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Californian "Bulbs , Grolvn by Carl Purdy 
CALOCHORTI, continued 
Plummeras rosea. Often 3 or 4 feet high and much branched, with great satiny pink 
flowers which are covered on the lower half of the inside with long, silky yellow 
hairs. It must be especially well drained and must have a gritty or sandy soil. 
10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
Clavatus. The largest-flowered and the stoutest-stemmed of all of the Mariposa Tulips. 
The blooms, which are shaped like a broad bowl, are over 4 inches across, of a 
deep yellow, and the lower half covered by stiff yellow hairs, each tipped with a 
translucent knob, which in the light looks like an icicle. The stem is very stout 
and zigzagged. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Nuttallii. An exquisitely lovely, white-flowered plant, from the arid portions of the Great 
Basin. In purity of color and daintiness of marking it is notable. 5 cts. each, 50 
cts. per doz. 
Gunnissonii (The Colorado Mariposa Tulip). An exquisitely beautiful species with 
white flowers, banded with green hairs at base, and often with color markings. 
Very hardy. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz. 
Leichtlinii. A subalpine form of the latter, growing to an altitude of 9,000 feet in the 
Sierra Nevadas; a slender plant with smoky white flowers, beautifully marked and 
quite pretty. It should be perfectly hardy in cold regions. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz. 
Macrocarpus. Unique in the shape of the flowers, which have long, narrow-pointed 
petals of a pale silvery lilac, with bands of green down the back. 6 cts. each, 60 
cts. per doz. 
Catalinae. A superb thing in lilac, with almost black spot at base; resembles the Butterfly 
Tulips. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
Nitidus. A most unique and lovely plant midway between the Mariposa Tulips and the 
Star Tulips. It is a native of the Northwestern regions, where it grows in cold, 
wet spots, and endures great cold. Strong-growing, with from five to ten blossoms 
in an umbel. The flowers are large and white, with an indigo blotch in the center 
of each petal. Covered inside with silky hairs. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz. 
Calochortus maweanus major (white). Dainty and beautiful; 4 to 10 inches high. C. Benthamii, 
yellow ; C. lilacinus, lilac ; C. Purdyii, white and much larger than others 
Dainty plants for shaded nooks or rockwork in little colonies. See page 8 for prices 
