SPECIALLY-GROWN CALIFORNIA BULBS 
FRITILLARIA (Western C: 
These llower 
All are as i)rel(\- 
rejoices I he i hiM 
never seem |i> l.il 
s Ihe I 
Mission Bells 
IhaL 
I the 
This is the preHy 
by which snutherii ( 
nians call Ihe Krou 
grows in hea\ \- soils 
open. The real > 
Bells is Biflora ( 
black); bul Agretis i 
ish white), Liliacea i 
and Pluriflora i redili- 
pie), are all similar in 
all easily v;r..un in 
soils in open plaee: 
still do well in any 
All are quite hardy. 
W^oodland Species 
The second f;roup of these 
plants is slemler and very 
graceful, wilh many pen- 
dent bells. They delight in 
woodland soils and con- 
ditions, and naturalize very 
easily in any shaded place 
or dell. The flowers are 
most charming for bou- 
quets when mi.xed with 
grasses or other fdiny 
greens. 
Lanceolata grows from i8 
very odd and prelt\-. Its 
variety. Gracilis, has jnir- 
ple-black llowers. Recurva 
is anolluT, in mosl beautiful 
oran-e siarlel. a, |,rel(y asa 
reil lil\-. Coccinea, iust as 
lu-ellN- in ,riniM,n. will do 
well in lu-a\\- .nils. One 
siKH-ir, .,nly. a riear yellow, 
low-growing sort, called 
Pudica, likes open situa- 
tions aiid sandy soil, and 
flowers with the earliest 
spring blossoms. 
My price for all is 6 cts. 
each, 60 cts. per doz.. aiid 
for a collei lion ,,l Icn .oris, 
ten of each kind, ,.r a lum' 
Wdu-n ' krildlarias are 
grown in the garden, treat 
the same as calochortus. 
Imperials) 
lendid coloring, together with the lily-like charm of the genus, 
which they so much resemble. It is a truly imperial plant and 
every spring with its marvelous pearly drops of nectar, which 
Fritillarias; orange 
