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Carl Purdy, Ukiah, California 
FRITILLARIA SPECIES 
GROUP 1 
Lanceolata is from 1 y 2 to 3 ft. high, with a few to many flowers. They are 
green and brown, mottled prettily. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz.; $7.50 per 10'0. See 
picture, page 17. 
Parviflora. Like Lanceolata but the flowers are small pendent purplish bells. 
Foliage attractive. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
Phaeanthera. A new species. Small spreading bells mottled brown-black over 
yellowish-green ground, the petals with crinkled margins. Not showy but grace¬ 
ful and interesting. Height 15 to 30 in. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 
See cut, page 17. 
Recurva much resembles a lily and is the finest of the World’s Fritillarias. 
iy 2 to 3 ft. in height with stout stems nodding at top. The strongly recurved 
flowers are orange scarlet, the throat flecked with yellow. 10 cts. each; $1 per 
doz.; $7.50 per 100. See picture, page 17. 
Culture, Group 1. Give a loamy or gritty soil with some leaf mold. Situation 
should be in sun with some afternoon shade, as on margin of woodland. Drain¬ 
age must be perfect. Plant fall only. 
GROUP 2 
In this group the bulb is composed of large separable scales more like a lily 
bulb. The stems are often less than 10 inches high with from 2 to 6 flowers. 
The flowers are broad open bells. 
Agrestis. Low growing with neat, greenish-yellow bells. 10 cts. each; $1.00 
per doz. See cut, page 17. 
Glauca. Related to Pluriflora, grows to less than 10 in. Foliage is a very blue 
green while the flowers are broad bells of purple, marked with greenish-yellow. 
10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
Pluriflora grows 6 to 12 in. high, leafy at base with many very beautiful large 
open bells of a lovely deep rose. Next to F. Recurva, our most beautiful Fritil- 
laria. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 
Purdyii. A rare low growing sort with broad bells, varying in shades of white 
to greenish; overlaid brown or chocolate color, often flecked with scarlet. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Culture, Group 2. Full sun. Soil, any loam, even a very heavy loam being pre¬ 
ferred. Ample moisture while in growth. 
GROUP 3 
There is but one member of this group, F. Pudica. They like full sun, perfect 
drainage and a light, loose soil; either sandy or gritty. 
Pudica. From 4 to 6 in. high, with rather large basal leaves and erect stems, 
bearing 3 to 6 nodding bells 1% to l x / 2 in. long and pure gold in color. Absolutely 
hardy and a gem for the rock garden. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz. Cut, page 17. 
Very Large Bulbs of any of These at Double Price 
Fritillarias have an odd habit of having two entirely different sorts of leaves. 
If they do not flower they have a single, very large leaf; if they do, they do not 
have this leaf at all, but circles of leaves around the flowering stem. They are 
not steady bloomers, but are apt to rest the year after flowering. It is my 
endeavor to send only flowering bulbs, but there is no way in which I can be 
sure to do so. 
CHLOROGALUM pomeridianum, the Indian Soap Root, is one of the most 
distinctive of Californian bulbs. The bulb produces large, sword-shaped basal 
leaves and throw up a many-branched stem 3 to 5 feet high on which are very 
many small white flowers opening in the afternoon. 12 cts. each; 3 for 30 cts.; 
$1 per doz. 
