should have enough sand to feel very gritty. Such a mixture drains quickly but retains 
enough moisture around the roots. 
To this mixture we add a tablespoon of bone meal and a level teaspoon of blood 
meal for each 6” pot. This is enough fertilizer until after bulbs have flowered. 
One curved piece of pot over pot hole is sufficient for good drainage. Cover this 
with a layer of wet sphagnum. Set bulb in soil and mulch top surface with a layer of 
wet sphagnum. The neck and about 7 of bulb should be above soil surface. This surface 
should be 2” below pot rim. In potting carefully spread out all living roots as they are 
a great advantage to bulbs. Such bulbs will start more quickly and may be given a warm 
temperature at once. If there are few or no living roots on bulbs, set them first in a 
cool place, about 50°, for roots to form and growth start. 
We water at once and again when growth has started. With mixture above advised, 
one is not likely to over water tho you should be a little careful at first, if the bulb 
had no living roots. For as long as they will grow, potted Amaryllis need frequent 
watering. They are not only heavy drinkers but gross feeders. If you give liquid manure 
or Spoonit every 3 weeks, it will be about right. It is also good to vary the diet. 
Amaryllis like the sun. If the foliage fades the sun may be too strong or you may 
not be watering enough. In mid summer in our greenhouses we usually have to apply 
a little shading to the glass, partly on account of temperatures which may go to over 
100° even in our air conditioned houses. Whitewash shading can be washed off when 
cooler weather arrives. In the house, give them a sunny window. Keep the bulbs growing 
vigorously until fall, Oct. or Nov. When outer leaves begin to go down, buds have been 
formed for next season’s flowers and bulbs may be dried off and stored in a cool place. 
Inspect frequently. For early flowers, dry off about Nov. 1. 
This describes the method we used this season and formerly. 314” bulbs potted 
from Dec. to about Mar. increased in size. A few burst their 7” pots. Some became fully 5” 
in diam., others 4” to almost 5”. 
Amaryllis advena. This species is listed by Hayward as A. bifida. He is good 
authority and it may be that. Ox-blood Lily. This is a fall bloomer. Hardy to So. Ind., 
Ill., Mo., Kans., etc. There are 5 to 8 dark red fls. in an umbel. Not suitable for pots. 
Plant about 6” deep. Large bulbs 50c. Blooming sizes 40c. Smaller bulbs that may 
bloom, $1.25 per doz. 100 assorted sizes, $8.00. 
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. Believed to be a natural hybrid of 
A. elegans and A. vittata. 
A. immaculata. This rare species belongs to the same subgenus as A. elegans and 
hybrid Ambigua. The immense, pure white, deliciously scented flowers come in August. 
It is a shy bloomer and often skips a year or longer. Evidently horticulturists have not 
solved the correct culture methods. Offered only to those who feel capable of experi- 
menting. Bulbs become very large. Price $8.00. 
A. psittacina. The parrot colored Amaryllis as the name indicates. It comes from 
S. Brazil and blooms in winter here. The frost usually ruins many of the flowers. The 
green tinted flowers with carmine lines and edges are very attractive and unusual. The 
bulb is very large and long necked. This species is hard to get and we have few. Price 
$8.00. 
Hybrid Amaryllis. The Howard and Smith strain is considered to be the best 
American strain. Thése 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 unclassified 
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. 314” diam. $2.00 ea. 3/$5.00; 344”, $2.50, 3/$6.50. 
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