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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Brodisea coccinea. Dazzling crimson; tall stems; beautiful for rockeries 
CALIFORNIAN NATIVE BULBS 
California has long been famous for its wonderful wild flowers, and much of my 
life has been given to their collection and growth. The Great War, by cutting off my 
European trade, makes it impracticable for me to collect as large a variety as in previous 
years and f am this year offering only a limited list of the best sorts. 
BRODI^EAS 
Small bulbs and grassy leaves. The slender naked stems produce umbels of waxy 
lily-like flowers. They are pretty and in the West are easily grown in either pots or the 
open. Plant 2 inches deep and a few inches apart. Sit., sun or shade. Soil, loose and 
mellow and a loam preferable. PL, October to December. Dry off after flowering. Water 
freely until then. Set in pots or open ground. Ready from October to January 1. 
B. coccinea is the Floral Firecracker, with its bunch of brilliantly crimson flowers 
vividly suggestive of a bunch of firecrackers. Large bulbs, 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz. 
Giant bulbs, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
B. laxa, or Blue Milla, has a many-flowered umbel of light blue flowers and is very 
handsome. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 
B. lactea is milky white with green center. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 
B. grandiflora has few glossy purple flowers of much beauty and very lasting. 3 cts. 
each, 25 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100. 
B. capitata, or Californian Hyacinth, has a head of violet-colored flowers and is much 
loved as our earliest bulbous flower. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., Si. 50 per 100. 
CALOCHORTI 
These are among California's lovely flowers and better described under the separate 
groups. 
SECTION I. FAIRY LANTERNS OR GLOBE TULIPS 
Woodland plants with small bulbs, a single long glossy base leaf, and a branching 
stem with pendent globes of an exquisitely satiny texture. They are quite satisfactory 
as pot-plants and a colony of from six to twelve to a 6-inch pot makes a pretty mass of 
color. For culture generally, see page 34. 
C. albus. Pearly Fairy Lantern. Pearly white and very lovely. This is the much- 
loved flower of the Monterey region. 4 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz., $2.25 per 100. 
C. amabilis. Much like the first, but a rich yellow. 4 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz., 
$2.25 per 100. 
