MARIPOSA OR BUTTERFLY TULIPS 
Lower left-hand flower with crimson blotch, the two purplish ones and the top flowers 
are all forms of El Dorado Strain. The golden one is Citrinus. Vesta is at left of Citrinus 
and Oculatus is at the right side. Drooping one at bottom is Amabilis, a Globe Tulip. 
0 "Mariposa” is the Spanish name for "Butterfly”. The 
Spanish language, so full of rich descriptive simile, has pro¬ 
duced none more lovely or fitting than "Mariposa Tulip”, 
the name given by the early Spanish settlers in California to 
these beautiful flowers. No other bulbous plant excels them 
and in some species there are literally hundreds of color 
forms. 
Those pictured and many more as beautiful are described on 
pages 6 and 7. 
CALIFORNIA BULBS, ROCK PLANTS, UNUSUAL PERENNIALS 
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