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I can see no governing law, no gradual transition from one form to another. 

 With over twenty years' observation and every facility, I cannot say that 

 I can identify any one of the wild variations I know with the named 

 varieties of the books and gardens, and I shall not now enter into such a 

 hopeless task, and so add to a confusion of varieties. Luther Burbank 

 took up a form and differentiated it wonderfully, and these seedlings have 

 been widely distributed, as well as a large number of his hybrids, in 

 which the pardalimwi blood is dominant. The rational thing to do now 

 is to drop all botanical names for its varieties and to select the best for 

 propagation under convenient horticultural names. 



One variation, L. imrdaliimm var. Wareii, I cannot, however, pass 

 unnoticed. It is a clear yellow, unspotted, fragrant form of the species, 

 and clearly a transitional form between L. pcudaliiiiun and L. Parryii. 

 The " Garden " published a beautiful plate of it some years ago. 



Its history is an interesting one. It was sent to England years ago as 

 an oy({mi\A'y L. par dalinum,\)\\i it has never since been found in California. 

 The most reliable information would make it a native of the extreme 

 south of California. In that region Fj. Parryii is known as well as a 

 fragrant form of L . pardalinum, but so far var. Wareii is a lost Lily. 



There seems to be a misconception generally as to the habitat of L. 

 pardalimiin, the idea being that it is a bog Lily. This is by no means 

 the case. Moisture it loves, and it sometimes grows in very wet places, 

 but in bogs never, and the finest developed plants are not in wet places. 



Go with me in the Coast Range mountains to where high in their 

 bosom some li\ing stream has formed a little vale deep with sandy loam 

 and wash from the surrounding slopes, and there overtopping the tall 

 grasses and weeds which are stimulated to a luxurious growth I will show 

 you this beautiful Lily higher than a man and glorious in its orange and 

 red bloom, its bulb in a sharp well-drained soil, its roots running down 

 to abundant moisture. In such spots it grew by acres before civilisation 

 with its plough and hog came. I have often seen masses containing 200 to 

 300 bulbs solidly matted together. If it is on the bank of the stream in 

 deep sandy loam, where the roots can run down to water, it is still 

 happier. It glories in air and sunshine, and where the stream banks are 

 shaded never equals its stature in more exposed places. In cultivation, 

 land that will grow good Potatos will suit it. 



Luther Burbank grew it to perfection by thousands, grown as Potatos 

 would be at his Sebastopol place, in land perfectly adapted to deciduous 

 fruits of all sorts, and my experience is that any good loam, well drained 

 and cultivated, M'ith very moderate watering, suits it. The largest plants 

 I ever saw were grown in a P«ony bed in my Ukiah garden in a stiff" 

 clay loam. 



5. L. parviflorum.—k native of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of 

 Northern and Central California, in the same region as the typical 

 L. Humholdtii, i.e. 1,500 to 3,500 feet elevation, growing in sandy 

 alluvium on the banks of living streams or among brush and weeds in 

 alluvial flats. There are many ]oretty variations in colour. 



L. parviflorum has the bulb, foHage, and capsule of L. parcum, and 

 the revolute flower of L. pardalimim. The rhizomes seldom branch, 

 and it therefore never forms masses as that species does. It is paler in 



