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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
should be cut as soon as the first buds show color. Sit., sun, or if the climate is hot, plant 
where they get shade in the heat of the day. Soil, any garden loam moderately manured 
with old manure and well drained; a sandy soil is the very best. Prop., by planting the 
tiny offsets which appear on the bottom of the bulbs. PL, from October to June. 
The best results are had by planting some in the fall and then, beginning in March, 
successive plantings as long as the bulbs can be kept sound. This distributes the flower- 
ing season in a like manner. Plant not less than 6 inches apart and 3 inches deep. Stake 
to hold up the stems. Dig after they ripen in the fall. Store where safe from frost, after 
the bulbs are well dried. I lost a large number of my own bulbs during the extremely 
cold weather of last winter. 
America has had the heaviest sale of any Gladiolus ever sold and is now within the 
reach of all. It is very vigorous, with soft lavender-pink flowers, large and spreading, 
on stout stems. One of the very best Cut-flowers. I have good bulbs at 6 cts. each, 
60 cts. per doz., $4 per 100. 
Attraction is a very fine variety, with deep crimson flowers having a conspicuous, 
white throat. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $6 per 100. 
Baron Hulot is the very best blue-purple Gladiolus, and admired wherever seen. 
Described as a rich violet-blue. 8 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz., $6 per 100. 
Empress of India has large, velvety maroon flowers. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., 
$4.50 per 100. 
Halley was the large species so much admired in the Netherlands Exhibit at the 
Panama-Pacific. It is a lovely salmon-pink with the lower portion blotched red and 
yellow. Very strong and fine for cutting. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., $4.50 per 100. 
Mrs. Francis King is a beautiful vermilion-scarlet, or almost a flame-color. Whether 
for forcing, cut-flowers, or the garden, it is a first-class variety, and at the low prices that 
I make is worthy of the attention of everyone. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., $4.50 per 100. 
Panama is a lovely, soft rose-pink and the finest pink that I have ever seen. It is 
strong and large-flowered and will please everyone. 8 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz., $6 per 100. 
Pink Perfection is one of the two finest pinks. A light pink and large flower. 1 5 cts. 
each,, $1.50 per doz. 
Primulinus Hybrids are a new race, rather smaller-flowered than the others but in 
very pretty shades of primrose. 8 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz., $6 per 100. 
Princeps, the amaryllis-flowered Gladiolus, is a glorious rich scarlet marked with white 
in throat and one of the showiest of all varieties. 8 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz., $7 per 100. 
Fine Mixture. 60 cts. per doz., $4 per 100. 
GLAUCIUM flavum tricolor is the Horned Poppy. See Poppies, page 40. 
GOLDENRODS have many species, all interesting. Solidago canadensis is an ex- 
cellent sort growing to 5 feet, with large panicles of golden flowers in late summer and 
fall. Plant in fall or winter, 18 inches apart, and thin to single shoots every winter. 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
G., Golden Wings is the finest of all Goldenrods, with immense panicles throughout 
midsummer. 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. 
GYPSOPHILA acutifolia is a valuable 
strong-growing plant which branches 
widely and grows to 3 feet. The many tiny 
white flowers are flushed pink and make 
an attractive mass. Flowers in midsum- 
mer. It is excellent for bouquet greens. 
Sit., sun. Soil, a loose, well-worked loam. 
PL, October to March. Strong plants, 
25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
G. paniculata forms a filmy mass 2 to 3 
feet high and as much through, consisting 
of light green foliage and innumerable tiny 
white flowers. The plant is charming and 
the stems are valuable for bouquet greens. 
They are everlasting. 25 cts. each, $2.50 
per doz. 
G. paniculata flore-pleno is a truly 
wonderfully pretty thing in bloom. Like 
the preceding, but the little flowers are 
double and make a mass as white as a 
snowball. Superior for cutting and winter 
Gypsophila paniculata bouquets. 30 cts. each. 
