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C. venustus par. pictus. A fine color form of the El Dorado 
• strain. Creamy white, brilliantly marked with or without gold 
blotch. Described in Gardener’s Chronicle, July 6, 1895. 
El Dorado deep purple: a deep rich purple of a vel vety lustre, a 
depth of color unsurpassed in any flower. 
El Dorado, red to pink. A splendid collection of colored forms, 
scarcely any two alike. From pink to a deep claret and blood 
red. A dozen will give endless surprises. 
EL DORADO GOLD BLOTCHED: 
These lovety flowers are blotched above with red or gold. 
Their beauty can only be appreciated on sight. Ground color 
white, red or purple. 
OCULATUS STRAIN. 
41. C. YENUSTUS OCULATUS. 
42. C. “ CITRINUS. 
These well known varieties differ only in color. With their 
variations they form a well marked strain. They have short, 
stiff stalks, one to three feet high, few to many flowers, with 
petals broad at apex and tapering to a narrow claw. Well 
grown plants produce flowers three to four inches across. Colors 
from white and cream, through lilac to purple, in oculatus. Buff, 
to deep lemon yellow and brown in citrinus. The eye is prom¬ 
inent. Center purplish in oculatus, brown in citrinus. A good 
grower and one of the very best species. 
42. Var. CITRINUS. 
The splendid stram I offer is of a uniform deep lemon y'ellow 
with a black eye. No plant that I grow is more admired here or 
attracts more attention in foreign exibitions. 
43. Var. OCULATUS. 
A very brilliant form of oculatus running to purples and a 
strong grower. Some of the variations are exceedingly beautiful. 
Var. ROBUSTA. 
A strain of this form with great vigor and unusually brilliant 
colorings; from white to deep purple and very fine. 
44. C. VESTA. 
This ver}^ clearly marked stain, is not related to any of the 
others. I consider it the finest of all Calochorti. The habit is 
tall, strong and vigorous. The immense flowers three to five 
inches across, are borne on long stalks and are numerous. Petals 
broad fan shaped with hairy gland across base, and a broad eye 
and band across middle. Color white, suffused with lilac to rose 
purple. Center red. Back of petal puTple. It grows in any soil, 
from heavy wet clay to light loam, and is not subject to disease. 
It propagates rapidly, having several strong offsets each year, 
