AS TO SUPPLIES 
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In this catalogue I am describing practically all of the varieties Ot 
Western American bulbs ever introduced into cultivation. 
1 AM GIVING PRICES FOR THOSE STANDARD VARIETIES OF 
'WHICH I HAVE RELIABLE SUPPLIES OF GOOD BULBS. Among 
these are the showiest and best varieties known, and the variation in 
form and color is ample for all except those firms which wish the 
rarest sorts. 
AMONG THOSE NOT PRICED are some very lovely things, like 
Calochortus Apiculatis or Brodiaea Plowelli var. lilacina, which can 
Only be collected at rare Intervals, some which, lire Calochortus Kenne- 
dj ii, grow in arid regions, and do not grow at all in dry years; some 
wnich are so tew m numbers that no sufficient supply can be secured, 
and a number of pretty little things for which there is but little demand 
—not enough to pay for special trips or culture. I often secure them 
when collecting other species. 
PRICES WILL BE GIVEN ON APPLICATION, and I will use all 
reasonable pains to secure them, but from what I have said, customers 
must be prepared for some disappointments when they order from the 
special list. 
THE STANDARD VARIETIES come from many sources, but my 
past experience justifies me in assuring customers that their orders 
will almost certainly be filled with good bulbs. In 1904 I filled 94 per 
cent of the orders for these sorts. 
I grow stocl s ‘in excess of the annual sales of many things and in 
those cases use only the best, which is a very fine grade. 
In other instances my garden stoc'. s insure good bulbs. 
There are species which grow to such perfection in the wild stale 
that 1 much doubt if they will ever do as well in cultivation. These l 
always collect in ample quantities and sell the finest grades and plant 
the surplus. It is the general belief that bulbs are usually collected be¬ 
fore they are properly ripened. This is by no means true, although in 
the earlier days, when collectors were ill trained, it sometimes was. 
Very few wild bulbs are dug until thoroughly ripened, and probably the 
finest bulbs that 1 have ever sent out were collected. 
Some liliacious bulbs vary greatly in size from year to year. 1 can 
fill my orders for Brodiaea Volubilis and Coccinea in favorable years 
with the largest sizes, while another year I cannot fill orders in the 
sizes demanded. 
Nearly all of the WESTERN ERYTHRON1IJ MS are native to wood¬ 
lands, and under normal conditions produce a rather slender, small 
bulb, which, however, flowers well. Where Erythroniums grow, forest 
fires are common, and after such a fire the bulbs increase greatly in 
