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FRITILLARIA 
GROUP I. 
Low growing plants, with many leaves clustered about their base 
and several widely bell-shaped flowers. The bulbs are of thick, sep¬ 
arable scales. They are hardy plants, native to heavy clay soils in the 
Sunshine. Ill California they are at their very best in rich grain fields. 
Closely related to the true lilies. 
Agrestis. A small, compact plant, with greenish bells, striated 
With brown. $4 50 $30 00 
BIFLORA. Strong plants, with large, very dark brown or neirl/ 
black flowers. Really beautiful of the style. $4 50 $30 00 
Liliacea. Lil e Agrestis, but the flowers greenish white, not 
striated. $4 50 
PLURIFLORA. A very fine, strong growing plant, with reddish 
purple flowers, quite pleasing. One of the mosst. attractive of all Frit- 
illarias. $4 50 $30 00 
Glauca. In same style as liliacea, but greenish flowers. Never 
introduced into cultivation. 
GROUP II. 
In this group the stems are tall and leafy to the tip, with the leaves 
in whorls lil e lilies. The bell shaped flowers are strung airily in loir; 
racemes and the whole plant is very graceful. In most of the species 
the flowers are 'in neutral shades, such as greenish brown or purplish 
black, but several are in showy colors. 
Atropurpurae. Small greenish yellow bells. 
Parviflora. Graceful with small reddish brown flowers. 
Purpusii. Similar to last, but the petals recurve. Never intro¬ 
duced. 
LANCEOLATA. Large and tall, with flowers which vary greatly 
in color in greenish or j ellowish browns. $4 50 $30 00 
LANCEOLATA VAR. GRACILIS. Flowers nearly black; pretty. 
$4 50 $30 00 
RECURVA. THE FINEST OF THE WORLD’S FRITILLARIAS. 
As many as a dozen brilliant scarlet flowers spotted with orange in the 
throat.. 
IMMENSE BULBS VERY RARE. $6 00 
SUPERFINE BULBS IVi to 1 1 / 2 inches diameter $4 50 
Fine bulbs 1 to 1V 2 inches diameter $3 00 $20 00 
Fair bulbs % to 1 inch diameter $2 25 $15 00 
COCC1NEA. Lil e recurva hut more brilliant and with a bulb 
seldom over 3 4 inch diameter. 1 use only fine selected stock. 
$3 00 $20 00 
PUD1CA. A most charming clear yellow flower on short stems. 
Native to low, brushy, sandy lands in the arid regions of the North¬ 
west. Very early and sweet. $4 50 $30 00 
