B. CLEVELANDI 
Is of smaller growth with delicate yellow flowers. 
Calochortus. 
section i. — -MARIPOSA TULIPS. 
This is a group whose elegance of form and fine coloring give them 
a high rank in the garden. Much attention is being given them in 
Europe and the leading floral papers speak of them in the highest 
terms. The bulb is small, the leaves grassy, the stem stiff and erect 
but slender. The exquisitely molded flowers resemble in form the tulip, 
while the colorings are most beautiful and varied. Bulbs easily handled 
and light. I have the finest collection in the world, and spare no pains 
to secure new and rare forms. 
grouh i — SPLENDENS. 
34. e. SPLENDENS. 
The type of the species is a tall and stately plant, with large 
(2 to 3 inches across), pale lilac flowers, paler at the center, and 
the lower halt of the petals covered with long cobwebby hairs. 
35. Yar. ATROYIOLACEA. 
Tall and slender but flowers one to one and one half inches 
across, of a deep purple color, with a dark spot in the center. 
Good. 
Var. RUBRA. 
A grand new form as large a type but a soft pinkish lilac with 
a dark purple spot at center. 
36. C. PALMERI. 
The plant general^ sold under this name (the true C Palmeri is 
not in cultivation), is a charming thing, slender, resembling the 
last species, but in color, a delicate lilac, shaded to salmon, and 
with short yellow hairs on lower third. A good grower and very 
pretty. 
37. C. FLEXUOSUS. 
A species related to C splendens, but with stems so weak as to 
almost be said to creep. The flowers are large and very brilliant, 
a dazzling purple with a darker purple eye, and yellow hairs be¬ 
low. Introduced by myself in 1897. 
GROUP II.— VENUSTUS. 
Butterfly Tulips. To this lovely group of Calochorti is properly 
applied the Spanish name Mariposa (butterfly), for their brilliantly 
colored flowers with eye-like spots on each petal and sepal, and other 
