The West American Scientist. 



CALIFORNIA WILE FLOWERS. 



Phacelia Parryi. — One of the lovliestand most desirable of the many 

 pretty annuals of Southern California for cultivation. The plant delights 

 in warm, sunny exposures and produces a profusion of large, brilliant 

 royal purple flowers, with an open rotate corolla. Everyone admires its 

 beauty. Grows a foot or two high, very showy and excellent for bouquets. 

 Packet, 15 cents. 



Phacelia Orcuttiana. — A showy plant, bearing smaller white flowers, 

 with brilliant yellow centers. One to three feet high, hardy, new. Can 

 be planted in beds with fine effect. Packet, 15 cents. 



Lathyrus Splendens — A splendid hardy perennial climber, produc- 

 ing a profusion of large, brilliant rose red blossoms, in clusters often or 

 more. The flowers are one to two inches in size, with banner-like petals. 

 Very appropriately called The Pride of California. It was first in- 

 troduced by us. Packet, 25 cts. 



Layia Elegans. — The California Layia is a beautiful hardy annual, 

 forming upright bushy plants, about a foot high, and producing in abun- 

 dance brilliant lemon yellow single flowers, an inch across, the tips of the 

 rays forming a scolloped, white border. Of easy culture and very showy. 

 Packet, 15 cents. 



The Chocolate Lily. — An elegant plant, related to the Crown Im- 

 perial, with broad base leaves and a strong leafy stem, producing from 

 one to five large and beautiful deep claret brown campanulate flowers 

 like a spray of bells. Flowers an inch long, slightly mottled with green. 

 This is Fritillaria biflora, one of the finest species in a large genus of 

 stately and handsome flowers. Bulbs, each ic cts. $1 a dozen. 



Sisyrinchium Bellum. — The Blue-eyed Grass, bears umbel-like 

 clusters of small rotate flowers of a delicate shade of mauve, with a canary 

 yellow center. A profuse bloomer. Roots, per dozen, 25 cents. 



Dodecatheon Clevelandi. — This beautiful perennial, named for 

 Daniel Cleveland of San Diego, is one of the loveliest varieties of the 

 American Cowslip, a near relative of the English Primrose. Known 

 under a multitude of pretty names such as Rabbit-Ears, Shooting-Stars, 

 Johnny-Jump-Ups, Mad-Violets, Rock-Mountain Violets, or as the Giant 

 Cyclamen. Packet, 25 cts. Roots, 10 cts each; $1.00 a dozen. 



The Day Lily of the Desert. — One of the most beautiful and char- 

 acteristics plants of the Desert region of California, is the Day Lily (Hcs- 

 perocallis undulata). Its flower stems rise from one to two feet above the 

 sand, and bear from a few to thirty or more white, fragrant blossoms. 

 Produces a large edible bulb. Each, $1.00. 



Lilium Parryi. — Orders solicited for this rare and beautiful lily, and 

 all other Californian lilies, bulbs, ferns, cacti, and other plants. 



California Palms and Evergreens. — We make a specialty of col- 

 lecting these seeds to order. Prices to the trade on application. 



Drcutt Seed ami Plant Co., - SanHiegp, Cal. 



