. Autumn catalogue : 1904. Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 24. Double Flowering Amaryllis. A rare and beautiful variety trom the West Indian Isles. It produces immense double flowers, measuring from 6 to 8 inches across; the coloring is a rich orange-scarlet blended with white towards the center. The flowers are borne freely, usually in clusters on strong stems about 18 inches high. For pot culture in the window, conservatory or greenhouse it is especially adapted, and a plant in bloom during
. Autumn catalogue : 1904. Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. 24. Double Flowering Amaryllis. A rare and beautiful variety trom the West Indian Isles. It produces immense double flowers, measuring from 6 to 8 inches across; the coloring is a rich orange-scarlet blended with white towards the center. The flowers are borne freely, usually in clusters on strong stems about 18 inches high. For pot culture in the window, conservatory or greenhouse it is especially adapted, and a plant in bloom during the winter and spring is gorgeously effective. Price, large flowering bulbs, $ each, per doz. AMARYLLIS )OHNSONlI. " The Bermuda Spice ; Congenial conditions—climate and soil—produce a strong-growing variety of Amaryllis John- sonii, popularly known in Bermuda as the " Spice ; It is one of the handsomest and the most reliable bloomers in the Amaryllis family. Their immense flowers, richness of coloring and regal habit are simply incomparable. The bulbs are very large, 8 to 10 inches in circumference, and produce with great certainty extra-strong spikes of bloom, from 18 inches to 3 feet high, bearing enormous trumpet-shaped flowers of great substance, averaging 5 to 6 inches across, of rich and glowing scarlet, intensified by a contrasting wide white stripe through each petal. The spikes frequently produce 4 to 8 flowers each, and often 2 and 3 spikes are produced at one time. When in bloom in the winter and spring months no flower can surpass them in beauty. £.xtra large bulbs. (Now ready.) 40c. each, per doz. GIANT CALIFORNIA^ HYBRID AMARYLLIS. AMAKYLLIS. Aulica Platypetala. (Lily of the Palace.) ^ Flowers large and extremely handsome, glowing crimson, tipped green. Splendid winter bloomer. 75c. each, per doz. A. Equestris. (The Barbados Lily.) Bright, light scarlet with a white star-like throat, running out into bars
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