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Carl Purdy, Ukiah, California 
Antonin Mercie. The pure white center is bordered with lilac. Very large flowers 
and quite striking. 
Caprice has a pure white limb and a bright red center. 2 to 3 feet; fine. 
Charles Darwin. Bright rose-scarlet, tinged salmon; rose-purple eye. A fine variety 
about 3 to 4 feet. 
Dawn. Salmon, fading to pink; red eye. 2 to 3 feet. 
Elizabeth Campbell. Light salmon, changing to pink, but with the effect of soft 
pink. A superb sort, with very large trusses. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
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. 
Hermione. A very dwarf pure white, with very large broad trusses. 12 in. 
Independence. Pure white. 12 to 18 in. 
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, and one of the 
most striking of its class. 
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. 
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. 
Phlox 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. 
Phlox 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. PI., October to April. Prop., divisions the third year. I have 
either color at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES. The only word which can fitly characterize these grand 
flowers is "gorgeous." Even tulips pale in comparison. With the texture of fine silk, 
the open flowers measure as much as 10 inches across. Their season is May and June, 
but some flowers come later especially if half dried off and then liberally watered. 
Single plants or groups of a few are showy objects in the mixed border, but they are 
best placed in strong groups at some point where they can be seen in flower but dried 
off later and given a summer rest exactly as with bulbs. 
Some of the soft-colored sorts as Mrs. Perry blend well with almost any color 
massing. A sowing of the common Gypsophila among the plants in spring will give a 
light cover after they dry off. Si/., sun. Deep soil, and better if sandy or gritty. PL, 
September to March. Prop., root-cuttings in summer. 
Plants are enroute from Holland and expected in February. 
Lady Fred Moore. Clear salmon-pink, with dark blotches. 
Mary Studholme. Salmon and carmine. 
Mrs. Perry. Orange-apricot. 
Nancy. Carmine-scarlet; immense flowers. 
Princess Ena. Pale salmon-scarlet. 
Princess Juliana. Red-orange. 
