selected field grown bulbs to greenhouses. There they are hand polinated 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 unclassified 
colors. Price. 2144" 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. 314” diam. $2.00 ea. 3/$5.00; 342”, $2.50, 3/$6.50. 
H. and S. White Background, white with markings of pink, to scarlet or red. 2/2” 
fo 38110 ea 3483-102 3709 $160,194.00 314" $2.25583/ 66.005 131a~ 5 2-7. cas 
2/$5.00. 
H. and S. Near White. These have lighter color markings than the White Background. 
A few seedlings of these are likely to be pure white. If pollinated by a pure White 
Dutch variety, superior seedlings will result. 244”, $2.00 ea. 3/$5.50; 3”, $2.50; 34", 
$3.00. 
Royal Dutch Amaryllis, or Warmenhoven Strain. 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, mostly 34” 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. Sold out. 
Sweet Seventeen. B. 9” fls. Frosty salmon-rose on white giving a flesh-pink effect. 
$5.25. 
Violetta. Not a violet tint but a very lovely red close to tyrian-rose. $5.50 
All Royal Dutch and Ludwig Amaryllis are vegetatively reproduced, by divisions of 
the bulbs and are not seedlings. Hence all the bulbs of the same name are exactly alike. 
Important. All Dutch Amaryllis are packed in a large bag of peat for insulation from 
the cold. Every bulb we sent out last year arrived in perfect condition. Since peat 1s 
needed in the potting soil, we add enough fertilizer, Blood and Bone Meals for a 7” pot. 
No other fertilizer is needed until after flowering. We hope you use this to make the 
soil formula we recommend. This service should be considered as worth $1.00, if you 
compare prices. 
Ludwig Amaryllis. No collection of fine Amaryllis can be complete without several 
of the Ludwig Dutch strain. We tested several the past season and found no disappoint- 
ments. Like the Royal Dutch or Warmenhoven strain they are pure self colors unless 
described otherwise, with the probable exceptions of the pink varieties. I have never seen 
a perfectly self colored pink Amaryllis. All the following are 314” diam. or over. 
American Express. A.A. 814” fis., light orient red. Throat darker, with violet tone. 
$7.50. 
Doris Lillian. A. 72” carmine rose fls., that are most lovely. $9.00. 
Love’s Desire. Ludwigs say this new fall 1954 introduction is their best pink. Their 
description: Coral pink. 9” flowers. A kodachrome shows some white in throat. We 
must cut profit to sell for $9.00. 
Margaret Truman. A.A. 712” to 8” porcelain rose fls. Named in honor of a real 
American Girl. $8.00. 
Roselinde. 614 ”—7”, but most lovely flowers of soft carmine rose. A fine pink. $6.00. 
Snow Queen. 714” pure white flowers with minutely ruffled edges. They open an 
immaculate white. $6.00. 
White Giant. 8” fls., pure white and perfect in contour. This and Snow Queen are 
best whites I’ve seen. $7.50. 
Wyndham Hayward. A.A. 9” fls. of dark orient red. Fine contour. This variety is 
the nearest to perfection in all qualities of a red Amaryllis that I’ve seen and is fittingly 
named in honor of Wyndham Hayward. $9.00. 
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