. View from a photograph of a field of White Calla Lilies grown for us in California. WHITE CALLA. (Kichardia -Ethiopica.) The White Calla or Lily of the Nile, is a well- known plant of easy culture, and in winter is one of our best window plants. To aid profuse blooming, keep them dormant from the middle of June to last of August, repot in good rich soil, using a 4 to 6 iuch pot, give water, light and heat in abundance, and the result will be most satisfactory. Dry bulbs "20 cts. each ; $ per doz.; extra large, 30 cts. each; $ per doz. SPOTTED CALLA. (Kichardia Alba Maculata). Tb
. View from a photograph of a field of White Calla Lilies grown for us in California. WHITE CALLA. (Kichardia -Ethiopica.) The White Calla or Lily of the Nile, is a well- known plant of easy culture, and in winter is one of our best window plants. To aid profuse blooming, keep them dormant from the middle of June to last of August, repot in good rich soil, using a 4 to 6 iuch pot, give water, light and heat in abundance, and the result will be most satisfactory. Dry bulbs "20 cts. each ; $ per doz.; extra large, 30 cts. each; $ per doz. SPOTTED CALLA. (Kichardia Alba Maculata). Tbe leaves of this variety are deep green, with numerous white spots, which gives the plant a very ornamental appearance. The flowers are pure white, with a black center. They grow freely, either in- doors or out. 20 cts. each ; $ per doz. New Dwarf Calla " Little ; A new dwarf variety of the Kichardia iEthiopica, growing about half as high as that well known sort. It is very free flowering and fine for pot culture. $ each. BLACK CALLA, (Arum Sanctum). W ~ This magnificent and interesting variety resembles in habit and foliage the White Calla, with flowers of a rich dark purple color over a foot in length and 4 to (> inches across. The spike or spadix is about 10 inches long and of an ebonv black color. $ each. BRODI^AS. Interesting and showy bulbous plants from California with long tubu- lar flowers in clusters on strong, but slender stems about 2 feet high, they succeed well planted in pots or in a cold frame, and are hardy in light dry soils if protected with a covering of leaves or litter in the winter. Brodisea Grandiflora. One of the finest of the Brodiseas, having dwarf flower stems, terminated by an umbel of numerous large flowers, varying from light purple to rose color, lasting in bloom several weeks. 5 cts. each ; 50 cts. per doz. B. Capitata. Most useful for planting with the above, and thereby prolonging the blooming period ; flower stems
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