18 inches long, resemble those of the Tuberose 
(Polianthes tuberosa). The bright, coral-red tubu- 
lar blossoms, twenty to thirty in number, hang in 
pairs on a stalk 18 to 24 inches high. Blooms in 
early summer. Will stand some frost, but recom- 
mended for outdoor planting in the milder cli- 
mates only. Growth starts in early spring and 
matures in late fall. Delivery in winter. 
15 cents each. Supply limited. 
BREVOORTIA IDA-MAIA 
(Brodiaea coccinea) 
Popularly known as the “crimson satin flower” or 
the California firecracker. In June and July it 
bears loose umbels of bright red or crimson flowers 
tipped with green and drooping from the top of 
a scape two to three feet high. 
$4.00 per 100 
BRODIAEA 
Bulbs native to the Pacific coast, producing one 
or two long slender leaves near the ground and 
slender stiff stems bearing a head of attractive 
flowers of great lasting quality when cut. All are 
hardy under most conditions, naturalize easily in 
any well drained soil and are also very useful and 
easy to grow under glass when given the same 
treatment as freesias. All should be dried out and 
rested after flowering. OUR BULBS GROWN 
UNDER IDEAL CULTURAL CONDITIONS 
ARE SUPERIOR TO COLLECTED WILD 
BULBS. 
B.  Californica 
A fine species and one of the largest. Stems 
11% to 2% feet tall bearing loose heads of 10 
to 20 flowers of a beautiful rose-purple. Each 
spreading funnel-shaped blossom is 1% to 2 
inches long and the same in width. Blooms in 
late spring. 
$40.00 per 1000 
B.  capitata 
Called California Hyacinth. Slender stems 
12 to 18 in. high terminate in a close cluster 
of violet-blue flowers. In mild climates flowers 
in October, six weeks after planting, and re- 
mains in bloom till March or April, producing 
as many as 20 flower stems from one bulb. 
Especially desirable in the garden and under 
glass. Those who know it only as a wild 
flower will hardly recognize it under cultiva- 
tion so greatly does it improve in the size 
and profusion of its bloom. 
$35.00 per 1000 
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