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Calif ornian "Bulbs, Grolvn by Carl Turdy 



FRITILLARIAS 



GROUP I 



Very pretty, lily-like plants, thriving wild in heavy clays or adobes among 

 grasses. They are seldom over a foot high, with lily-like flowers. Their culture is easy. 



If treated as for Calo- 

 chorti, or in any loam, 

 they do well if planted up 

 to December 2 inches deep 

 and 3 inches apart each 

 way. 



Pluriflora (reddish purple) , 

 Biflora (nearly black), 

 Agrestis (Greenish, 

 lined dark brown), 

 Liliacea (Greenish 

 white). 

 Either of the above at 

 6 cts. each, 60 ets. 

 per doz. 



GROUP II 



All of these Fritillarias 

 are tall, slender plants, liv- 

 ing in light soils in wood- 

 land, and they require a 

 soil containing some mold 

 and well drained, with 

 some shade. In cultiva- 

 tion, the treatment recom- 

 mended for Calochorti will 

 suit them if the bed is 

 shaded. They are admir- 

 able for naturalizing in 

 woodland or glen. In 

 beds, coldframes or pots, 

 treat like Calochorti. Plant 

 3 inches deep and as far 

 apart. 



Lanceolata. Flowers green- 

 ish brown, mottled with 

 brown. 

 Lanceolata gracilis. Flow- 

 ers reddish black. 

 Recurva. The finest of 

 the world's Fritillarias, 

 and as handsome as 

 most true lilies. A well- 

 grown plant has as 

 many as a dozen bril- 

 liantly clear orange-scar- 

 let flowers spotted or- 

 ange in the throat. 

 Coccinea. Like the last; 

 even more richly colored 

 in crimson, but lower 

 growing. This will grow 

 very satisfactorily in 

 heavy clays. 

 Either of the above at 

 G ets. each, 60 cts. per 

 Fritillaria recurva doz.; smaller bulbs at 



The finest of the world's Fritillarias. Orange and scarlet $3 per 100. 



