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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Sunflowers are excellent for obtaining great masses of color 
Helianthus rigidus, Mr. H. G. Moon is perhaps the largest-flowered and showiest 
of all. 
H. Maximilianii grows very tall, with long willow-like leaves and graceful habit. 
They flower in late fall. 7 feet. 
H. multiflorus, double, makes a flower as double as a rose and a rich yellow. 4 feet. 
H. rigidus is lower, with very large flowers in midsummer; the center is black. 
HELIOPSIS scabra major is very much like the sunflowers but makes a large clump 
about 3>£ feet high and produces many bright yellow flowers for a long period. 
All varieties of Helianthus and Heliopsis are offered at 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
SWEET WILLIAMS are fine, old-fashioned flowers of much garden value. Their 
large masses of good green foliage are always attractive and are valuable to fill with. 
The flowers are handsome and fragrant. Sit., sunlight or shade. Any garden soil, but 
rich soil pays in results. Prop., seeds or divisions. PL, September till May. For mass- 
ing, plant 18 inches apart. 
Fine Mixed Seedlings. Crimson, Newport Pink, Scarlet, White, all singles. 75 cts. 
Dianthus nigrescens is notable for its handsome dark bronze-red foliage and rich, 
very deep crimson flowers. 
Everblooming Sweet Williams are an entirely new thing — a hybrid between the old 
Sweet Williams and the Garden Pink. They are compact and long-flowering with velvety 
crimson-scarlet flowers. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
TELEKIA speciosum is a large-leaved plant of the composites which in summer 
bears rich orange-yellow flowers. 25 cts. each. 
The THALICTRUMS, or Meadow Rues, are all handsome plants. The foliage is as 
pretty as the flowers and has a resemblance to the maidenhair fern. They are valuable 
for the shaded corner. T. dipterocarpum grows to 5 feet, with a most attractive mauve 
flower. A very lovely thing recently introduced. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. 
T. aquilegifolium. See Novelties. 
THYMUS citriodora (serpyllum), or Lemon Thyme, is a very low-growing, densely 
leafy plant, which when in flower is only about 2}4 inches high. The stems root at the 
joints, making a dense mass which is fairly covered by the rose-lavender flowers. Like 
all Thymes, very fragrant, with a distinct lemon odor; very pleasant. An excellent plant 
for edgings for the front of the hardy border, or for moist, cool rock-work. Sit., sun or 
light shades. Soil, any, but moist is best. PL, October to May. Small clumps, 15 cts. 
each, $1.50 per doz. They can be divided. 
