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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Anemone japonica is excellent for cutting, and grows well in sun or shade 
HARDY GARDEN FLOWERS 
♦ACANTHUS Elwesii is a fine form of the Bear's Breech, with large, very ornamental 
leaves. The odd flowers are borne above the foliage in midsummer. Sit., shade or cool 
places in sun; any soil, but rich better. PL, October to March. Prop., divisions. 25 cts. 
ACHILLEA, "The Pearl," is an excellent flower for cutting. The stems are 2 to 
3 feet high, and are thickly set with double, white flowers. They cost only 15 cents each, 
or $1.25 per dozen. The plants thrive best in any good garden loam situated in a sunny 
place. Will do well in wet ground. Divide to a few strong shoots every winter. 
A. Millefolium roseum forms low and dense masses of feathery foliage, from which 
flower-stems arise to the height of 2 feet, with many pretty soft rose-colored flowers. A 
very hardy plant which will survive drought and hard conditions. Any garden soil will 
do, and plants a foot apart each way will soon meet to make a mass. 15 cts each 
$1.25 per doz. 
A. tomentosum has a low mass of feathery foliage and rich yellow flowers on short 
stems and is a good low plant for borders. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
ACONITUM autumnale, or Monkshood, is a noble plant, rather resembling in 
general appearance the Perennial Larkspur, but with a hooded flower. It is an attractive 
plant producing several stems which reach 5 feet and have soft blue flowers. Sit., sun 
or light shade, good soil, and moisture. PL, October to March. Prop., seeds or root 
divisions. Seeds flower the second year. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
A. Napellus has large dark blue flowers in late summer. 25 cts. each. 
A., Spark's Variety, flowers in midsummer, with dark blue-purple flowers of much 
beauty; stems 3 feet high. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
*In jETHIONEMA grandiflora I have a strictly excellent addition to the fine group 
of plants to which the stocks, arabis, and alyssums belong. It is a hardy and persisting 
perennial which throws up many slender erect stems with light airy foliage and at the 
top many small pink flowers. It makes a clump a foot high and wide, and is most useful 
tor rockwork, dry borders, or other trying situations. Strong plants 15 cts each 
$1.25 per doz. 
AGROSTEMMA Coronaria, the Mullein Pink, is one of the most easily grown of 
the old-fashioned flowers. The flowers are borne on branching stems 2 to 3 feet high in 
summer and are of the most dazzling rosy crimson. 
A. Coronaria alba is pure white and a valuable plant. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
AJUGA purpurea forms a close carpet, only a few inches high, of richly bronzed 
purple leaves. The flowers are mint-like and blue. As a ground-cover in moist places 
or as a rock plant it is a fine thing. It is evergreen. SiL, sun or light shade. PL, October 
to March, Prop divisions of plant. Soil, moist or at least fairly watered spots. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. F 0 
