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THE American Amaryllis Society is again to be congratulated upon the publication of its ninth year-book “Herbertia” for 1942 (From the Society, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. 3.25 dollars post paid). The Society, through its able editor Dr. Hamilton P. Traub, has brought together a large number of short contributions which deal with all aspects of the Amaryllidacese. Detailed descriptions of the Ixolirion tribe, with keys and descriptions of species, are given by Dr. Traub, and include chromosome data for I. tartaricum. The genus Crinum is also the subject of a comprehensive review by Dr. J. C. Th. Uphof. Suitable illustrations play a considerable part in the correct recognition of species, and Major Albert Pam of Broxbourne, England, has prepared an extensive check-list of coloured plates of amaryllids which have been published in the literature. A new species of Hemerocallis, H. altissima, is described by Dr. A. B. Stout, who also outlines the various stages in the breeding of a red-flowered day-lily. Starting with Hemerocallis fiava, H. aurantiaca, H. Thunbergii and the Europa day-lily, hybridization and selective breeding produced the Theron class, with petals almost wholly red. Further breeding has made possible the introduction of bi-coloured flowers, and blooms with various geometrical arrangements of red upon a yellow ground.
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SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE AMARYLLIDANCEÆ. Nature 152, 481–482 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152481a0
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