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FLEXUOSUS. In beauty this is singular. The tlowers are of a 
lustrous purple, beautifully marked; the stem is weak. Not a good 
grower. 
Dunnii. A very pretty pure white flower; rare. 
GREEN BAND MARIPOSA 
GROUP VIII. 
MARCROCARPUS. Petals purplish lilac, with a green band down 
the middle; stem stout. This is a wonderfully beautiful species, not 
very easily grown. $4 50 
SEGO LILIES 
GROUP IX. 
NUTTALLII. Stout, tall plants, with grand pure white flowers, 
finely marked. In beauty none excel them. From the deserts of the 
great basin. I have it in two strains as to mannings, both are fine. 
This has been found to be quite hardy in the Eastern States and to 
naturalize readily. $3 00 pt) 00 
LEICHTLINIl. A smaller dowered plant from the Sierra at from 
5000 to 9000 feet. Very pretty smoky white flowers, with dark mark¬ 
ings. I would expect them to be hardy anywhere in colder climates. 
$2 25 $15 00 
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MIXED CALOCHORTI 
MIXED CALOCHORTI. I have a large demand for mixtures of 
Calochortus, and I aim to give an excellent article. The mixture that 
I send out is not OF ALL SORT'S mixed. Any dealer must know that 
one does not put bulbs at $10 00 per hundred or e\en at $3 00 per 100 
in mixtures which he sells at $8 00 per 1000. If he did they would be of 
inferior size or quality. I try to make my mixtures of sterling varie¬ 
ties and of flowering bulbs which will give satisfaction. My mixtures 
are made up of such excellent sorts as AMABILIS, ALBUS, BEN- 
THAMII, MAWEANNUS MAJOR, VENUSTUS OCULATUS, VENUS- 
1 US C1TRINLS, LILACINUS, N1TIDUS, and some El Dorados and 
Vestas. I do not know of varieties which will give better satisfaction. 
I have all of these collected in large quantities. I use only the very 
largest to name, and put the next size in mixtures. The bulbs which 
go into mixtures are really as good as any one could reasonably ex¬ 
pect to get to name. It will be noted that well grown bulbs of the 
soits that. I use vary considerably in size, and the mixtures cannot well 
