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Carl Purdy, Ukiah, California 
Silene Hookeri has stems not over 2 inches high, making a circle around the crown 
of the plant. The soft pink and very lovely flowers set in this. Cult., as last, adding 
that in both cases the root should be set erect with the top about an inch below the 
ground. The underground stems should then be arranged flatly in a circle and covered 
with soil. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
STOCKS need no description as a whole. They are most useful both for mass 
effect and for filling gaps where other flowers have had their season. Ten Weeks Stocks 
flower in summer. Winter Stocks will, if planted in the fall, flower profusely in early 
spring. If planted in the spring, they flower in summer, or if later, in the fall. I carry: 
Madame Rivoire, white; Beauty of Nice, pink; *Monte Carlo, yellow (after this spring); 
Queen Alexandra, rosy lilac. 
These are ready the year through. *Tree Stocks, or Bromptons, are the Gilli- 
flowers of the old gardens. They make tree-like stems 2 to 3 feet high, and flower a 
very long time. They are perennials. I have white, rose, scarlet, purple, and mixed, all 
at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Winter Stocks, good, small plants, at 30 cts. per doz.; large plants at 60 cts. 
per doz. 
SWEET WILLIAMS are fine, old-fashioned flowers of much garden value. Their 
large masses of good green foliage are always attractive and are valuable to fill with. 
The flowers are handsome and fragrant. Sit., sun light or shades. Any garden soil, 
but rich soil pays in results. PL, September till 
May. Prop., seeds or divisions. For massing, 
plant iS inches apart. 
Auricula-eyed, mixed; Pink Beauty, in good 
pink; Scarlet Beauty, in scarlet; Nigrescens, in a 
dark rich maroon with richly bronzed leaves, are 
my sorts and in strong plants cost 8 cts. each, 
75 cts. per doz., $6 per 100. Fine mixed seedlings, 
30 cts. per doz. 
The THALICTRUMS, or Meadow Rues, are 
all handsome plants. The foliage is as pretty as 
the flowers and has a resemblance to the maiden- 
hair fern. They are valuable for the shaded corner 
or in the sun where it is not too hot. Thalictrum 
dipterocarpum grows to 5 feet, with a most attractive 
mauve flower. A very lovely thing recently intro- 
duced. Thalictrum Delavayi is similar, but not so 
tall, and with finer foliage. 25 cts. each. Imported 
plants to arrive in February, 25 cts. each. 
*THYME is both a pot-herb and an excellent 
garden plant. Sit., sun. Good moist soil. PL, 
October to March. Prop., divisions in winter. 
My Scarlet Thyme is very pretty in its season, 
with very fine cut foliage. 10 cts. each, $1 per 
doz. 
*VERONICA longifolia subsessilis is one of the 
best blue flowers that we have. Stout stems, 2 to 
3 feet high, bear most attractive blue flowers in 
summer and fall. 25 cts. each. 
For other fine Veronicas, see general cata- 
logue. 
WALLFLOWERS are always favorites. My 
nice plants, ready in fall, flower freely the next 
spring. Red, white, and light yellow. 5 cts. each, 
50 cts. per doz. 
*ZAUSCHNERIA Californica, or Wild Fuchsia, 
is a most showy, late-flowering plant, forming 
large mats and Fuchsia-like flowers. Flowering 
after most things are clone, it is a plant to have. 
Color scarlet. Sit., sun. Mellow rich soil; moisture T . ,• , , • , „ , ., 
in plenty but not wet. PL, October to March. gJ^ffi^rMtSST^h 
1 TOp., underground Stems. their f er n-like foliage. 
