
Calochortus Albus 
Calochortus Maweanus Major 
Calochortus Amabilis 
Section Il. STAR TULIPS; CAT’S-EARS 
Slender woodland plants well shown in picture above. 
Fine for naturalization in rock work and woodland. Culture: 
See pages 7 and 8. 
Flowering Time of Star Tulips. March-April, according to 
locality. 
Benthamii. 3 to 8 inches high, with bright yellow flowers, 
often marked black at base. 5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; 
$3.50 per 100. 
Maweanus Major. See halftone above. Larger than last and 
white with soft lavender hairs, thick on inner surface. 
5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
Maweanus Purpurascens. Flowers of deep violet purple. 
Same price. 
Maweanus Roseus. More slender and a soft lilac-pink. Same 
price. 
Lilacinus is not a woodland plant, but grows in meadows 
which are wet in winter and very moist until after the 
flowering season. The plant grows to 8 inches with many 
very fine lilac flowers which open full, and fragrant and 
handsome. Of easy culture either here or in the Hast and 
quite hardy. Any garden soil, preferably a sandy loam. 
5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100. 
Globe and Star Tulips, 100 bulbs, 25 each of 4 species, my 
selection for $3.50. Half collection, $2.00. 
Globe Tulips only mixed, Star Tulips only mixed, or Globe 
and a Tulips mixed. 5 cts. each; 50 cts. per doz.; $3.50 
per 7 
These bulbs may be planted Sept. 1—Dec. 1 only. 
Section IH. TRUE MARIPOSA, or BUTTERFLY TULIPS 
Until one has seen a good collection of these plants, he 
has no idea how much Nature can do in the variation of one 
flower. All Mariposas are simply forms of Calochortus venus- 
tus, yet there are six well-marked strains, all with the slen- 
der grace of stem belonging to the species. 
Cup-shaped flowers, one to many on a stem, wonderfully 
marked with eyes and dots and pencilings in rich colors, are 
characteristics. Yet each strain carries out the plan on a 
color scheme of its own, and then can be compared only with 
the orchids in wonderful variability of beauty. 
“Mariposa” is the Spanish word for Butterfly, applied to 
these Tulips by the early Spanish settler because the eyes 
and markings on the flower are so like those on a butterfly’s 
wings. It is a musical word bearing a touch of romance and 
we would not like to give it up for its English equivalent. 
Time of flowering of Mariposa Tulips. In Calif., May to 
June. In the East, not more than two weeks later. 
Superbus is the glorious Sherlock Strain, Tall growing and 
much branched; very large flowers, white inside with a 
vivid maroon eye surrounded by beautiful pencilings, the 
outside of flower lavender. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz.; $7.50 
per 100. 
Venustus Citrinus. A most satisfactory hardy species with 
deep rich yellow flowers with a black eye. Most excellent. 
6 cts. each; 60 cts. per doz.; $4 per 100. 
Venustus EI Dorado. The plants of this strain grow from 1 
to 2 feet high and branch. The flowers are simply mar- 
velous in their variety of colors and markings. Scarcely 
two are alike; in a mixed lot they may vary through 
* white, lilac to purple and again through shades of pink to 
deep claret-red. No plant subjected to the hybridizer’s 
art shows wider or more beautiful variations. In any 
mixture whites, more or less eyed, predominate. There is 
no better investment for the flower-lover than a quantity 
of these bulbs. They thrive best in a rather porous soil, 
either sandy or gritty, and will grow either in sun or light 
shade. Flowers are 2 to 4 inches in diameter. Mixed colors 
at 6 cts. each; 60 cts. per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 
EI! Dorado Brilliant Mixed. I have at last obtained separately 
a mixture of the pink, rose, red and rich purple shades of 
this superb strain, unsurpassed in its array of brilliant 
color. 10 cts. each; $1 per doz. 
Venustus Oculatus, like Citrinus, but wonderfully varied in 
whites and creams, more or less tinted purple, and with 
very rich eyes. I have had the flowers 4 inches across. The 
plant is a good grower, and the flowers are most satisfac- 
tory. 6 cts. each; 60 cts. per doz.; $4 per 100. 
Vesta likes full sun and will grow best in heavy soils. It is a 
species of my own, found on heavy clay soils, is the best 
grower of all Calochortus, and will succeed in almost any 
ordinary soil. It is a most superb thing, with great 3 to 
5-inch flowers, borne on long, separate branches; very 
numerous. The color is white, flushed with lilae or rosy 
purple, red at center, and purple on backs of petals. I 
think this the best of all Calochortus. Reports from Euro- 
pean growers put it in the first rank. I have very large 
bulbs at 10 cts. each; $1 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. Good bulbs, 
7 cts. each; 70 cts. per doz.; $5 per 100, 
“Get Acquainted” Collection Mariposa Tulips. Six each of 
4 varieties, named separately, 24 bulbs for $1.10. 
MARIPOSA TULIPS IN MIXTURE. A mixture of fine Mari- 
posa Tulips for 50 cts. per doz, and $3.50 per 100. 
MARIPOSA TULIP COLLECTIONS. I put up collections of 
four species, 25 bulbs each, 100 in all, named, for $4, and — 
will supply a half collection for $2.25. 
CALOCHORTUS MIXTURE. Includes “Globe,” “Star” and 
“True Mariposa” tulips. 40 cts. per doz.; $3 per 100. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door, 

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