Aster andersonu—6 in. Grass-like basal leaves. Lavender flowers borne 
singly on slender stems. Damp montane meadows, 4000 to 9500 ft. 
Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
A. canescens— 12 in. Branching stems. Open panicles of bright purple 
flowers. Montane on dry slopes, 5500 to 10,500 ft. Hardy. 
A. foliaceus— 6 in. Leaves mostly basal. Violet-purple flowers on decumbent 
stems. Montane to 8500 ft. Hardy. 
A. oblongifolius, var. rigidueus (A. kumleini) —8 in. Rounded growth. 
Large bright violet many-rayed flowers. Calcareous slopes of the South¬ 
west. 50 cents per packet. 
A. orcuttii—2 ft. White-barked bush with stiff paper-like leaves. Broad 
lavender flowers, solitary on erect stems. Deserts of southern California. 
50 cents per packet. 
A. tortifolius —18 in. Downy foliage. Large glistening lavender flowers 
borne singly on tall stems. One of the best of California asters. Desen 
mesas and mountain slopes to 4000 ft. 50 cents per packet. 
Atamosco longifolia, Zephyr Lily—Bulb, 5 in. Long, thread-like leaves. Soli¬ 
tary copper-yellow flowers. High desert mesas of New Mexico. (Crop fail¬ 
ure for two successive years has made it impossible for us to obtain seeds 
of this plant. We have a limited number of bulbs at 50 cents per bulb, 
$2.75 per half dozen, $5.50 per dozen.) 
Atriplex canescens —Rounded gray shrub, 3 ft. In fruiting season a mass 
of golden four-winged bracts. Desert washes. 
Atriplex hymenelytra, Desert Holly—Stiff woody shrub, 2 ft. Silver-white 
shining holly-like leaves. Rapidly becoming scarce. Desert. 50 cents 
per packet. 
Azalea occidentalis (rhododendron occidentals.) , Western Azalea- 
Shrub, 10 ft. Large white yellow-splotched flowers. Coastal mountains. 
Baeria gracilis, Sunshine—Annual, 6 in. Delicate-stemmed bright yellow 
daisy. 
Bartonia aurea —See mentzelia lindleyi. 
Bloomeria crocea, Golden Stars—Bulb, 12 in. More slender than brodiaea 
ixioides, which it resembles. Southern hillsides. 
Brodiaea- —Beautiful bulbs forming an important and distinctive part of the 
Pacific Coast flora. Leaves long, grass-like and soon fading. Decorative 
flowers borne in terminal clusters on slender stems. 
Brodiaea capitata, California Hyacinth—18 in. Close umbel of violet-blue 
flowers. Hillsides and plains throughout California. Hardy. 
B. coccinea (B. ida-maia), Fire-cracker—18 in. Umbels of pendulous tubular 
scarlet flowers, each tipped with brilliant light green. Wooded foothills 
and mountains of northern California to 4000 ft. Probably hardy. 50 
cents per packet. 
B. coronaria, Harvest Brodiaea—15 in. Open umbels of large, deep violet 
flowers. Foothills and mountains throughout California and north to 
Vancouver Island. Hardy. 
B. ixioides, Golden Brodiaea — 10 in. Umbels of yellow flowers. Outside of 
petals conspicuously brown-veined. Foothills of central California coast 
to 5000 ft. Probably hardy. 
B. ixioides, var. lugens —8 in. Umbels of yellow brown-veined flowers, more 
delicate than type. High montane to 8000 ft. Hardy. 
B. laxa, Ithuriel’s Spear —2 ft. Loose showy umbels of violet-purple flowers. 
Northern hillsides in adobe soil. Hardy. 
Packets Twenty-five Cents Unless Otherwise Indicated 
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