Californian ‘Bulbs, Grolvn by Carl Purdy 
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Trillium sessile Californicum. An old group in a fern bed 
TRILLIUMS, continued 
for at least fifteen years, and I have seen many such. A better plant for the shaded 
corner, damp woodland, border of streams, where the soil is moist, or for the shaded parts 
of the garden, does not grow. It takes a year for them to take good hold, but they will 
then improve for years. The flowers come early, are fine and very lasting and the leaves 
are handsome. There is no better bulbous plant to naturalize, and I have them in 
perfection in gravel, loam, sand, and heavy clay, and in each case, with no care what¬ 
ever, and with our dry Californian summer. I have three color forms. 
Sessile Californicum. A small plant, a foot high, with the separate leaves 5^- inches long, 
by 4J inches wide, and the petals 3^ inches long. Flowers pure white, with purple 
centers. Very fragrant. Forms masses of many individuals. 
Sessile, Snow Queen. Same, with broader petals, and flowers pure white, with creamy 
centers. 
Sessile rubra. Same, with narrow petals; deep maroon-purple to reddish purple. 
Petiolatum. An interesting form, similar with petioled leaves and a smaller flower. 
All of the above at 5 ets. each, 50 cts. per doz., $4 per 100 , good small bulbs 
of the first two at $3 per 100, $25 per 1,000. The larger part of these small bulbs 
are of flowering size. 
CALIFORNIAN ORCHIDS 
Even terrestrial Orchids are not plants for the ordinary careless gardener. A bed 
must be specially prepared and shade and moisture carefully watched. For the Cypri- 
pediums offered, a shaded, well-sheltered position must be chosen. The drainage must 
be perfect, and the soil have a good admixture of rotten leaves. The bed had better be 
mulched well with rotten leaves. Peat is better than leaf-mold and a light soil, either 
sandy or gritty, is better for the base. Water often during growth, but only moderately 
after midsummer. 
Epipactes is not at all hard to grow. It likes to be near running water, and will succeed 
in any soil fairly rich in leaf-mold. It does well in the sun. 
Montanum. Our lovely Western Lady-Slipper, and one of the best hardy sorts. Flowers 
white, with brown wings and very fragrant. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
