Large Lots. 
Special prices on large lots of any sort. 
Terms. 
Five months credit from average date of billing, with 5 per cent 
discount for Cash and interest at the rate of seven pei cent pei annum 
on deferred payments. 
The Best Species. 
During- the last fourteen vears I have been growing the bulbs ofthe 
Western United States in large numbers and have had nearly all of the 
known species in my garden and often many forms of the same thing. 
In my tests I have grown each sort in many soils and exposures and 
have had an excellent opportunity, both through my own experiments 
and from the reports received from the Eastern United States and 
Europe, to judge of the comparative merits of the different varieties. 
Research is developing wonderful variations in all of these plants, and 
with so many beautiful colors to choose from, the time has come, it 
seems to me, to begin the elimination of weak or poor forms, and the 
selection and dissemination of only the best ones. From a gardener’s 
standpoint the plants which with beauty have the best qualities as 
growers, are the ones to be retained. To this end I mark in my list 
the best species in each section without any consideration of price. I 
do not mean by this that the other species have no merits, but my 
recommendation is that in ordering, the trade take this preferred list 
first. And of this preferred list my choice would follow the numerical 
order. I shall in future as in past spare no pains to secure new species, 
and will also grow lots of old species from many localities for experi¬ 
mental tests, that I may be able to find which have the greatest 
vitalitt^ and best growing qualities. It was in my garden that the 
vigor of Calochortus Vesta was discovered, a species which compared 
to the next best is in vigor three to one, and is one of the most beauti¬ 
ful as well. All of my recommendations are based on actual wide 
experience through a term of years. 
Rare Species . 
Customers desiring rare species of bulbs, plants or seeds not here 
listed can often be supplied if they order early. 
A number of species of minor importance are dropped from my list 
this year. Customers caring for 100 or more of a sort can probably 
be supplied at my old prices if they order by April 1st. 
