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purascens is also a showy plant, bearing several yellow and pur- 

 ple flowers, while E. Hartwegii has flowers of orange color. All 

 of this species are hardy plants. 



As for the half hardy kinds, we have the Calochortus, a genus 

 of thirty-two species and several varieties, including Cyclobothra, 

 formerly considered a separate genus. All the species are worth 

 growing for the sake of their large and beautiful flowers of dif- 

 ferent colors. C. pulckellus, Benthami, Weedii, Kennedyi^ luteus, 

 davatus, aureus, fuscus, and jlavus all have yellow or orange 

 flowers, more or less tinted with purple or brown, while C. spotu- 

 latus, Bonplandianus, Gunnisoni, macrocarpus. Palmer i, flexuosus, 

 splendens, Greenei, unijlorus, lilacmus, and cceruleus have flowers 

 either lilac or purple, with yellow spots or bands ; and the remain- 

 ing C. albus, 3Iaweanus, elegans, Tolmiei, nudus, apiculatus, niii- 

 dus, venustus, NuttalUi, and GhiesbreghtU have white flowers, 

 tinted with lilac and spotted with purple or yellow. 



The Fritillaria is a genus of several species, but with the ex- 

 ception of a few they are not much known. Fritillaria pudica 

 has large bright yellow flowers on short stems, and F. recurva has 

 several ample flowers on a stem a foot high, of a beautiful scarlet 

 color. Both are adapted for frame culture. 



Amaryllis Atamasco and A. Treatei are two beautiful plants ; 

 the former with white, the latter with large rosy flowers. 



Milla bijiora is another beautiful plant, with large open white 

 flowers. 



Camassia esculenta and C. Fraseri have spikes of pretty blue 

 flowers. 



The genus Brodisea consists of several showy species ; B. 

 coccinea, now called Brevoortia, is the best of all ; it has large 

 scarlet flowers. B. volubilis is a remarkable plant on account of 

 its twining stem, which is sometimes as much as twelve feet 

 long, bearing a head of rose colored flowers. B. crocea, gracilis, 

 and ixioides have yellow flowers. B. lactea is nearly white, while 

 B. grandijlora, minor, laxa, Bridgesii, peduncidaris, Douglasii, 

 capitata, terrestris, congesta, and multijlora have purple or blue 

 flowers. 



Among the greenhouse kinds we notice the Hesperocallis undu- 

 lata, with large bulbs and a stem bearing several large pure white 

 flowers that are equal to the well-known Eucharis. 



The genus Pancratium, or Hymenocallis, is represented by sev- 



