Brodie's Lily or Californian Hyacinth

Brodie's Lily or Californian Hyacinth (Brodiaea) - A charming family of N. American liliaceous plants.

These bulbs may be planted from October until December, and in mild localities will pass the winter in the open unprotected. In Holland, where the winters are often very severe, they are covered with reeds or straw at the approach of the cold season. This covering will keep the cold off, the soil open, and ward off the effects of a treacherous winter sun.

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Brodiaea Congesta

Brodiaea Congesta - s the stems long and wiry, the flowers in a dense umbel; purplish-blue in color, and very lasting. B. alba is a pretty white-flowered variety. B. capitata much resembles this kind.

Brodiaea Grandiflora

Brodiaea Grandiflora - This is an old and pretty plant, about 5 inches high, with deep purplish-blue flowers in a loose umbel in July. At the time of flowering the foliage is often withered, and to hide the nakedness of the stems it is sometimes best planted among other low-growing plants.

Brodiaea Howelli

Brodiaea Howelli - This pretty species has flowers in a fine umbel, bell-shaped and milky white. A beautiful variety of it (lilacina) has delicate bluish flowers, retaining its fine deep green foliage at the time of flowering, and throwing up sturdy stems about 2 feet high, crowned by large flat umbels of well-shaped flowers.

Brodiaea Laxa

Brodiaea Laxa - a very old garden plant, of which there are several varieties, not only varying in color, but in the size of the flowers and the umbels.

Brodiaea Minor

Brodiaea Minor - robably a variety of the foregoing, is very pretty; the scape is not more than an inch high, about fifteen flowers in the umbel; the color purplishblue, with a lighter centre.

Brodiaea Peduncularis

Brodiaea Peduncularis - a pretty, white-flowered species, with large umbel of porcelain-white blossoms.