most vivid blue flowers. Easy in pots in a cool room. A dozen can be grown in a 
6"<or 7 .potss-6 for#35c.% 60c-doz: : 
B. rubro-cyanea. Intense vivid violet blue. Rarely the red which gives the violet 
tone to these flowers shows up more strongly and produces a red-purple flower. This 
species is taller and larger than B. plicata. Both are indispensable if you want “blue.” 
6 for 40c. 75c doz. i 
Marica gracilis. Walking Iris or Apostle Plant. The fugitive 2” flowers, white 
and blue with yellow and brown markings in center, are lovely. The flowers are 
followed by a small plant at end of scape. These become heavy and bend over to 
ground and take root, thus walking away from mother plant. Culture: give nearly 
full shade, plenty water, never drying out. Tender tropical but grown in pots in north. 
50c. ea. 
Marica northiana. Very similar but much larger and more rare. $1.00 ea. 
Cipura paludosa. This is an Irid I have never seen. I am trying it experimentally 
and offer you the chance to do the same. It is rare and unusual in southern gardens. 
Tender but will stand temperatures as low as 17°. Altho it has been grown rarely in 
pots, I can offer no inducement as to probable success. Flowers white, borne in a 
terminal head. As this bulb needs good drainage, I suggest planting like Freesias, but 
in sandy or loose loam soil. Perhaps raised beds would help to improve drainage during 
heavy winter rains in Calif. 25c ea. 5 for $1.00. 
Moraeas. The Moraea tribe includes the genera Moraea, Dietes and Homeria. All 
should be planted in the fall. The bulbous Moraeas and Homerias may be planted like 
and given the same culture as Freesias. We can offer but one species of Moraea this 
fall and it is one of the best. 
Moraea ramosissima. Grows 2 to 4 ft. tall. The tough, wiry and slender stems 
have a great many branches all covered by myriads of butterfly-like flowers. The color 
is amber yellow with lemon yellow oval at base of falls. 20c. 
Homeria collina. An unusual plant, usually having only one long tapering leaf and 
the flower stem emerges from its inner surface. Flowers are 1” wide, fugitive, but 
freely produced, bright orange. It has little to recommend it except as an oddity among 
plants. The plant becomes a weed in mild climates unless chance seedlings are removed 
when they appear. In the north store bulbs and plant in spring. 10c. 
Dietes. This genus only recently has been removed from Moraea and given a new 
generic name. Dietes differ from Moraea in having a rhizome, similar to the Bearded 
Iris, and sword-like leaves. Flowers are very much like those of Moraea, borne on long 
wiry stems thruout summer into winter. Culture like Iris. Dietes are evergreen and 
they cannot be dried off. Plant at once and keep them wet or they will not start. The 
flower stems are perennial and should not be cut off as they flower year after year. 
: Dietes catanulata. Low growing species with waxy white flowers on a tall stem. 
Oc ea. 
D. iridioides. White with yellow and blue markings. 25c ea. 
D. iridioides Johnsonii. Flowers are about twice the diameter of the type variety 
above. Plant more robust. True variety. 50c. 
D. Oakhurst Hybrids. New hybrids that soon make large clumps that are very 
ornamental in the garden. Flowers freely in summer with a few most of the time in 
winter. 2” flowers on 4’ stems. 75c. 
HOW YOU CAN HELP US 
to ship your orders more promptly. Like everyone else, we are short of labor. But we 
have plenty bulbs of nearly all items and we think enough labor to dig and ship them. 
We may not be quite as prompt as usual but we will get the bulbs to you within the 
correct planting season. 
Help us by not requiring us to write letters if avoidable. Read first, “Terms and 
Instructions for Ordering,” and comply. Order only bulbs as listed in this catalog, and 
only as specified in description. Use an itemized form for bulbs ordered. Be patient, 
if necessary, we do not merely want your dollars. We want to serve you well. 
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