Purdy's California Flowering Plants 
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*BELLIUM minutum is a gem. Its dense basal tuft of leaves is not an inch in height, 
while the stems of this miniature plant are not over 3 inches high. The little white 
daisies are borne for some time in summer. You will like it. Sit., sun. Good soil, 
preferably well watered. PL, October to April. Prop., divisions in winter or spring. 
25 cts. each. 
CAMPANULAS are another of my special lines and I have over twenty species. 
See general catalogue for many fine varieties and also for cultural directions. 
C. Grossekii has a special value, in that in California it flowers from May to Decem- 
ber without ceasing. The purplish lavender flowers are borne on graceful stems 18 to 
30 inches high. It is a good companion for foxgloves. 15 cts. each, Si. 25 per doz. 
*C. Medium, or Canterbury Bells, are universal favorites, but they are biennials 
and do not flower the first year from seed. If you buy seed, you will wait a full year for 
flowers and the small plants that the florists sell are no better. Why not buy the splendid, 
heavily rooted, four-year-old plants that I sell and have your bloom at once? 
*I have either blue, white, or rose, or all mixed, at 75 cts. per doz., postpaid as usual. 
*C. Fergusonii is a new sort, with very stout stems 2 to 3 feet high and medium- 
sized blue bells. 25 cts. each. 
*C. pyramidalis compacta differs from the common Chimney Bellflower in that the 
stem is only 3 or 4 feet high and supports itself. 25 cts. each. 
*BLACKBERRIES may seem out of place in my catalogues, but the Oregon Ever- 
bearing Blackberry is a distinctly ornamental vine of great value for certain purposes. 
The pinnate leaves are beautifully cut and have the outline of a large maple leaf. They 
color in the fall. The fruit has a musky flavor and is delicious. It is a fine vine to cover 
fences or unsightly spots, to fill open ravines, to cover rough, moist, road banks, or to 
mask a springy spot. It likes moist ground yet is most hardy. 25 cts. each. 
CANTERBURY BELLS. See Campanula Medium. 
CARNATIONS we all love, but the florist's or tree Carnations are poor garden 
flowers. The smaller Marguerite Carnations are in the same colors and are just as 
fragrant, while they arc most hardy garden flowers. 57/., sun. PL, October to April. 
