. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CALOCHORTUS CALOPHACA 221 22. ailreuB, Wats. Very low: petals yellow, not hairy, the hairy gland purple-bordered. S. Utah. 23. clav^tus, Wats. Petals yellow lined with brown, the lower part bearing club-shaped (or clavate) hairs, the gland deep and circular ; anthers purple. Calif.— In this excellent sort we ha
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CALOCHORTUS CALOPHACA 221 22. ailreuB, Wats. Very low: petals yellow, not hairy, the hairy gland purple-bordered. S. Utah. 23. clav^tus, Wats. Petals yellow lined with brown, the lower part bearing club-shaped (or clavate) hairs, the gland deep and circular ; anthers purple. Calif.— In this excellent sort we have the largest-flowered and stoutest-stemmed of all Mariposas. The bulb is very large, the single bare leaf 1 or 2 ft. long : the st. is heavy, stout and zigzag. The fls. are shaped like a broad-based bowl, sometimes 5 or 6 in. across. The color is a deep, rich yellow, and the lower half is cov- ered thiclsly with stiff yellow hairs, each tipped with a round translucent linob, and in the light like tiny icicles. There are various strains : El Dorado, the largest, not so deep yellow; Ventura, very stout, deep yellow ; Obispo, like the last, but the upper half of the back of each petal is olive brown, which shows through the deep yellow of the inside, giving changeable shades. cc. Color white or lilac: sometimes running into yellows, 24. ventistus, Benth. Butterply Tulip. Stout, 6-36 in.: petals white or pale lilac, with a reddish spot at top, a brown-yellow center, and brown base : gland large and oblong, usually densely hairy: capsule l-2^in. long. Calif. 1669. 2: 104. Gn. 46, p. Very variable. The yellow forms (as var. siilphitreus, Hort.) are often treated as forms of G. Inteus. To this group of Calochortuses is properly applied the Spanish name Mariposa (butterfly), for their brilliantly colored fls., with eye-like spots on each petal and sepal, and other delicate markings with dots, lines and hairs, which are strongly suggestive of the wings of a brilliant
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