22 CARL PURDY, UKIAH, MENDOCINO CO., CAL. 
Trillium sessile Californicum. An old group in a fern-bed 
TRILLIUMS 
Trilliums arc very atlrarlivc- plants of (.lie IJly family. The forms known as Wood 
IJlius or Wake-Robins are well kiu.wn in Ike Kasl and are fine woodland plants. Of these, 
the best is T. grandiflorum, li> be had from mosi easlern dealers. In the forms T. sessile, 
we have an alloKether dilTerenl (ribe and a much betler one from the standpoint of easy 
culture and ability to hold their own for years in the garden. The accompanying photograph 
is of a colony at Ukiah which, with no care, has increased in bcaulv for at least 15 years, 
and I have seen many such 
Soils Preferred and Characteristics 
A better plant for the shaded corner, damp woodland, border of streams, where the 
soil is moist, or for the shaded parts of the garden, does not grow. It takes a .\ear for them 
to take hold, but they will then improve for years. 'Jdie llowers come early, are fine and 
very lasting and the leaves are handsome. There is no belter bulbous plant to naturalize, 
and I have them in iierfeclion in gra\ el, loam, sand and hea\-y cla\-, and in each case, with 
no care whalevcr, and with our dry Californian summer, I have three color forms. 
SESSILE CALIFORNICUM 
A strong plant, a foot high, with the separate lea\es inches long, b>- .| 1 2 inches 
wide, and the petals a'-, inches long, blowers pure while, wil'li purple centers'. Ve'rv frag- 
rant. Forms masses of many individuals. 
SESSILE, SNOW QUEEN 
Same, with broader petals, llowers pure white, creani\- centers. 
SESSILE RUBRUM 
Same, with narrow |)ctals; dee|) maroon-purple to reddish purjile. 
All of the above at 5 cts. each, 50 ets. per doz.. Si per 100; good small bulbs of the first two 
at $3 per 100, $25 for 1,000. The larger part of these small bulbs are of flowering size 
