A WORD TO OUR FRIENDS — OLD AND NEW 
It is the purpose of WILLEVA to be a source of the more 
beautiful but lesser known flowering bulbs which add to the 
garden such striking accents of color and form at nearly all seasons 
of the year. 
Located as we are on the southern Oregon coast, one of our 
chief present interests is the large variety of native bulbous plants, 
the best of which are destined to provide new surprises for the 
adventurous gardener. 
From this wild and almost inaccesible region come such rare 
and lovely items as the dainty and fragrant Calypso orchid; 
Brodeiae in great variety, including the rare, violet-striped white 
Brodeia Leachii; the giant Trillium Sessile with its red flame of 
blossom above green and purple marbled leaves: many fine Al- 
liums, including the splendid but hardly known Allium Roguens; 
and above all the gorgeous golden Iris Innominata and its allied 
species in blues and purples, whose color genes have been combin- 
ed to produce our proudest offering, the rainbow-hued “Fantasy” 
Hybrids. 
We are continuously searching for and selecting the best 
of this native material for propagation and test under garden 
conditions in order to make it available to you who are looking 
for that “something new’ to add fresh interest to your flower 
beds. In addition, we are continuing to stock a selection of the 
colorful South African bulbs which thrive so well here on the 
Pacific Coast, and for Lily fanciers who place quality above 
price, we can supply healthy, home-grown bulbs of L. Auratum 
and the splendid DeGraaf hybrids. 
Do not look in this catalog for daffodils, tulips, hyacinths etc. 
We cannot compete with the Dutch on these, and our specialty 
is the unusual. 
We would like to illustrate our blossoms in full color, but 
these days color printing is far more expensive than sin, and we 
prefer to hold our prices as low as we can in the face of today’s 
costs. We would rather let you afford to have the actual flowers 
in your garden instead of only being able to admire pretty pictures 
of them. To save costs also, the majority of orders will be shipped 
in re-used cartons. The plants and bulbs within, however, will 
be packed as carefully as we know how, to reach you in the -best 
possible condition. 
PLANT COLLECTORS — 
If you are on the lookout for any native material known to 
have southwestern: Oregon as its habitat but which is not listed 
in this catalog, drop us a line and tell us what you want. We 
may not be able to supply it immediately, but can very likely 
turn it up sooner or later. Fees for this service are very nominal, 
depending mostly on how hard to find the stuff is. 
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