Purely' s California Flowering Plants 15 
Princess Victoria Louise. Soft salmon- 
rose. 
Queen Alexandra. Salmon-rose; large 
flowers. 
All at 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
Orientalis type. Brilliant orange- 
scarlet, at 15 cts. each. 
Mixed, mostly the typical orange-red, 
at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
PRIMROSES arc all good, but none 
are more useful than the Polyanthus types. 
They are very hardy and in California 
flower all winter, with a perfect burst of 
bloom in early spring. For edging a large 
bed in the shade or for filling a small bed, 
or for giving a delightful touch of color 
under trees they are excellent. Sit., shade, 
even to dense shades. Any soil, but a well- 
worked one is better. PL, September to 
March. Prop., divide every third or fourth 
year, keeping only vigorous divisions. Oriental Poppy 
I have taken great pains to get the 
best that England offers and have the following. Good plants in either white, light 
yellow, apricot, maroon, maroon-purple, or gold laced, mixed, at 15 cts. each, $1.25 
per doz. Double soft pink, 25 cts. each. Very heavy plants of the finest mixed at the 
same prices and at $7.50 per 100. 
PYRETHRUM Tchichatchewii is a useful little Feverfew which creeps and roots 
at joints so as to make a light feathery carpet. The little daisy-like flowers are pretty 
and it acceptably covers bad spots under trees or in rough places. 10 cts. each, 50 cts. 
per doz., $3 per 100. 
ROMNEYA Coulteri, the great Matilija Poppy of California, is a noble plant or 
shrub as you choose to treat it. The foliage is good and the stout stems grow in a season 
6 or 8 feet in height. It bears great white, single flowers, full of golden stamens, very 
freely the season through. It is half-hardy even in New York. Sit., sun. Any well- 
drained soil. Cut back heavily in winter. Good plants in pots at 75 cts. each, postpaid. 
For SALVIAS, see general catalogue, but note especially the following superb and 
rare sorts. 
Salvia azurea grows to 3 to 4 feet, with slender but stout stems, bearing lovely 
light blue flowers in profusion in late summer. *Salvia Pitcheri is, if anything, a little 
stronger and of a striking rich gentian-blue and a great bloomer. Salvia uliginosa 
grows to 7 feet and is a wonderful new plant with fine white-throated blue flowers. It 
blooms continuously from June to frost. All at 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
SAXIFRAGA is a most diverse genus with giants and dwarfs in it. One of the larger 
types is Megasea, with large, handsome, evergreen leaves coming from an underground 
crown. The rosy flowers appear in winter. A good plant for shady borders. Fine 
strong plants, 25 cts. each, 552.50 per doz. 
For information about Dwarf Saxifragas write. 
*SCABIOSA Caucasica alba is 
25 cts. each. 
fine plant. For general notes see catalogue. 
In the SHASTA DAISY, Alaska, wc have far and away the best type of that flower. 
Its flowering stems are slender and about 2 feet long. It makes fine cut-flowers and as 
a mass it is great. See general catalogue for culture. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $6 per 100. 
*SIDALCEA Candida is a garden variety of our wild Sidalcea and a very good 
plant. White flowers appear on stems 18 to 24 inches high in early summer. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
SILENE Californica is about as fine a scarlet flower as we have. Its low stems 
form a circle a foot or more across and the flowers are large, single pinks. Sit., sun, 
or better light shades. Deep loose soils. PL, October to March. 15 cts. each, $1.25 
per doz. 
