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sand or perhaps one in twenty thousand that is 

 almost white. Seedlings raised from these pro- 

 duce a variety of flowers, white, pale or dark 

 blue, and striped; with a constant tendency 

 to revert to the blue when first taken under 

 cultivation. 



By selection and reselection strains are pro- 

 duced which invariably come white, and by the 

 same process varieties are produced with flowers 

 twice as large as the ordinary, also making the 

 flower head larger, and the plant a much more 

 rapid multiplier from the bulbs. 



From all this it will appear that the brodiaea 

 is a very interesting plant. As already suggested, 

 it well deserves the attention of some careful 

 experimenter, who might develop certain strains 

 for flowers and others for bulbs. Plants that are 

 of interest both to the lover of flowers and to the 

 vegetable gardener have exceptional claims on 

 the plant developer. 



OTHER NEGLECTED LILIES 



There are two allied tribes of plants known as 

 Bloomeria and Brevoortia, respectively, that are 

 closely related to the brodiaea, each of which 

 is of interest. 



The brevoortia is usually called the Floral Fire- 

 cracker, from its green, crimson, and yellow flow- 



