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In Southern California they are grown 
in the open very much like Bearded Iris. 
The two main points to consider in their 
culture are light shade and good drainage. 
They enjoy occasional surface mulching 
with barnyard manure. In the colder sec- 
tions they should be grown in pots and 
brought under glass during the winter 
months. A compost suitable for Begonias 
and Gloxinias will be found satisfactory, 
or they may be grown in Orchid Peat 
with some leafmold added. They resent 
too much shade and too much moisture. 
They may be propagated by natural divi- 
sions like Iris, and from back bulbs 
(bulbs that. have shed their foliage and 
are of doubtful use to the plant) which 
will take about four years to make a 
blooming size plant. We will have a lim- 
ited number of these back bulbs to offer 
to those who wish to experiment with 
them at $1.00 each. However, we do not 
guarantee them to grow and cannot re- 
place them. You will have to take your 
chances same as we do. 
We are listing for this season a fine se- 
lection of varieties. The lower price 
quoted is for division with one large bulb 
and one or more new growths attached. 
This should flower within a year or two. 
The higher price is for plants considered 
to be flowering size with at least two 
large bulbs and new growths attached. 
We can supply larger plants at proportion- 
ately higher prices. All plants are sent 
bare root packed in damp moss. If plants 
are wanted during the winter when extra 
packing is necessary they will be sent ex- 
press collect, but no charge will be made 
for packing. Delivery throughout the year. 
BEATRICE. Pink coloring over a 
creamy ground. Attractive and free flow- 
ering. $6.00. 
BUTTERFLY. Similar to the above in 
coloring but larger flowers and more bril- 
liant. $6.00. 
ENCHANTRESS. Chartreuse green with 
occasional red veining. Lip yellow with 
red band. $6.00. 
GIGANTEUM. A very robust growing 
plant that is the first to flower. Although 
the flowers are not as large as some of 
the others they are pretty nevertheless 
and valuable because they bloom when 
there is the most need for them. $4.50. 
HOOKERIANUM. Ornamental yellowish 
foliage. The flowers are a lovely shade 
of green that will always attract immedi- 
ate attention when made into a corsage. 
$4.00. 
INCIGNE. We think this is the most 
graceful of all Cymbediums. The plant 
forms small pseudo bulbs so that a rela- 
tively large plant can be grown in a 
small pot. The stem is tall, thin and erect. 
Flowers lavender purple and white. $6.00. 
LOWIANUM. Flowers of good substance, 
often over 25 on a stem. The color is 
yellow-green, with bright red marking on 
the lip. Very much in demand for cor- 
sage use. $5.00. 
MASTERSII. A rather small growing 
specie with light green foliage and sev- 
eral fragrant white flowers on a 12-inch 
stem. $3.00. 
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MOIRA. Flowers on stout and erect 
stems. Lovely shades of cream and yel- 
low marked brown. $5.00. 
PAUWELLSII. A popular variety with 
erect stems, and light colored flowers in 
shades of cream washed pink. Free flow- 
ering and fast growing. $5.00. 
TRACIANUM. A very robust growing 
specie with tall spikes bearing very many 
large flowers of creamy  understone 
washed purplish brown. The lip is promi- 
nently marked with purple. $5.00. 
WINTER CHEER. Pink dots and vein- 
ings on ivory-cream ground. Lip cream 
with reddish dots. $6.00. 
MIXED. If you are unable to make up 
your mind as to the variety you want we 
recommend you to order from this mix- 
ture, which includes some choice varieties, 
but as the labels have been lost we do 
not know what you will get. All we 
know is that they include such varieties 
as Lowianum, Tracianum, Pauwellsii and 
Giganteum, any one of which is well 
worth growing. $4.00. 
Dianella 
Australian plants related to Phormium 
(New Zealand Flax) and just as useful 
for its foliage effect, but with the added 
beauty of its flowers and berries. Will 
succeed in cool greenhouse or in the open 
shade in the South. Delivery throughout 
the year. 
“INTERMEDIA. Dark green foliage with 
clusters of bright blue flowers and yellow 
anthers followed by berries same color as 
the flowers. 3 ft. 35c. 
LONGIFOLIA, Same as above but much 
more robust in its habit and larger tlow- 
ers and blooms a month earlier. 50c. 
Dierama 
(Wedding Bells) 
A very graceful relative of the Ixia from 
the Cape of Good Hope. Long, grassy, 
evergreen foliage with numerous bell-like 
flowers on six foot, gracefully arching 
stems. To see these flowers swaying in 
the breeze without any apparent support 
is an unforgettable sight. Although Die- 
ramas are waterside plants they take kind- 
ly to ordinary garden or pot culture, pro- 
vided they are grown in full sun. Plant 
where they can be left undisturbed for a 
number of years. Delivery Aug. to Nov. 
MONTIGUE’S PURPLE. Rosy purple, 
striped darker. Blooms in June on very 
wiry stems. 75c¢ each. 
_ PEACH BLOSSOM. A very free-flower- 
ing variety with light pink flowers. The 
bells are shorter and more open than the 
other forms. 50c each. 
*PENDULA. Blooms in March-April, 
and has a long blooming period. The color 
is a clear lavender pink. 35¢c each. 
THE DOVE. The color of the flowers is 
very deep purple with a blackish sheen. 
Blooms in June. $1.00 each. 
*“MIXED. A _ gorgeous array of colors 
are included in these hybrid seedli ’ 
$2.50 doz. y eedlings 
