Flower grower's guide . Autumn Beauty and Lady Mayoress, raised by the Messrs. Yeitchat Chelsea. Very few flowers have risen so high in public favour amongst affluent amateurs and pro-fessional gardeners as Hippeastrums have done during the past 12 to 15 years; and those HIPPEASTRUMS. zq l persons who have had the pleasure of seeing them exhibited at the Eoyal HorticulturalSocietys meetings in the spring, must have been struck with the marvellous improve-ments made in those splendid flowers, both in size, form, and colour. Every yearbrings out fresh surprises, and wonder is incited as to what
Flower grower's guide . Autumn Beauty and Lady Mayoress, raised by the Messrs. Yeitchat Chelsea. Very few flowers have risen so high in public favour amongst affluent amateurs and pro-fessional gardeners as Hippeastrums have done during the past 12 to 15 years; and those HIPPEASTRUMS. zq l persons who have had the pleasure of seeing them exhibited at the Eoyal HorticulturalSocietys meetings in the spring, must have been struck with the marvellous improve-ments made in those splendid flowers, both in size, form, and colour. Every yearbrings out fresh surprises, and wonder is incited as to what next the hybridist willplace before the Floral Committees of that useful society. During the months of March, April, and May, it has become one of the floral sightsof London to pay a visit to the Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) House (Fig. 139), in thenurseries of Messrs. James Yeitch & Sons, Limited, at Chelsea, where there can be seenthousands of blooms which, when at their best in the different shades of colours, present. Fig. 139. Hippe a strums. (Large bloom one-third natural size.) a veritable blaze of beauty. There visitors can see the work of the hybridist, andnote the rapid strides made with those flowers from a comparatively few species toan almost bewildering number of infinitely grander varieties. Messrs. Williams, ofHolloway, Paul and Sons, Cheshunt, and others have also been working to improvethem. Now in order to produce such and further improvements, the hybridist must havethe material wherewith to set to work, and to do this he must look about him for theright species and improved varieties for that purpose. He must also have an object inview before he commences operations, and see if he require size, form or colour, or an p p 2 292 THE FLOWER GROWERS GUIDE. increased number of flowers on a stem. All these desiderata can be obtained by thepotency of well-selected and judiciously applied pollen. Persons who are commencing to grow Hippeastrums for the first time, should
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