BLETILLA (Bletia) 
Terrestrial orchid from China and Japan. Easily 
grown in ordinary garden soil with plenty of mois¬ 
ture. Prefers half shade. Blooms in spring. Hardy 
under all conditions. Delivery late fall. We sell 
only mature blooming size clumps, with at least 
three leads. 
B. hyacinthina 
Bright green plaited leaves 1 to 2 inches wide, 
12 to 15 inches high. Three to five dainty 
orchid shaped lavender flowers on stems 10 
to 15 inches tall. Cuts well. 
$8.00 per 12 75c each 
B. hyacinthina alba 
Similar to B. hyacinthina except slightly 
smaller. Has bright clear white flowers. 
$10.00 per 12 $1.00 each 
Recommended for gardens on Atlantic and 
Northwestern Pacific coasts. 
BRODIAEA 
Bulbs native to the Pacific coast, producing one 
or two long slender leaves near the ground and 
slender stiff' stems bearing a head of attractive 
flowers of great lasting quality when cut. All are 
hardy under most conditions, naturalize easily in 
any well drained soil and are also very useful and 
easy to grow under glass when given the same 
treatment as freesias. All should be dried out and 
rested after flowering. Our bulbs grown under 
ideal cultural conditions are superior to collected 
wild bulbs. 
B. capitata 
Called California Hyacinth. Slender stems 
12 to 18 in. high terminate in a close cluster 
of violet-blue flowers. In mild climates flowers 
in October, six weeks after planting, and re¬ 
mains in bloom till March or April, producing 
as many as 20 flower stems from one bulb. 
Especially desirable in the garden and under 
glass. Those who know it only as a wild 
flower will hardly recognize it under cultiva¬ 
tion so greatly does it improve in the size 
and profusion of its bloom. 
$6.00 per 100 $1.00 per 12 
B. ixioides 
Known in California as Golden Star. Blooms 
in spring. Stem about 12 inches tall. Large 
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