345 So. Main Street, Los Angeles, California 
Oenothera biennis hirsutissinia. "Yellow Eveninir 
Primrose." Biennial, 3 to 6 feet. Flowers large, light 
yellow. Pkt, 10c; oz., 60c. " " s 
Oenothera bistorta vietehiana. "Sun Cups." Annual 
of low trailing habit. Flowers large, bright yellow' 
Grows in sandy places. Pkt., 15c. 
Oenothera triehocalyx. "White Evening Primrose." 
Biennial, 1 to 1% feet high. Large white flowers. 
Grows in sandy soil. Pkt., 15c. 
Orthocarpus purpurascens. "Owl's Clover" or "Pink 
Paint Brush." Annual, 4 to 10 inches high. Rose, pink 
or purplish lilac shading to cream-color at center. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Pentstemon antirrhinoidcs. "Yellow Pentstemon." 
Perennial shrub, 3 to 4 feet high. Flowers larg-e, bright 
yellow. Pkt., 15c. 
Pentstemon centranthifolins. "Scarlet Bugler." Per- 
ennial, 2 to 4 feet high. Rich vermilion colored flowers. 
Pkt., 15c. 
Pentstemon heterophylliis. "Violet Beard Tongue." 
Perennial, iy 2 to 2 feet high. Flowers trumpet shaped, 
royal purple marked with pink. Pkt., 15c. 
Pentstemon spectabilis. "Blue Pentstemon." Peren- 
nial, 4 to 7 feet high. Flowers in long spikes, and the 
richest combination of blue and royal purple. Pkt., 10c. 
Phacelia grandillora. "Large Flowered Phacelia." 
Annual, 1 to 3 feet high. Large saucer-shaped flowers, 
lavender, beautifully veined with violet. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
70c. 
Phacelia parryi. "Parry's Phacelia." Annual, 1 to 
iy 2 feet high. Flowers saucer-shaped, deep violet, gen- 
erally with five yellow spots. Pkt., 10c; oz., 70c; lb.. 
$8.00. 
Phaeelia tanacetifolia. "Wild Heliotrope." Annual, 
1% to 2V 2 feet high. Flowers lavender blue. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 35c; lb., $4.00. 
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Phacelia whitlavia. "Wild Canterbury Bell." An- 
nual, 1 to iy 2 feet high. Large bell-shaped flowers 
hanging in open, airy clusters; color violet purple. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; lb., $7.00. 
Platystemon ealifornicus. "Cream Cups." Annual, 6' 
to 10 inches high. Cream colored flowers. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., $1.50. 
Romneya coulteri. "Matilija Poppy." Perennial, 6 
to 10 feet high. Blossoms often 6 or 7 inches in dia- 
meter, pure glistening white with bright yellow cen- 
ters. Pkt., 15c. 
Salvia carduaeea. "Thistle Sage." Annual, 1 to 2 
feet high. Pale lavender flowers. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 
lb., $6.00. 
Silenc laciniata. "Indian Pink." Perennial, 1 to 3 
feet. Flowers bright scarlet. Pkt., 15c. 
Sisyrinchium helium. "Blue Eyed Grass." Perennial, 
8 to 15 inches high. Flowers bright blue with yellow 
centers. Pkt., 15c. 
Trichostema lanatum. "Romero" or "Woolly Blue- 
curls." Shrubby perennial, 4 to 6 feet high. Flowers 
rich blue. Pkt., 15c. 
Verbaseum virgatum. "Mullein." Biennial, 5 to 6 
feet high. Flowers in long spikes, rich yellow. Pkt., 
10c. 
For a full list of California Wild Flower Seeds, and 
also for more complete descriptions of the foregoing 
species, send for my SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED BOOK- 
LET, "CALIFORNIA WILD FLOWERS: THEIR CUL- 
TURE AND CARE." A treatise describing over a hun- 
dred beautiful species, with a few notes on their habits 
and characteristics. Price 15c, postpaid. 
Special Souvenir Collection of California Wild Flower Seeds 
This collection contains twelve choice species of California Wild Flower Seeds in separate packets, mostly an- 
nuals of easy culture, and includes the California Poppy, the Baby Blue-Eyes, the Scarlet Larkspur, the Blue Lu- 
pine, the Blazing Star, the Wild Heliotrope, and 6 others of my selection, mailed free to any address for 50 cents. 
California Wild Flower Seeds in Mixtures 
I particularly recommend these mixtures for sowing 
on waste pieces of ground, parkings, vacant lots, etc. 
My No. 1 Mixture has an established reputation, as 
the many letters of praise I have received will prove. 
It contains twenty distinct species mixed in their 
right proportions and will produce a succession of 
bloom for a long period. Many odd corners and un- 
sightly pieces of waste ground can be transformed 
into beauty spots by sowing some of these seeds 
broadcast in the fall about the time the rainy sea- 
son commences. 
In ordering it is only necessary to mention the num- 
ber of the mixture desired. 
Payne's Mixture. No. 1. General mixture of annual 
wild flower seeds. This mixture is made up of those 
kinds which will give a succession of flowers for a 
long period and will succeed under ordinary condi- 
tions. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; *4 lb., $1.45; lb., $5.00. 
Payne's Mixture. No. 2 Mixture of annual wild flower 
seeds for sowing in shady places. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 
% lb., $1.75; lb., $6.00. 
Payne's Mixture. No. 3. Mixture of annual wild 
flower seeds in orange, yellow and cream shades. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; % lb., $2.00; lb., $7.00. 
Payne's Mixture. No. 4. Mixture of annual wild 
flower seeds in blue, purple and lavender shades. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; % lb., $1.75; lb., $6.00. 
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS. 
I make a specialty of growing native trees, shrubs 
and perennial plants, and issue price lists, from time 
to time, of the kinds I have large enough for sale. 
The latest list will be mailed free on application. 
Remember, I am headquarters for California wild 
flower seeds and native plants. Through my work in 
collecting and bringing before the public the beautiful 
wild flowers of California extending over a period of 
seventeen years, there is now a considerable demand 
for these seeds. It is a regretable fact that some seed 
stores have resorted to the practice of selling garden 
varieties of flowers as wild species. Some of these are 
cultivated forms of wild flowers, greatly changed, and 
in many cases much inferior to the original types and 
others are not native species at all. My No. 1 Mix- 
ture has been imitated by some firms with an inferior 
mixture of such flowers and sold at a price at which 
the true native species could not be furnished. In 
buying your seeds, patronize the firm making a spe- 
cialty of the true wild species. For those who wish 
quantities of flower seeds for sowing on vacant ground 
and desire a cheaper mixture than my No. 1 Mixture 
of California Wild Flower Seeds, I have prepared my 
Surprise Garden Mixture described below and which 
I am confident will be found superior to any such 
mixture offered by other firms. 
SURPRISE GARDEN MIXTURE 
This is not a mixture of wild flowers, but of garden 
annuals, with a few wild species added. It contains a 
large number of different kinds, all of them quite 
hardy and varieties that will grow with the least 
amount of care and produce quantities of flowers for 
a long period. Indeed, there are so many kinds ap- 
pearing in endless succession that it is a continual sur- 
prise from the time the first plant begins to blossom. 
I recommend it for vacant lots and waste pieces of 
ground. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; % lb., $1.20; lb., $4.00. 
CALIFORNIA WILD GARDENS 
I am prepared to give advice on the subject of mak- 
ing wild gardens, and also equipped for carrying out 
the work. Estimates furnished and correspondence 
invited. 
