PURDY'S CALIFORNIA BULBS AND PLANTS 
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Giant Dog's-tooth Violets, Erythronium Calu'ornicum. Rich creamy tint. Imagine the beauty 
of thousands dotted among low ferns and wood plants 
The flowers of Californicum are cream-colored, often with four or five on the stem. 
Leaves richly mottled. Easy to grow, and a large colony is a beautiful sight. Large bulbs, 
3 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz., $2 per 100; smaller bulbs cheaper. 
Californicum, White Beauty is an exquisite wild form of the above species; flowers 
almost white, richly banded maroon at the base. 4c. each, 40c. per doz., $3 per 100. 
Citrinum, a native of southwestern Oregon, is rather stouter in habit than the last; 
flowers creamy at the outside, citron center. 4 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., $3 per 100. 
Grandiflorum lobustum is a most distinct species, usually found m the high mountains 
of the West. The leaves are not mottled, but a plain green. The flowers are earned 
much as in the picture of E. Hendersonii but of the brightest buttercup-yellow. 
I find that bulbs from low altitudes grow much better and supply them at 5 cts. each, 
50 cts. per doz., $3.50 per 100. 
Grandiflorum album is like the last, but the flowers are pure white, with a laint green 
tint. Same price. 
Grandiflorum type I can also supply from the high mountains at the same prices. 
Its stamens are often red. . , n 1 u 
Hartwegii is as pretty as Californicum, with more yellow in the flower, and each 
flower on a separate stalk. Very early, and stands much heat. Good for pots. Large 
bulbs, 3 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz., $2 per 100; smaller bulbs cheaper. 
Hendersonii. Like Californicum, but the flowers arc a lovely light purple with the 
centers a deep maroon, almost black. Most striking. 4c. each, 40c. per doz., $3 per 100. 
