PRICE LIST O !• C A L I 1^^ O K X I A N 13 U L F, S 
to late planting. The main points in the culture of Calochorti arc early- 
planting, a light, porus soil, sunny i)i)sition, protection from heavy winter 
rains (but not coddling), plenty of water whilst in full growth, and thorough 
ripening of the bulbs in August, eitlier by taking them up or placing 
lights over them." 
CULTURE ELSEWHERE 
It will be noted that the conditions es>ential to success are much 
the same everj'where, taking climatic ik-cuI iarities into account. In /Vus- 
tralasia exactly the treatment recommended lor Califurnia should be given, 
but there they would be used for spring planting. In Central Europe 
as in the Eastern United States, and in the South as in California, only 
seeing- that they are thoroughlj^ dried off after flowering and lie dormant 
until the i)roper season for growth. 
Calochorti in Pots. While they cannot be forced much they can be 
grown in pots fairly well as follows: Use a sandy or loamy soil with good 
drainage. Plant 1^/ to 2 inches apart, which will give six to twelve to a six- 
inch pot. -Moisten llie soil and put the pot in a dark ])lacc, a cellar preferred, 
for about six week- to let them root. Then bring into a warm, sunny place 
and water moderately. Al'ter flowering, let them ripen well and then dry off 
and leave perfectly dry until fall. 
The Globe and Star Tulips will do fairly under this treatment and fair 
success may be had with the N'enustus forms. Of other Californian bulbs, 
Erythroniums and Brodiaeas, of the first section, can also be grown nicely in 
pots, giving the Brodiaeas I'ldl sun and the ]{rylhroniums a cool, shady place 
in window. 
Calochorti in Cold Frames. Give exactly the same soil as for culture in 
England. After ripening, keep the sashes on and keep beds perfectly dry 
until October. 
Hardiness of Calochorti. Read carefully- what Mr. Gerard has to say 
on preceding page, and in which 1 fully concur. It is the mild winter in 
which danger lies in the East. Many of my customers have fine success in 
the o])en in the ICast, while others fail. Miss U., living on the lludson, writes 
August 26th: "I have again had splendid success with niy Californian bulbs 
and have flowered every one. I have planted on the first of Xoxember in 
rather sandy soil. The bed is well drained in (|uite a sheltered spot. It gets 
full sun until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Before the ground freezes 
hard I have given it a co\er of about three inches of dried leaves. These 
have been removed in the -^prillg w hen danger of hea\-\' frost is over. 1 have 
found it a good plan to ha\e a few leaxes around the shoots for a while and 
to keep some extra lea\i.s at hand to add at night when frost threatens. 
In this way I have succeedrd most delightfully with the Venustus varieties 
and the Globe Tulips and (hmnissonii. My bed of Erythroniums was a per- 
fect success." 
Mr. B., who has a summer home in X'ew TTampshire, writes: "f forgot 
to say that the Calochorti that f i)lanted in .\ew llampshire did remarkably 
w^ell." These C. Xultallii and C. .\itidus had no extra care. 
A lady writing in full in "(lardeii Magazine" of Septend:)er, 1907, says 
that C. .Vmabilis and C. Maweannus .Major planted in e;irly Xo\end)er. 1905, 
and mulched had done well for two \-ears witliont resetting, and that C. 
Amabilis had improved. The article mentioned gives \alu;il)le cultural 
hints regarding many Californian bulbs. 
A well known k'aslern landsca|)e gardener writes to me, saving that 
C. Nutlallii natin-alizes readily in Centr;il 1 'ennsvK'ania and only suffers from 
rabbits which ,are \ery fond of it> lea\e>. .As varieties of C. Xullrillii are 
wild as far East as Wyoming this is to bt' expected. 
I have no doubt that the following species c;mi b\' mulching be made to 
naturalize perfectly in open woodland in the l^ast, wherever the soil is light 
and well drained. All of the Globe and Star Tulips, C. Xuttallii, C. Nitidus, 
C. Idowellii, C. Gunnissonii, and C. Eeichtlinii. 
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