California Bulbs, Rock Plants, Unusual Perennials 
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Albert Dugourd. Most exquisite. A solid violet-rose, so flecked with a 
darker shade as to form a pattern to within a quarter of an inch of the margin. 
Ariadne, basic color is white, flecked pink. Some have quite a flush ofpink. 
Arlette. White ground deeply flush deep lilac rose and delicately pencilled 
deep reddish violet. 
Baroness. In this the background is greenish-white, but it is so closely 
flecked with purplish mauve as to appear a solid color. 
Coquetterie. Pure white ground color with purple flecks tracing the outer 
contour of the flower inch from the margin. 
Delicatissima. Very like last, but with softer shadings. 
Mile. Garrigue. Large flowers of creamy white, pencilled purplish violet. 
Marco Paulo. Rainbow violet deeply shaded plum. 
Mons. Prosper Perthuis. Deep purplish-mauve, flecked closely with a darker 
shade. 
Any of the foregoing in strong flowering plants at $1.50 each. 
H. Orientalis Hyb. Fine Mixed. Selected from seedlings and in shades of red¬ 
dish purple and wine color with some lighter shades. Extra strong flowering 
plants 4 years old at $1.00 each; $10.00 per doz. Fine but smaller plants, some 
of which will flower, 60 cts. each; $6.00 per doz. 
H. Niger Praecox is seldom over 7 inches tall and looks quite different from 
H. Orientalis as the foliage is smooth and glossy and rounded at margins. The 
flower opens pure white and later turns pink. Strong plants at $1.00 each. Good 
plants at 75 cts. each. 
HEMEROCALLIS 
HEMEROCALLIS are the Day Lilies, also called Lemon Lilies. They have 
an abundance of grass-like, graceful foiage and funnel-shaped flowers of large 
size, borne on many flowered stems well above the foliage. They much re¬ 
semble true lilies. Perfectly hardy throughout the North and East, and as they 
stand much heat they are very valuable in the South. Not until the second 
year does a Day Lily show its true worth and only in a rich loam with ample 
moisture will it reach its greatest beauty, yet in very dry summers of recent 
years it has often been the only plant to come through unscathed, and in any 
fair soil with fair moisture it will give good results and still give pleasure. 
Stands extreme moisture, which makes it ideal to naturalize along streams and 
on margin of ponds. Even if half submerged, it thrives. Instead of bulbs, it 
has thick, fleshy, fibrous roots. PI., September to April. Sit., sun to moderate 
shade. Soil, as above. Prop., divisions, reset every four years. Day Lilies, except 
Fulva and Kwanso, are very fragrant and all are splendid for cutting. A spike cut 
today had eight flowers 5 inches across and 5 inches long. As the varieties flower 
at different times, you should have a wide selection to get a long flowering 
season. 
NEW INTRODUCTIONS AND SUPERFINE SPECIES 
Burbank. Produced by Luther Burbank years ago and my small stock is 
probably all there are in the trade. Rather dwarf, while the bright lemon- 
colored flower is unique in that the tube is very long and slender, with the 
petals spreading flat and broadly on the upper third. It is longer flowering 
than most. Each 50 cts. 
Calypso will grow to 42 inches in good soil and give flowers 5 to 7 inches 
across. The petals recurve broadly from the base, the larger petals having 
wavy ones on upper margin. The color is light canary, with a fine satiny 
sheen. One of the best authorities in America, a man who knows HemerocaTis 
unusually well, rates Calypso with the very best. Late season. Each 50 cts.; 
3 for $1.25 for extra strong plants. 
Gold Imperial. One of the finest of recent introductions from Europe. My 
plants are not tall, possibly from lack of richest soil, but the flower is very 
large, much recurved and pure gold with a beautiful satiny sheen. Each $1.50. 
Hyperion was exhibited in England last year at the Wisely Show by its 
originator, Mr. Mead, and won the “award of Merit” of the R. H. S. In a rich 
loam it grows to 45 inches and the flower is from 5 to 7 inches across, with a 
satiny sheen and' of a clear, medium canary. Each $1.50. 
