CALLIPRO'RA LU'TEA. 
Var. Major. 
LAEGE YELLOW-FLOWERED CALLIPRORA. 
Class. 
HEXANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
LILIACE.E. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
California. 
18 inches. 
July, Aug. 
Bulb. 
in 1831. 
No. 1131. 
The name of this genus is founded on the Greek 
eallipros, signifying pretty-face ; hence it may be 
called Yellow Pretty-face. 
Hardy bulbs, even if but conspicuous varieties 
of one species, like the present plant, are always 
acceptable to the lovers of the open flower garden. 
There is no class of plants that requires, at the hand 
of the cultivator, less of his labour, for the amount 
of beauty they give in return ; and when, on the 
stage of gaiety, they have performed their respective 
parts, they make their exit; and are no more seen, 
till again summoned forth by the sun in the suc- 
ceeding year. He then sends forth his rays to 
pierce the earth, and, in the words of Isaiah, may 
be supposed to call — “Awake and sing, ye that 
dwell in the dust and again the stage of beauty 
is peopled for the gratification of all, and for the 
instruction likewise, of those who choose to read 
the book of Nature ; for, as Austen, whom we have 
elsewhere quoted, says, — “Not only rational and 
irrational, but even inanimate creatures, have a 
voice, and speak loudly to men, and it is our duty 
to learn their language, and hearken to them. The 
