Calochortus Albus 
Calochortus Maweanus Major Calochortus Amabilis 
Section II. STAR TULIPS; CAT'S-EARS 
Slender woodland plants well shown in picture above. 
Fine for naturalization in rock work and woodland. Culture: 
See pages 7 and 8. 
Flowering Time of Star Tulips. March-April, according to 
locality. 
Benthamii. 3 to 8 inches high, with bright yellow flowers, 
often marked black at base. 5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; 
$3.50 per 100. 
Maweanus Major. See halftone above. Larger than last and 
white with soft lavender hairs, thick on inner surface. 5 
cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
M aweanus Purpurascens. Flowers of deep violet purple. 
Same price. 
M aweanus Roseus. More slender and a soft lilac-pink. Same 
Lilacinus is not a woodland plant, but grows in meadows 
which are wet in winter and very moist until after the 
flowering season. The plant grows to 8 inches with many 
very fine lilac flowers which open full, and fragrant and 
handsome. Of easy culture either here or in the East and 
quite hardy. Any garden soil, preferably a sandy loam. 
5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
Globe and Star Tulips, 100 bulbs, 25 each of 4 species,, my 
selection for $3.50. Half collection, $2.00. 
Globe Tulips only mixed, Star Tulips only mixed, or Globe 
and Star Tulips mixed. 5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 
per 100. 
Section III. TRUE MARIPOSA, or BUTTERFLY TULIPS 
Until one has seen a good collection of these plants, he 
has no idea how much Nature can do in the variation of one 
flower. All Mariposas are simply forms of Calochortus venus- 
tus, yet there are six well-marked strains, all with the slen¬ 
der grace of stem belonging to the species. 
Cup-shaped flowers, one to many on a stem, wonderfully 
marked with eyes and dots and pencilings in rich colors, are 
characteristics. Yet each strain carries out the plan on a 
color scheme of its own, and then can be compared only with 
the orchids in wonderful variability of beauty. 
“Mariposa” is the Spanish word for Butterfly, applied to 
these Tulips by the early Spanish settler because the eyes 
and markings on the flower are so like those on a butterfly’s 
wings. It is a musical word bearing a touch of romance and 
we would not like to give it up for its English equivalent. 
Time of flowering of Mariposa Tulips. In Calif., May to 
June. In the East, not more than two weeks later. 
Superbus is the glorious Sherlock Strain. Tall growing and 
much branched; very large flowers, white inside with a 
vivid maroon eye surrounded by beautiful pencillings, the 
outside of flower lavender. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz.; $7.50 
per 100. 
Venustus Citrinus. A most satisfactory hardy species with 
deep rich yellow flowers with a black eye. Most excellent. 
6 cts. each; 60 cts. per doz.; $4 per 100. 
Venustus El Dorado. The plants of this strain grow from 1 
to 2 feet high and branch. The flowers are simply mar¬ 
velous in their variety of colors and markings. Scarcely 
two are alike; in a mixed lot they may vary through 
white, lilac to purple and again through shades of pink to 
deep claret-red. No plant subjected to the hybridizer’s 
art shows wider or more beautiful variations. In any 
mixture whites, more or less eyed, predominate. There is 
no better investment for the flower-lover than a quantity 
of these bulbs. They thrive best in a rather porous soil, 
either sandy or gritty, and will grow either in sun or light 
shade. Flowers are 2 to 4 inches in diameter. Mixed colors 
at 6 cts. each; 60 cts. per doz.; $4 per 100. 
Venustus El Dorado Selected Shades. I have selected in this 
beautiful strain, lovely shades of pink, rose, red, wine and 
purple which I offer to you in a glorious mixture at 10 cts. 
each; $1.00 per doz. 
Venustus Oculatus, like Citrinus, but wonderfully varied in 
whites and creams, more or less tinted purple, and with 
very rich eyes. I have had the flowers 4 inches across. The 
plant is a good grower, and the flowers are most satisfac¬ 
tory. 6 cts. each; 60 cts. per doz.; $4 per 100. 
Venustus oculatus “Vivid” is an exceptionally hardy strain 
with color extremely variable but all suffused with purple, 
the outside of the cup a deep purple while the inner cup 
is beautifully margined or suffused with rich shades from 
lilac to deep purple and the eye is surrounded with a 
creamy yellow halo. The all purple ones are most strik¬ 
ing. In a dozen no two alike. 7 cts. each; 70 cts. per doz. 
Venustus Purpurascens resembles Vesta in habit. This is a 
superb strain with the fine growing qualities of Vesta, 
and with fine flowers lilac to purple, darker on the out¬ 
side. 7 cts. each; 75 cts. per doz. 
Vesta likes full sun and will grow best in heavy soils. It is a 
species of my own, found on heavy clay soils, is the best 
grower of all Calochortus, and will succeed in almost any 
ordinary soil. It is a most superb things, with great 3 to 
5-inch flowers, borne on long, separate branches; very 
numerous. The color is white, flushed with lilac or rosy 
purple, red at center, and purple on backs of petals. I 
think this the best of all Calochortus. Reports from Eur¬ 
opean growers put it in the first rank. I have very large 
bulbs at 10 cts. each; $1 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. Good bulbs, 
7 cts. each; 70 cts. per doz.; $5 per 100. 
Vesta Rose Shades. A special strain of this marvelous species 
in shades of pink to deep rose. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
MARIPOSA TULIPS IN MIXTURE. A mixture of fine Mari¬ 
posa Tulips for 50 cts. per doz. and $3.50 per 100. 
MARIPOSA TULIP COLLECTIONS. I put up collections of 
four species, 25 bulbs each, 100 in all, named, for $4, and 
will supply a half collection for $2.25. 
CALOCHORTUS. All types. Mixed. 40 cts. per doz.; $3 for 100. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
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CARL PURDY, URIAH, CALIFORNIA 
