P R I C E L 1 S T O V C A L I F O R N I A N BULBS 
B. Capitata alba also will do in adobes if well drained. 
Globe Tulips. Calochortis albus and amabilis will do well in heavy 
claj'S in shade if drainage is good. 
Mariposa Tulips. Calochortus Vesta, a gloriously beautiful flower only 
grows in sticky adobes in the wild state, and Calochortus venustus var. 
purpurascens grows in like soils. C. Venustus var. oculatus and citrinus 
thrive in clays which are quite wet at times in the winter, and C. splendens 
rubra, which is the largest lilac INlariposa Tulip, comes from very sticky 
red adobe but well drained. 
Camassias. These are very line plants and all of them will thrive in 
soils where they are wet all of the winter, and in the heaviest of clays or 
adobes. The forms of C. Leichtlinii are superb plants, two to four feet 
high, with very fine flowers. All of them will hold their own against the 
wild grasses. 
Erythroniums or Dog's-Tooth Violets. These must have some shade 
and good drainage, but E. citrinum, E. Californicum, E. Elendersonii and 
all of the Rcvolutums will do well in heavj^ soils, even verging on the 
adobes. 
Fritillarias. F. Bi flora, F. I^iliacea and F. Pluriflora are native to the 
heaviest and stickiest clays and adobes, but no other Fritillarias should 
be planted in heavy soils. 
Lilies. Few lilies will thrive in heavy soils. L. liumboldtii, if given 
good drainage thrives wonderfully in some heavy clays or even adobes 
and the variety Magnificum will clo as well. No one must expect flowers 
the first year from L. tlumboldtii, although Magnificum is nearly sure to 
bloom. Lilium Columbianum, too, will grow in quite heav}' clays, and I 
have seen it in clay so sticky that it could with difficulty be dug. Lilium 
Pardalinum will thrive in quite heavy clays if well drained. 
Trilliums. Both T. Sessile and Snow Queen grow well in heavy clays 
which are quite wet in winter if well drained in midsummer. 
Daffodils are among the best of bulbous plants for heavy soils, as they 
prefer clay loams and in water will stand much water. 
Brodiaea Candida 
BRODIAEAS 
This is a race of hardy bulbous 
plants, native to the V/estern 
United States, and especially 
adapted to woodland, hillsides, and 
rockwork, and iov naturalization. 
When planted among ferns or low- 
growing plants, above which their 
slender stems nod gracefully, they 
are at their best. 
The leaves are produced at their 
base and are grass-like, the naked 
flower-stalks are slender and grace- 
ful, and are terminated hy a head 
or umbel of waxy flowers. 
All are pretty, and some are very 
fine indeed. The bulbs ripen hard, 
and can be mailed to any ])art of 
the world. 
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