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BRODIAEAS. 
Pr. 100. M. 
These are a race of handsome, hardy bulbous plants, native to the 
Western part of the United States. The leaves are slender and like grass, 
the naked flower stalks erect, gracefully slender, and bear from a few to very 
many flowers in either head or umbel. The flowers are of a waxy texture 
and keep wonderfully. 
There is not a species which lacks beauty, while a few rank very 
high ornamentally. 
Their culture is easy. Except that the soil be not manured heavily 
or soggy, they are not particular. A light, loamy soil is best, and among 
ferns and tall perennials they are at their best. 
The bulbs are small and ripen hard, and in the dry state can be shipped 
without any care in packing. They should be planted by December, and 
from two to three inches deep. They can be grown very closely. An inch 
and a half or two inches each way is ample for root development. 
SECTION I. 
CANDIDA. The flowers are in broadly spreading umbels and pale 
blue. A very beautiful species. Uncertain supply. $4.50 
LAXA. Like last. As many as sixty fine deep purple flowers, in a 
widely spreading umbel. One of the best. ,;1.j0 $10.00 
Hendersonii. A smaller species, with yellow flowers banded purple. 
Quite rare, but intrinsicaTT3^ _ TT^rior>^oj2^644«^ — Un c e rtain sunply. 
$4.50* 
BRIDGESII. (R£sejribiing Laxa. Flowers reddish purple, broad 
lipped and exceedingly pretty. $-2-r£i_^ 
PEDUNCULARIS. This species prefers the gravelly bed of shallow 
streams, or their sandy margins, although doing well in any damp loam. 
The pedicels are so very long that the umbel is often two feet across. The 
flowers porcelain white. A fine species. $2.2 5 $15.00 
Lactea. In this and the following the flowers are small and in more 
compact umbels. Lactea is pure white, with green ribs. $1.50 $10.00 
IXIODES VAR. SPLENDENS. In this most charming plant the flow- 
ers spread almost as widely as a Phlox Drummondii. The color varies 
from a light yellow to a cream. I can recommend it both for beauty and 
reliable blooming. $2.25 $15.00 
SECTION II. 
Flowers few in umbels and very waxy in texture. 
CALIFORNICA. Often two feet high, with large pinkish-purple flow- 
ers. A very fine plant. $2.25 15.00 
GRANDIFLORA. Half the size of last, but large and showy; deep 
purple flowers. $1.50 $10.00 
PURDYII. The pinkish-purple flowers spread widely, with declin- 
ing tips. $3.00 
STELLARIS. Several short stems forming a starry clump of intense 
purple flowers, with white centers. Very pretty $2.25 $15.00 
CALIFORNIA HYACINTHS. 
SECTION III. 
Especially adapted to woodland and rockwork. Flowers in close heads, 
on tall, slender stems. 
Capitata. An early tall sort, with violet flowers. $1.50 $10.00 
CAP TTATA — VAR. —ALBA Lovely pure whit o waxy fl owers. Beau- 
tiful. $3.00i- 
