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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Some of My Favorites for Special Uses 
In addition to the "Novelties and Best Things" on pages r to 3, there are many 
othei plants that have a peculiar value when used in appropriate places. I feel quite sure 
that my friends will appreciate this list, which indicates how some of my plants can be 
most useful. 
Easy Plants for Everyone's Garden 
Foxgloves 
Gaillardias 
Hollyhocks 
German Iris 
Pentstemons 
Gaura Lindheimeri 
Horned Poppies 
Romneya 
Salvias, all 
Shasta Daisies 
Sweet Williams 
Pheasant's-eye Pinks 
Agrostemma 
Anchusa italica 
Anthemis tinctoria 
Bocconia cordata 
Campanula Grossekii 
Campanula Medium 
Campanula persicifolia 
Anyone can grow them. 
For Hot and Dry Climates, but with watering 
..Ethionemas German Irises Romneya Coulteri 
Datura meteloides Michaelmas Daisies Rudbeckias 
Evening Primroses Origanum hybridum Salvias generally 
Gaillardias Phygelius capensis Shasta Daisies 
Gaura Lindheimeri Oriental Poppies Verbena venosa 
Hollyhocks Horned Poppies 
For Shaded Corners 
NORTH SIDE OF HOUSES, ETC. 
Heucheras Ferns, and especially Wood- 
wardia and Aspidiums 
LOWER AND GROUND COVER 
Saxifraga umbrosa Dicentra formosa 
Saxifraga crassifolia Nepeta glechoma 
Smilacina amplexicaulis Polyanthus (Primroses) 
Smilacina stellata Vinca minor 
A FEW CALIFORNIA SHRUBS 
Anemone japonica 
Dicentra spectabilis 
Asarums 
Epimediums 
Heucheras (foliage) 
Tellima 
Thimble-Berry 
Achillea Ptarmica, The Pearl 
Anemone japonica 
Coreopsis lanceolata grandi- 
flora 
Delphiniums 
Single Chrysanthemums 
Salmon-Berry Snowberry 
For Cut-Flowers 
Eryngiums, for Everlastings Michaelmas Daisies 
Gaillardias Paeonias 
Gladioli Phlox 
Irises Shasta Daisies 
Doronicum Rudbeckia nitida 
Statice Gypsophilas 
For Hot Rockwork, Dry Walls, or Banks, Street Curbs, 
or Edging of Beds if a Little Dry 
Alyssum saxatile Dianthus plumarius Iberis gibraltarica 
Arabis albida Dianthus cassius Iris pumila 
Aubrietias Erysimum Allionii Lippia repens 
Cerastiums 
Helianthemums 
Sedums 
For Winter Bloom in California and the South 
Aborts Pentstemons, after first Saxifraga crassifolia 
year Violets 
Aubrietias 
Erysimum Allionii 
CEnothera Childsii 
Gaillardias 
Iris pumila 
Winter-flowering Irises 
Horned Poppies 
Pansies 
