SPECIALLY-GROWN CALIFORNIA BULBS 
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Various Species of Mariposa Tulips 
All arc superb llowers which dilTer from the true Buttcrlly Tulips in that they are des- 
titute of eye-like spots on the petals, and vary much less in markings. Every one of these is 
beautiful, and some of them are simply exc|uisile in shadings. 
SPLENDENS 
The Lilac Mariposa Tulip is greatly admired in southern California. It grows as far 
south as San Diego county. The tall, slender stems bear many lovely lilac flowers that have 
a pinkish tinge and a satiny luster in the light, with a darker eye at the base. It grows in 
heavy clay and adobes, often in wet soil. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz., S4 per 100. 
SPLENDENS RUBRA 
There is nothing more exquisitely beautiful in the Mariposa family than this tall, strong. 
Lake county plant. The (lowers are large, pinkish lilac and satiny. It likes heavy clays. 
6 cts. each, Oo cts. per doz. 
PLUMMERAE ROSEA 
Often 3 or 4 feet high and much branched, with great satiny pink flowers that are 
covered on the lower half of the inside with long, silky yellow hairs. It must have a gritty 
or sandy soil, especially well drained. 10 cts. each, Si per doz. 
CLAVATUS 
The largest-llowered and the stoutest-stemmed of all the Mariposa Tulips. The blooms, 
which are shaped like a broad bowl, are over 4 inches across, of a deep yellow, and the lower 
half covered by stilT yellow hairs, each tipped with a translucent knob, which in the light 
looks like an icicle. The stem is very stout and zigzagged. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
NUTTALLII 
An exc|uisitely lovely, white-flowered plant, from the arid portions of the Great Basin. 
Pure in color and dainty in marking. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz. 
GUNNISONI 
(The Colorado Mariposa Tulip) 
An exquisitely beautiful species with white llowers, banded with green hairs at base, 
and often with color markings. \"cry hardy, d cts. each, ()o cts. per doz. 
LEICHTLINII 
A sub-alpine form of the latter, growing as high up in the Sierra Nevadas as 9.000 feet, 
— a slender plant with smoky white llowers. beaulifull\- marked and (piite pretty. It should 
be perfectly hardy in cold regions. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. |)er doz. 
MACROCARPUS 
Unique in the shaiie of the flowers, which ha\'e long, narrow-pointed petals, of a pale 
silvery-lilac, with bands of green down the back. 0 cts. each, ()0 cts. |icr doz. 
CATALINAE 
A superb thing in lilac, with almost black siiot at base; resembles the Buttcrlly Tulips. 
10 cts. each, .$1 per doz. 
NITIDUS 
A most unique and lovely plant midway between the Mariposa Tulips and the Star 
Tulips. It is a native of the northwestern regions, where it grows in cold, wet spots, and 
endures great cold. Strong-growing, with from hve to ten blossoms in a head. The llowers 
are large and white, with an indigo blotch in the center of each petal, and arc covered inside 
with silky hairs, s cts. each, 25 cts. per doz. 
KENNEDY I 
In this we ha\-e good-sized llowers of a most intense \-ermilion — a color that is simply 
dazzling. Probably this plant, from the Mohave desert, is the rarest of all of the Mariposa 
family. 15 cts. each, Si.,tO per doz. 
