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yellowish forms. No two are alike. Give a warm and partly shaded 
position, and AVOID HEAVY SOILS. 
MIXED SELECTED BULBS. Collected but well graded. 
$1 5U $10 00 
Gold Blotch. Collected. $0 oo 
RED TO PINK AND PURPLISH SHADES. COLLECTED. 
$2 25 $15 00 
VENUSTUS OCULATUS. ONE OF THE FINEST. Sturdy stalks 
bear ilowers as much as four inches across. The prevailing color Is 
creamy white, but as sent out there are innumerable variations to sul¬ 
phur and purpLsh tints. The eye is the most beautiful of any Mari¬ 
posa. A good grower and one of the most esteemed. $1 50 $10 00 
VENUSTUS VAR. CITRINUS. This only differs from OCULATUS 
in being a deep, rich lemon, with vivid dark maroon eyes. My sales 
show this to be the most popular of all Mariposa Tulips. $1 50 $10 00 
VAR. ROBUSTA. A pretty hardy form, fine in some of its forms, 
although inferior to the similar Oculatus. 
Luteus. A dwarfish yellow flowered species without eye, pretty, 
but far inferior to preceding. 
CATALINAE. A lovely flower between the BUTTERFLY TULIP 
and the LILAC MAR1POSAS 'in characteristics. The large flowers are 
white or Llac, with a large oval maroon spot at the base of each petal. 
II flowers some wee. s earlier than other Mariposas. $6 00 
LILAC MARIPOSAS 
GROUP VII 
Nearly all of this group are from Southern California. They grow 
tall and slender, with fine showy flowers, solid in color and of a very 
sil. y texture. As a rule they grow in light, dry soils, and are not as 
easily cultivated as many of the preceding. 
Splendens. The type is known in culture as VAR. ATROVIOLA- 
CEA. It is the smallest flowered form, with purplish lilac flowers, only 
hairy at the base. The stem is tall and floriferous, and altogether it is 
a fine plant. It grows in rather heavy soils. $3 00 $20 00 
VAR. MONTANUS. Another small flowered form, with lilac to 
salmon flowers, very lovely. It often grows wild in damp meadows. 
$3 00 $20 00 
Splendens Var. Major. Long known as Splendens. Pale lilac 
flowers, with cobwebby hairs over the petals. 
SPLENDENS VAR. RUBRA. SUPERB is the only word which 
can describe this flower. A large soft lilac or pink flower, on a tall 
slender stem, with fine rose purple center and silky hairs. 
$4 50 $30 00 
Palmerii. An inconspicuous species, with white flowers. 
lnvenustus. A strong plant, with smoky white flowers, rather 
pretty. 
