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SHAKESPEARE SAID that a rose
by any other name weuld still
smell as sweet, but what would the
Bard have thought of a flower that
goes by the name of an entircly
different plant?
Such is the case with the long-
stemmed, trumpet-shaped beauty
known as the Dutch Amaryllis, :
which is actually Hippeastrum. : —
The real Amaryllis is A. belladon-
na —- meaning beautiful lady —a TRACK

bulbous plant that originates in

South Africa. a
Dutch Amarvilis is a hybrid : LIGHTS
whose Hippeastrum forebearers §

came from South America, par-
ticularly from Brazil, Peru and
Chile.

There are many differences be- eas : * . : woe
tween the two. A. belladonna has § 162s anny AVE NORTH VANCOUVER BURNABY
solid flower stalks, green seeds and Haan, omnet Gutataa 1400 MARINE DRIVE 4700 HASTINGS

is extremely difficult to grow. H Phone 585-8877 984-0341 Phone 294.5256.

Its pink flowers, often 12 toa jj
stem, do not appear until autumn,
after the Icaves have died.
f Dutch Amaryllis on the other

= ; os ; photo sudmittee hand has hollow flower stalks,
THE: DUTCH ‘Amaryliis is. the long-stemmed, trumpet-shaped beauty brown-black sceds and is extremely
that flowers easily as a potted plant anytime through winter. Available casy to grow. It blooms in winter
from November through March, Amaryllis bulbs come in a variety of See Hippeastrum
sizes with the largest bulbs producing the greatest number of flowers.

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