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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
HEUCHERAS have beautiful heart-shaped leaves which form a low clump 6 to 8 
inches high, always beautiful and evergreen. Some have especially finely colored spring 
foliage while all take on a rich winter coloring. Above this pretty mass of foliage, slender, 
many- flowered scapes bear small flowers in a panicled filmy mass of most delicate color- 
ing. Very hardy and drought-resisting. There are no finer plants for the shaded rock- 
work, for shaded beds, or to blend with ferns and make a good ground covering. Sit., 
shade or cool places in the sun. Soil, any, but loose is better and good drainage a 
necessity. Prop., divisions. PL, October to April. 
Heuchera micrantha is a California 
Alum Root with beautiful foliage, richly 
colored in winter. Many small white 
Mowers in panicles. 15 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz. 
In H. rubescens the stems spread hori- 
zontally and root at the joints, making a 
broad, flat carpet. Above this the slender 
panicles arise with very pretty pinkish 
flowers. As in this species, it is the calyx 
rather than the corolla that is colored. The 
flowers are much like everlastings and 
retain their beauty for a long time. Most 
desirable for the rockery or the fern bed. 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
H. Sanguinea (Coral Bells; Crimson 
Bells). Low-growing plants with sprays of 
coral-red flowers. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
H. americana is especially lovely in its 
new foliage which is highly colored. A 
large-leaved handsome plant. 20 cts. each, 
$2 per doz. 
H., Rosamonde. One of the prettiest 
hybrids in soft pink. 25 cts. each, $2.50 
per doz. 
A named collection of seven botanical 
varieties, including four listed, for $1.50. 
HOLLYHOCKS will withstand the 
hardest conditions, and even utter neglect, 
yet give a beauty display of flowers in the 
most uncared-for garden, while with good 
soil, tillage, and water, they repay with 
wonderful color masses hardly to be ob- 
tained with any other garden flower. 
What other plant has so many c ear, 
lovely colors or so stately a habit? They 
can hardly be placed amiss. In single plants or in groups against walls or buildings, in 
groups at the rear of the hardy border, interspersed with low shrubbery, or in bold 
masses along drives or walks they are alike effective. 
Then, too, they are treasures in the newly planted garden when the trees and shrubs 
are small and the general effect too bare of foliage and color. My fine plants will give 
the fullest effect the first year and can be planted liberally to beautify and soften, to 
give color and to hide unsightly places until the trees and shrubs fulfill their purpose. 
Sit.; sun or light shade. Soil, any garden soil, but rich, well-drained soil will pay. 
Prop., seeds which will not do much the first year, or plants. PL, October to April, 
but the earlier planting will do better. For massing, plant 18 inches apart each Way. 
If they are planted, say 15 inches apart each way, and the flowering stalks of alternate 
plants cut when a foot or so high, the mass will be fine for the entire season, as new stalks 
will be produced — sometimes three crops. 
In doubles I have the following colors in the best strains: Shades of Pink, Flesh, Soft 
Pink, Rose Pink, and Salmon-Rose, Golden Yellow and Canary Yellow, Dark Red, 
Purple-Crimson, Dark Maroon (almost black, wonderfully effective), White, White with 
Lavender center. 
Newport Pink is an exquisite pure soft pink of exceptional beauty. 20c. ea., $2 per doz. 
In singles, Black Maroon, Mauve, Pink, Red, White, Yellow. The best. 
These are splendid plants with fine clean roots and will flower well the first year. 
Excepting Newport Pink, all Hollyhocks are 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
East of the Rocky Mountains add 25 cts. per doz. for postage 
Double Hollyhocks 
