growth starts and heavily after foliage is well 
developed. Gradually withdraw water when leaves 
begin to turn yellow. Should be kept DRY and 
WARM after foliage dies until growth starts again. 
Blooms best if kept cool at night and given plenty 
of light and air during day. Flowers are fine for 
cutting. Bulbs should be covered only to the neck 
and can be left in the pot for several years. Best 
to remove old soil to bottom of bulb and add fresh 
each year about time growth starts. Good drainage 
essential. 
N. Bowdeni 
Blooms in fall. Flowers large, pink with rose- 
colored line down each petal, 7 to 10 in an 
umbel on 12°to 15 inch stem: Leaves are 
bright green and very attractive, 1% to 34 inch 
wide and 12 to 18 inches long, start in early 
spring and last until late winter. Delivery late 
winter. 
$35.00 per 100 
N.  filifolia 
Fall blooming with evergreen thread-like leaves 
6 to 8 inches long. Flowers dark pink with 
narrow wavy segments pistil and stamens 
longer than segments, borne six to ten in an 
umbel on wiry stems 12 to 15 inches tall. Fine 
for cutting and a real find for rock gardens 
and edgings for beds. Delivery January to 
May. 
$25.00 per 1000 
PASITHEA CAERULEA 
An exceptionally pretty plant recently introduced 
from Chile. Many very bright deep blue flowers 
one inch in diameter and with yellow stamens on 
a 3 to 5 foot stem with many small branches. 
Green foliage not very conspicuous. Flowers re- 
tain their color for several days after closing. 
Blooms from late winter to late spring in Santa 
Barbara. Very useful in the garden and as a cut 
flower. 
Should be planted where it can remain undis- 
turbed. Plant consists of a modified crown and 
small round tubers joined together and to the 
crown by very thin, fibrous roots. New and old 
plants should be started in early fall and kept well 
watered until late in spring. Must be thoroughly 
dried out during the summer. Does best in well- 
drained loam soil. Requires very little fertilizer. 
Can also be grown in large pots under glass, but 
MUST BE KEPT AT 45 to 50 DEGREES: AT 
NIGHT Small dormant plants for delivery in late 
summer. 
$5.00 per 100 
