12 THE WEST-AMEKICAN SCIENTIST. 



CALIFORNIA BULBOUS PLANTS. 



Those who have cultivated any of the following species need not 

 be told of their beauty, but for the benefit of those who have never 

 seen them we make a faint attempt to indicate the color of their blos- 

 soms — which, however, it is impossible to do correctly in a single 

 word. 



We are prepared to furnish the trade by the dozen or by the 

 thousand, in lots to suit, and at lowest market rates. They can be 

 safely transported in May to any part of the tuorld, and a fine collec- 

 tion of a dozen varieties will be furnished amateurs at any time for 

 the low price of $2.00, or 25 cents per single species. We can also 

 furnish a fine collection of our beautiful native ferns (roots), or seeds 

 of native plants, trees and shrubs at the same rate. 



Allium unifolium, rose. 



haematochiton, rose purple, Lower California. 



serratum, purple. 



fimbriatum, rosy, Lower California mountains. 



Brodiaea capitata, violet or purple, 

 minor, deep violet. 

 Orcuttii, a new violet variety. 



Bloomeria aurea. golden-yellow umbils, fine. 



Clevelandi, new, similar to Bloomeria aurea. 



Calochortus venustus, lilac. 



Palmeri, rich lilac. 



Weedii, a rich yellow, with brown spots. 



Fritillaria biflora, relative to the Crown Imperial is a hand- 

 some plant, commonly called the "black lily." 



Zygadenus Fremontii, cream-color; a form of this fine plant 

 resembles the " Star of Bethlehem," and may be known 

 to some as the California water lily. 



Muilla maritima, catalogued as white. 

 The Calochorti are the finest of California bulbs, next to lilies, 

 are popular and are successfully grown wherever they have been in- 

 troduced; and this may be said of all the plants in this list. 



The continued discovery of new species is a constant source of 

 pleasure to lovers of the beautiful in nature; and our patrons univer- 

 sally confess that we gratify their sense of the beautiful. 



Address C. B. Orcutt, San Diego, California. 



