BULBS FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH 
Tulipa Clusiana. Ht. 14". $6 per 100 75c per 12 
Not especially rare, but beautiful when well grown. White flow¬ 
ers with striking red stripes outside the petals, dark blue at the 
base within. A lovely flower, reguiring dry summer heat and a 
light and well drained soil. Southern Europe. 
Tulipa Fosteriana. Ht. 16" $20 per 100 $2.50 per 12 
There is no Tulipa species more magnificent. The immense, gob¬ 
let-shaped flowers are of a dazzling scarlet with either a black or 
a yellow colored base, and appear in late April on stout stems. 
A clump of T. Fosteriana in bloom is unbelievably brilliant, and is 
invariably a center of interest in any garden. Bokhara. 
Tulipa Eichleri. Ht. 11". $1.50 per 12 
A grand Tulip from Turkestan, producing in April large crimson- 
scarlet flowers with a slight buff shading on the outside of the 
petals, and a black basal blotch edged yellow. Award of Garden 
Merit, R. H. S. 
Tulipa turkestanica. Ht. 5-6". $1 per 12 
A delightful miniature, bearing many flowers from each bulb, 
creamy-white with a golden center. Turkestan. 
Tulipa Wilsoniana. Ht. 9". $18 per 100 $2.25 per 12 
New and very rare. A brilliant and unusual shade of vivid ver- 
million-red with a small blue base. Charming in the rockery or 
grown in pots. 
WATSONIA. Iris family. 
Watsonias are similar to Gladioli in their habit of growth, but the 
flowers are of a pure trumpet-shape, arranged symmetrically 
around the long spike. The plants are usually of impressive size, 
with either evergreen or deciduous foliage. They are splendid for 
cutting, flower after flower in a long succession opening in water. 
They are hardy enough to withstand an average California winter. 
Watsonia angustifolia. Pink form. Ht. 4 ft. $2.00 per 12 
Profusely blooming, large shell-pink flowers in spikes on stout 
stems in late spring. A border of these in bloom is an impressive 
sight. They are lovely when cut and arranged with Campanula 
persicifolia. Evergreen, so needs water through the summer. 
For a gorgeous springtime carpet plant low-growing bulbs so 
thickly that they nearly touch each other. In this case, however, 
they should be dug every year as they increase rapidly. 
Bulbs of the Amaryllis family are generally not eaten by gophers. 
Stagnant water about bulbs is deadly; see that they are well 
drained. 
The rounded end of a broom handle makes a good bulb planting 
tool. If the ground is too hard to use this tool it needs more digging 
to grow bulbs properly. 
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