California Bulbs, Rock Plants, Unusual Perennials 
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(MARIPOSA TULIPS— Continued) 
Gunnissonii from Colorado grows to 1 foot with a single basal leaf. From 
1 to 4 flowers are borne in an umbel. They are about 2 inches broad, white 
or shades of pink with many green hairs at center and lovely markings in 
other colors. It is a native of Colorado in high mountains and has proved hardy 
near New York City in a three-years’ test. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
Howellii grows about 8 inches high, bearing large white flowers with green 
hairs on the lower, inner portion; a wonderfully beautiful flower. 15 cts. each; 
$1.50 per doz. 
Kennedyii, the Desert Mariposa, is found from Mojave Desert in California 
to the very arid regions of Arizona. In Arizona it is a rich yellow, while in 
California it is the most dazzling vermilion. I doubt if there is a more vividly 
colored flower in the world than the latter. I have this vermilion form at 20 
cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
Leichtlinii grows in rock masses in the High Sierras and usually not over 6 
inches high, with smoky white flowers with vivid spots of almost black. Most 
splendid for the Rock Garden and hardy anywhere. 7 cts. each; 70 cts. per doz. 
Pot Culture. See below. 
Macrocarpus is of the sagebrush regions of the Great Basin. The stem is 
stiff, with exquisite lavender flowers of large size, tinted green on the reverse. 
12 cts. each; $1.25 per doz. 
Nuttallii is a very handsome flower, found from Reno, Nevada, eastward to 
Nebraska. The Mormons called it the “Sego Lily” and made it the State flower 
of Utah. It endures very cold weather and has proved quite hardy in Mr. 
Herbert Durand’s garden at Bronxville, N. Y. It grows as high as 17 inches, 
with as many as six flowers of pure white with markings of gold and maroon. 
10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
Obispoensis. Much like C. Plummerae in habit that is strong growing and 
branching. The flower is exceedingly odd for it has long sepals while the petals 
are reduced to mere remnants on which are crowded all of the hairs, typical to 
the large flowers of the Weedii group, to which both this and Plummerae belong. 
Very rare. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Plummerae is a wonderfully beautiful flower of a shade of lavender, with 
long, silky hairs covering the interior. A large sort with flowers up to 5 inches 
across. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Splendens rubra. This superb Mariposa Tulip has large flowers of a satiny 
pinkish lilac borne on 2 to 3 ft. much branched stems. Far finer than the type 
C. Splendens and one of the handsomest of all. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
NITIDUS-LYALLII GROUP 
Beginning at the N. E. corner of Ca’ifornia in the Great Basin and extending 
into Canada and Montana is a most interesting group of Mariposa Tulips that 
have little resemblance to the Mariposa Tulip proper. They grow in sun in grassy 
meadows and in a cold region. All have a single ovate-lanceolate basal leaf and 
a slender stem. 
Apiculatus is most distinct. The stem is slender but stiffly erect and bears 
an erect cup of soft yellow fiPed with f ne hairs and about an inch across. Very 
rare. 12 cts. each; $1.25 per doz. 
Erycarpus has a single broad basal leaf and a slender stem 6 to 9 inches 
high, with an umbel of large white or lavender on white ground flowers. In 
center of each petal there is a large b’otch of purple. Very showy and very 
hardy. 7 cts. each; 70 cts. per doz. 
Greeneii. This is a rare species of the same class as Nitidus. An erect cup 
of large size, soft lilac, yellow at inner base and lined with long silky hairs. 
Probably very hardy. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Lyallii is still another play in the same theme. Stem is erect with a small 
white cup, beautifully barred within with purple. Rare and offered for the first 
time (1934). 10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
_ Nitidus. This, too, is from 12 to 15 in. tall with a large, lovely lavender tinted 
flower, but without spot. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
