D.O.P.-T.

Of the row of amaryllis bulbs I planted near the front yard fence, I usually get about half producing flowers; they don't like fighting with the grass for nutrients, or the drops of water they get on the edge of summer-time sprinkler application. This year they all produced foliage in spring, so I know they were all still alive then, but only one had produced a flower bud. Unfortunately yesterday the next-door landlord, who never saw a green thing he didn't want to cut down, extracted the fence and replaced it with a couple of two-by-fours added. This involved much kneeling on our lawn and he broke off the flower bud. So that's it for this year.