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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Veronica chathamica is a shrubby species which, being prostrate, looks very much 
like the herbaceous sorts in summer but is evergreen. A fine ground-cover near shrub- 
bery or for borders. Light blue flowers. Potted plants, 30 cts. each. 
V. spicata grows to 1 to i}4 feet with many stems and clear blue flowers. 20 cts. 
each, $2 per doz. 
V. californica is a fine plant for wet places, where it grows very freely. The foliage 
is large and handsome and the bright blue flowers pretty. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
. VINCAS, known under the popular names of Periwinkle and Myrtle, are evergreen, 
trailing plants of much beauty and wonderful hardiness. No other green thing will 
grow better in shade in dry places, such as under eucalyptus or in cemeteries. If planted 
a foot or so apart and the stems allowed to' root the first winter and after that the plants 
are cut close to the ground every winter, a wonderfully fine ground-cover can be made 
for road-fills, shady banks, or bare- places almost anywhere. Plant in fall or winter. 
V. minor makes a mass of dark green about 4 inches high. Var. alba is the same, 
but white. 
V. major is the common large green sort. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., £5 per 100, for 
rooted plants. 
V. alpina is dwarf, with a reddish flower. 
VIOLETS need no description — we all know and love them. I think Marie Louise 
the most fragrant, while Princess of Wales is perhaps most grown for market. They 
are best planted in fall or early winter. By the succeeding fall they are strongly estab- 
lished and in mild climates will flower all winter. A dressing of manure in the fall will 
help greatly, and they like light shades. 
Well-rooted runners, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. Fine flowering clumps, 25 cts. each 
$2.50 per doz. 
Czar. Single; white. 
J. Roddenburg. Light blue. 
Mrs. Astor. Violet, tinged red. 
Princess of Wales. Deep violet. The violet of the markets. 
Swanley White. Double; white. 
. Marie Louise is the old-fashioned, very fragrant, double, light blue Violet. 
*ZAUSCHNERIA californica, or Wild Fuchsia, is a most showy, late-flowering 
plant, forming large mats and Fuchsia-like flowers. Flowering after most things are 
done, it is a plant to have. Color scarlet. Sit., sun. Soil, mellow, rich; moisture in 
plenty but not wet. Prop., underground stems. PL, October to March. 
Excepting Major, all at 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
hen grouped in semi-shaded places 
