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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
(Enothera — the fine Evening Primrose of our semi-desert region 
(Enothera Childsii is a form of the Mexican Primrose. If forms close colonies and 
produces clear pink flowers in great profusion. It docs not fade in sunlight and continues 
for a long period. It is a most delightful plant, and is especially good for hot climates. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
CE. Lamarckiana is that tall, strong, and much-branched sort with great yel low- 
flowers. It does well under hard conditions and responds wonderfully to good culture. 
Fine for the hot interior. Fine flowering plants, 7 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., $5 per 100. 
CE. Missouriensis has handsome foliage a few inches high and lovely softest yellow 
flowers of large size. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
CE. ovata has a fleshy root which ripens like a bulb in summer. In California it 
begins growth in the fall and flowers in winter. It forms a flat circle of leaves with many 
rich yellow flowers. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
CE. speciosa is a lovely thing, with pure white flowers, tinged pink as they fade 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Plant Evening Primroses in the sun, and, while they stand neglect, good soil is 
better. PL, October to April. Divide in early spring. 
FOXGLOVES (Digitalis). These make a stately mass, and they are good wherever 
placed, either in the hardy border or in masses by themselves. Their culture is very 
easy. They are biennials coming from seed one year, flowering and, as a rule, dying the 
next. Plant about 18 inches apart each way, and in fall put new seedlings between the 
old plants. In this way the bed can be maintained. A most successful method of filling 
the gap in the garden when Foxgloves wane is to have plants of Scabiosa ready by 
sowing in April. They will give fine bloom in August to October. 
I have strong plants of Foxgloves many times heavier than the seedlings sold in 
California in flats. These arc cither mixed or in white or rose separately. As all know, 
they do not flower the first year from seed. My strong yearling plants are ready to flower. 
Why wait a year for seedlings, when I ask only 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $6 per 100? 
Yellow Foxgloves are Digitalis lanata and are true perennials with very light yellow 
flowers of considerable beauty on stems about 2 feet high. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
