PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 
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CERASTIUM tomentosum, known as Mouse Ears, is one of the very best plants 
for edging beds or for rockwork. The foliage is slightly woolly, and the white flowers 
are borne in myriads in season. It forms a low, flat cushion. Any garden soil will 
suit it, while it stands drought admirably. I have very fine plants at 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUM and SHASTA DAISIES. See page 29. 
CONVALLARIA. See Lily-of-the-Valley, page 20. 
COLUMBINES are listed under Aquilegias. Page 3. 
COLCHICUMS, or Fall Crocuses, also known as Saffron, are seldom seen with us 
because they must be imported earlier than most Dutch bulbs and are therefore difficult 
to get. The leaves appear in spring and die like belladonna lilies. In August or Sep- 
tember the flowers appear day after day and are very charming in white, blues, and 
soft lavenders. My own bulbs this year. Sit., sun or light shade. Soil, garden loam and 
care. PL, late August or early September. Leave alone. A carpet of sedums or Phlox 
subulata will cover the ground when they die down in spring. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata grandiflora is not the common annual Coreopsis, but a 
fine, strong-growing perennial of free-flowering habits. It likes a rich, well-worked soil 
and flowers in the greatest profusion through a long period. Fine, strong seedlings, 
75 cts. a doz., or strong plants at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
CORONILLA iberica forms broad spreading masses of green about 4 inches high, 
with very many light yellow pealike flowers borne just above the foliage. Quite pretty. 
25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
DATURA meteloides is a strikingly beautiful flower native to central and southern 
California. Very strong, broadly spreading, and much branching stems appear each 
spring from a perennial root and throughout the summer great trumpet-shaped flowers 
like immense morning-glories appear daily in the evening. The color is white, suffused 
deeply with violet-blue and they are very lovely. By fall the plant may be 3 feet high 
and farther across and daily covered with the fine flowers. Flowering roots, 35 cts. 
DAY LILIES are of two types, quite different in habit. The White Day Lily is 
Funkia; see that name. The Yellow Day Lily is Hemerocallis ; see that title. 
DELPHINIUMS, or Perennial Larkspurs, are deservedly among the most popular 
of garden flowers. No other flowers are so effective when a few are used, or when planted 
in broad masses. They are most beautiful grouped with campanulas. They grow from 
3 to 8 feet in height, and the colors arc blues and purples well varied by markings. A 
few sorts are white or cream. The tall spikes are most showy and make the best of 
cut-flowers. The single flowers in my garden would cover a half dollar. As the flowers 
wane the stalk should be cut off close to the ground, and a second and even a fourth 
crop in a season is possible. While single plants are satisfactory, it is better to plant 
18 inches apart each way in clumps or large groups. A big mass interspersed with Cam- 
panula pyramidalis and faced liberally with Campanula pcrsicifolia is a lovely thing. 
Larkspurs demand good, well-worked soil and liberal watering. They like sun or light 
shade, and hoeing in summer helps them. A top-dressing of well-rotted manure is of 
great benefit. Do not divide oftener than the third year; spring or fall is the time. 
I have very fine plants grown from seeds from one of the finest named collections 
in Europe. The colors arc very fine, and there are singles and doubles in the mixture. 
Good plants, 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; heavy plants, 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. No 
better plants than these can be had. 
The superb Perennial Delphiniums of the gardens known as D. hybridum are the 
result of the crossing of several species and are well confused. Some of the loveliest- 
are hybrids of D. Belladonna, and, while low-growing, are most lovely in clear blues. 
They are very floriferous. In Europe a large number of fine named sorts are grown, 
but I have spent much money vainly in trying to import these. Seeds from named, 
sorts are also offered but do not come true at all. 
D., Theodora is of the Belladonna type and about 3 feet high. The flowers are a 
most exquisite cornflower-blue, with black center. 30 cts. each. 
Delphiniums to color. I have selected light blues, medium blues and dark blues and 
purples at 25 cts. each for strong plants. The light blues are especially fine. 
D. nudicaule is the Northern Scarlet Larkspur, growing a foot or so high, and hav- 
ing scarlet flowers and handsome leaves. It likes shade. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
D. Belladonna grandiflora is a distinct species which grows 2 to 3 feet high, with the 
most delightful light blue flowers produced in great abundance. Excellent for cutting 
and if, as soon as nearly all of the flowers in a spike are gone, the spike is cut off close to 
the ground, another crop follows speedily. Plant 18 inches apart. 25 cts. each. 
