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CARL PURDY, URIAH, CALIFORNIA 
PERENNIAL PHLOX, continued 
gardening, but they are especially averse to having their thick mass of upper roots 
dried out, hence the mulch. They should be thoroughly watered when it is done, and 
with a mulch this need not be often. Whenever a plant drops its lower leaves and the 
flowers come out small, you may be sure that the manner of watering is at fault. 
Phlox about San Francisco Bay. Using the methods I have outlined, and especially 
the summer mulch, I have grown superb Phlox all about the Bay region, whether in 
Alameda sand, Berkeley adobe or San Francisco sand and bog. They do as well in 
light shade in all of the Peninsula region and, with a little more care, throughout Cali- 
fornia, and luxuriate in the North of Bay regions. 
The set of named varieties given below represents most of the very best known. I have 
fully 100 sorts, and anyone wanting a wider variety can get them at the same prices, that 
is 15 cts. each, or $1.25 per doz. 
Anna Cook. Very soft pink with pale red eye. One of the best true pinks. 
Antonin Mercie. The pure white center is bordered with lilac. Very large flowers. 
Baion Van Dedem. Glistening scarlet-blood-red. Large trusses. 
Caprice has a pure white rim and a bright red center; fine. 2 to 3 ft. 
Charles Darwin. Bright rose-scarlet, tinged salmon; rose-purple eye. 3 to 4 ft. 
Cornelia Potter. Dwarf, with large panicles of pure white flowers. 
Dawn. Salmon, fading to pink; red eye. 2 to 3 ft. 
Duguesclin. Bluish violet, shading to a white edging. 
Edmond Bossier. Carmine-analine, with a white star in center. 
Edmond Rostand. Violet-rose, with large white center. 
Etna. Brilliant orange-scarlet. 
F. C. Rea. Fine compact truss. White, suffused rose, with large, dark rose eye. 
One of the best two-color sorts. 18 to 24 in. 
Gen. Van Heutz. Intensely brilliant salmon-red, with white eye. This makes a 
wonderful mass showing. 3 ft. 
Henri Murger. Pure white, with rose center. 
Hermione. A very dwarf pure white, with very large broad trusses. 12 in. 
Independence. Pure white. 12 to 18 in. 
James Bennett. Light salmon-rose with a large red center; general effect is a 
brilliant salmon-pink. A most striking group. 
L'Esperance. Blush-rose, with white center. Large fine flowers. 
Le Mahdi. Bluish violet. A very striking color indeed. 2 to 3 ft. 
Madame Muret. A brilliant salmon-scarlet, with dark red eye; one of the most- 
striking of its class. 
Madame Paul Dutrie. A soft shade of pink; large flowers. 
Michael Buchner. Soft rose-pink at margin, deepening to rose-purple with large 
rose-purple center. Large flowers; very striking. 3 to 4 ft. 
Obergartner Wittig. Brilliant cerise-rose, with carmine eye. Large flowers and 
trusses. 3 ft. 
Penuribel. Opens deep salmon-red and changes to nearly white; large eye of red. 
Rijnstroom. Clear rose-pink, with very large flowers. One of the very finest known. 
20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
R. P. Struthers. Bright rosy carmine, with red eye. A very fine sort. 3 to 4 ft. 
Stella's Choice. Pure white. 2 to 3 ft. 
Wolfgang von Goethe. Deep salmon-rose, with white center. Large trusses. 
18 to 24 in. 
P. subulata is a fine, low, massing plant. I have it in White, Rose, and Lilac, all 
strong plants, at 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
P. suffruticosa is a new family, related to the common Perennial Phlox but in some 
ways better. The foliage is shining and handsome. The fine flowers are produced 
in large panicles for a long period and they may flower a second time if not allowed to 
go to seed. Miss Lingard is the first and best known of the type and is white, tinted 
pink, and very lovely. 2 to 3 ft. Mont Blanc is like it but never over a foot high. 
20 cts. each, $2 per doz., for fine plants, sure to flower at once. 
PHYSOSTEGIA virginica is related to the snapdragon but more slender and 
sturdy. They come in white and pink and grow from 18 inches up to 30 inches. Sit., 
sun. Any garden soil. PL, October to April. Prop., divisions the third year. I have 
either color at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
PHYGELIUS capensis is also known as the Cape Figwort, and is a very handsome 
and brilliant, half shrubby plant perfectly hardy in California. It grows from 2 to 4 feet 
high and has shining leaves and long racemes of brilliant red flowers tipped with white. 
It flowers many months. Plant winter or spring. 25 cts. each. 
