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VOLUME IV . 



Orcutt, Calif.. June, 1895. 



WHOLE NO. 78. 



Thh West American Scientist. 

 C. 11. Orcutt, Editor and Publisher, 



Orcutt and San Diego, (California, U. S. A. 

 Price 10 cents; per year, $1 00 

 advertisements 50 cents per line nonpareil. 



BULBS 



$ 100: 



Allium haematochiton Watson: fine $ 1 00 



Bloomeriaaurea: rich yellow flowers 150 



Clevelandi watson: delicate lemon 3 00 



Brodiaeacapitata: large heads, lavender... 1 00 



capitata alba: charming, pure white 2 40 



congesta: violet purple, 2 to 3 ft high... 



coccinea: Vegetable lire cracker 



giandiflora: dark waxy purple, showy 

 lxioides (Cahproa lutea): yellow, pretty 



lactea: white banded with green 



laxa (blue milla, Ithuriel's spear): blue 



minor: line royal purple umbels 



multiflora: umbels of violet flowsrs 



Orcuttii; lavender colored fls 



peduneularis: waxy porcelain white... 



stcllaris: rich purple, white centers 1 



tenestris: royal purple, 2 inches high... 2 



volubilis: Twining hyacinth, climbing 4 



mixed varieties $G per 1000 



(Jalochortii8albus: Fairy Bell, pearly w. 1 



lienthamii: open cup shaped flowers 2 



Gunnisoni: light lilac, purple banding 10 00 



'Howellii' (apiculatus); white, 2 it high 6 00 



Kennedyi: magnificent dazzling scarlet 10 00 



Leichtlinii; much like Nuttallii 3 



longibarbatus: fine purple, a foot high... 6 



luteus: yellow fls, dotted with brown... 1 



v. concolor: large bright yellow flowers 7 



li'acinus; lilac shadins to purple, line... 1 



macrocarpus: large purple flowers 4 



niaweanus: white, silky blue hairs, fine 1 



nitidus: purple and green fls., flexuous 7 



nudus: dwarfish in habit, purple fls.... 4 



Nuttallii: large white fls, green banded 4 



Palmeri : a rare and beautiful sort 7 



pulchellus: star tulip, pendant flowers 1 



splendens: lavender color 3 00 



v. atroviolacea: purple, with red spots 3 00 



venustus oculatus: finely marked lis 150 



venustus purpurasceas: purple centers 2 25 



vt'iiustus citrinus: lemon yellow 1 50 



vuuustus roseus; creamy inside 2 40 



Wofdii: orange butterfly tulip, fine 4 50 



Tolmlei: very large white pendant fls... 2 25 



11 vmh ((Jyclobothra flavA): golden shell 2 00 



Plummeraj (Weedii pirrpurascpns) 7 50 



Purdyi Greene: pale lilsc fls, new 4 5n 



Sexuosus: lilac lis, a linebhtterfly tulip 10 00 



Bavtardianus: drooping purple and yel, 8 00 



mixed varieties, choice selections 1 20 



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Camassia 'alba' 



Cusickii: purple giant, great novelty... 



esculenta: dark blue fls, edible bulbs... 



Leichtlinii 



Chlorogalum angussifolium, dwarf size... 



parvifolium and pomeridianum, each... 

 Erythronium grandiflorum (gsganteum)... 



Hartwegii, large "yellow fls, beautiful... 



Hendersonii, pink fls, center blackish... 



montanum. 3 to 4 large pure white fls... 



Howellii, white turning pink, Oregon... 



Smithii, white fls turning purple 



grandiflorum minor, yellow flowers 



purpurascens. rare and beautiful 



Freesiarefractaalba: seed $3 per ft> 



Fritillaria atropnrpurea 



biflora: chocolate lily, wine purple fls... 



coccinea: much like recurva, pretty fls 



lanceolata, curious mottled colornig 



v. gracilis, nearly black, pretty 



liliacea, white, otherwise like biflora 



parviflora 



pudica. charming yellow or orange fls... 



recurva, scarlet bell shaped flowers..... 



Hesperocallis undulata, desert lily 



Leucocrinum montanum, delicate white... 



Behria tenuiflora 



Lilium Bolanderi, Oregon, quite rare yet.. 



Columbiannm. like dwarf Humboldtii... 



Hum boldtii, orange, with black spots 



maritimum, blood red flowers 



pardalinum, red and orange 



v. minor, canary yellow, spotted fls 



v. Bourgaei, lustrous fierv red 



Parryi, delicate lemon yellow, fragrant. 



parvum, scarlet spotted with brown 



rubescens, opens white, very fine 



Washingtonianum, white, very fragrant 



Muilla maritima, small whitish flower 



Trillium sessile californicum 



ovatum, white, turning to wine purple.. 

 Zygadenus Fremontii, creamy white fls 



paniculatus, stouter and taller 



Amaryllis formosissima 



Richardiaafricana, calla 



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THE WEST AMERICAN SCIENTIST, Orcutt 

 California, pleases botanists, horticulturists, & 

 naturalists everywhere. $ 1 a year, 10c. a copy. 



CATALOGUES 

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