PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 35 
CAMASSIAS 
Camassias have bulbs and foliage much like the hyacinth, but their tall slender 
stems bear very many single star-like flowers. They are really quite handsome and among 
the easiest of bulbs to naturalize East or West, and are perfectly hardy. The plants 
naturally grow in moist land or land that is wet in winter and dry after midsummer. 
Culture. Plant from October to January in any loam. Leave alone till spring, only 
watering if the rains fail. Water liberally before flowering and after that it is immaterial. 
In beds, same culture as Calochorti. 
C. esculenta is dark blue. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $10 per 1,000. 
C. Leichtlinii is larger-flowered and taller. I have seen it 4 feet with no flowers. 
The flowers are creamy white. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., $4.50 per 100. 
FRITILLARIA OR WOOD LILY 
F. lanceolata. Tall stems bear many lily-like greenish bells. A woodland plant odd 
and pretty. 7 cts. each, 70 cts. per doz. 
DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLETS OR ERYTHRONIUMS 
The picture well describes them when it is considered that they usually grow from 
8 inches to a foot high. 
Our varieties have richly mottled leaves and large and delicately beautiful flowers. 
If given a winter covering of leaves they are quite hardy throughout the East and 
they like woodland or shady places. In California a colony planted on the shady side 
of a building will persist for years and, if conditions are right, will increase by seeding. 
E. californicum has cream-colored flowers with a zone of maroon at base. 
E. Hendersonii has lovely light purple flowers with a nearly black center. 
Either at 4 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., $3 per 100. Cheap bulbs for naturalization. 
Culture in garden about as for Calochortus. Ready October to December 1. Keep bulbs 
cool and moist until planted. 
CALIFORNIA LILIES 
In number and beauty of its Lilies, California ranks next to Japan. 
LILIUM HUMBOLDTII AND ALLIED SPECIES 
HUMBOLDTII. A grand Lily, growing as tall as 10 feet, but usually 4 or 5 feet 
high, with very stout stem and many large, orange-red flowers, spotted with small 
maroon spots. This species does well in the adobe soils prevailing about San Francisco 
Bay. Immense bulbs, 9 inches and upward in circumference, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz.; 
very large bulbs, 8 to 9 inches in circumference, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz.; fine bulbs 
7 to 8 inches in circumference, 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
HUMBOLDTII MAGNIFICUM. A grand species, differing from preceding in hav- 
ing darker foliage, and in the spots on the flowers, each surrounded by a circle of crimson. 
Splendid growing and flowering qualities. It is sure to flower the first year after planting. 
First size, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz.; fine bulbs, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
BOLANDERI. One of the rarest of Lilies; 1 to 3 feet high, slender, with bell- 
shaped, deep crimson-red flowers, dotted purple. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
COLUMBIANUM. Like a miniature Humboldtii. Bright golden yellow, spotted 
maroon. 2}4 to 3 feet. Cood. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
LILIUM WASHINGTONIANUM AND NEAR SPECIES 
WASHINGTONIANUM PURPUREUM. The flowers are from white to a rich 
wine-color, and change after opening; stout stem often 6 to 7 feet highland many 
leaves, and as many as twenty-five very fragrant flowers. The bulbs are easily handled, 
but will not give a good bloom the first year. The Shasta Lily is a variety of this one. 
Large bulbs, 8 to 9 inches in circumference, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
RUBESCENS (The Redwood or Chemise Lily). A beautiful and distinct kind; tall, 
slender stalks, and fragrant flowers of a tubular shape. In opening, they are white 
dotted purple, but change to deeper purple; all colors between white and purple will be 
seen on one stem. Drainage must be perfect, not easily grown. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
KELLOGGII. Three to 4 feet high, with a slender stem and from three to fifteen 
flowers with pink, revolute petals. Very fragrant. 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. 
