00 
postpaid or $9.00, f.o.b. express. Everyone should grow this easy Amaryllis, hardy, at 
least as far north as southern Kansas. 
(I am not entirely convinced that this is a true Amaryllis. Besides general appearance 
and unique growth habits it appears to be sexually incompatible with other Amaryllis. 
It is worth growing in quantity and is almost hardy in north. It will stand deep planting 
and with a heavy mulch has survived winter in Mich.) 
A. ambigua. Lily shaped, white flowers with pink markings, on tall straight stems. 
5 to 7 flowers in an umbel. The exquisite spicy fragrance perfumes the entire garden. 
Plant 4” deep in garden in south, to Okla. $2.50. 
Hybrid Amaryllis. We offer Howard and Smith’s, the best American Strain and 
our favorite varieties of the Royal Dutch and Ludwig strains from Holland. 
Howard and Smith strain. These are grown from seed produced by moving 
selected field grown bulbs to greenhouses. There they are hand pollinated with each 
other and with a large stock of Dutch varieties. The resulting seedlings are field grown 
to flowering sizes. In the field, weak varieties perish. The surviving bulbs are thus 
far easier to grow outside in the south than imported, greenhouse grown bulbs. 
Assorted Colors. We usually find that the better flowers come among the unclas- 
sified colors. Price. 244” to 3” diam., 90c ea. 3/$2.50. 6/$4.75. 12/$9.00. 3” or over, 
$1.50 ea. 3/$4.00. 12/$15.00. 
H. and S. White Background, white with markings of pink, to scarlet or red. 24%” to 
Smee lel Ovea eS) 3.10; 
H. and S. Near White. These have lighter color markings than the White Back- 
ground. A few seedlings of these are likely to be pure white. If pollinated by a pure 
White Dutch Variety, superior seedlings will result. 22”, $2.00 ea. 3/$5.50. 
Royal Dutch Amaryllis, Leopoldi type, with short tube, wide open, large, flat 
flowers. All are pure self colors. Most of the following have been rated at the Valleevue 
Test Garden, at Cleveland, O. The highest rating is A.A. Known ratings are given below. 
They are all top size bulbs, 3144” diam. or over. 
Bordeaux. A. 10” flowers of pure bordeaux-red. $5.25. 
Lucifer. The darkest red of fine contour and large size. $5.50. 
Moreno. A.A. 8” fls. Light wine red, suffused rose in throat. $5.75. 
Queens Page. A.A. Only 8” fls. are claimed but ours were even larger. Usually the 
opposite is true. Salmon. Perfect contour. $5.75. 
Red Master. A.A. 11” to 12” fls. are claimed. Ours did not quite reach that size 
but were fine. Dark bordeaux-red. $6.00. 
Sweet Seventeen. B. 9” fls. Frosty salmon-rose on white giving a flesh-pink effect. 
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Violetta. Not a violet tint but a very lovely red close to tyrian-rose. $5.50 
Complete Collection of all 7 var. Royal Dutch Amaryllis, listed for $39.00, price 
$35.00. 
All of the above as well as all Ludwig Amaryllis are vegetatively reproduced, by 
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