PURDY'S CALIFORNIA BULBS AND PLANTS 
large colonies in woods and other shady places with perfect success. For such large 
plantings I am glad to give special prices on ungraded bulbs. 
Really the only particular point is in handling the bulbs carefully so that they are in 
good condition when planted. Where there is fair summer moisture in the soil, they can be 
planted as soon as received from me. 
A customer within the city limits of San Francisco planted a colony of Dog's-Tooth 
Violets years ago on the shady side of her house, and it has maintained itself since and 
flowered beautifully every year without care. 
In a shaded spot in one Berkeley garden, in the natural soil, a fine colony flowers 
yearly to the delight of its owner. 
The flowers of Californicum are cream-colored, often with four or five on the stem 
Leaves richly mottled. Easy to grow, and a large colony is a beautiful sight. Large bulb<= 
3 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz., $2 per 100; smaller bulbs cheaper. 
Californicum, White Beauty is an exquisite wild form of the above species; flowers 
almost white, richly banded maroon at the base. 5c. each, 50c. per doz., $3.50 per 100. 
Citrinum, a native of southwestern Oregon, is rather stouter in habit than the last; 
flowers creamy at the outside, citron center. 4 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., $3 per 100. 
Grandiflorum robustum is a most distinct species, usually found in the high mountains 
of the West. The leaves are not mottled, but a plain green. The flowers are carried 
much as in the picture of E. Hendersonii but of the brightest buttercup-yellow. 
I find that bulbs from low altitudes grow much better and supply them at 5 cts. each 
50 cts. per doz., $3.50 per 100. 
Grandiflorum album is like the last, but the flowers are pure white, with a faint green 
tint. Same price. 
Grandiflorum type I can also supply from the high mountains at the same prices. 
Its stamens are often red. 
Hartwegii is as pretty as Californicum, with more yellow in the flower, and each 
flower on a separate stalk. Very early, and stands much heat. Good for pots. Large 
bulbs, 4 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., $3 per 100; smaller bulbs cheaper. 
Hendersonii. Like Californicum, but the flowers are a lovely light purple, with the 
centers a deep maroon, almost black. Most striking. 4c. each, 40c. per doz., $3 per 100. 
Howellii is related to Citrinum, creamy with a yellow tint, but turns pinkish with age. 
6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz. 
Purpurascens, of the mid-Sierras in California, has smaller flowers than the preced- 
ing, which are yellowish, tinted purple. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz., $4 per 100. 
REVOLUTUM, DOG S -TOOTH VIOLETS 
The stems are long, the flowers large and exquisitely tinted, often single, never more 
than four to the stem, and the leaves are mottled in white and green. While the plants 
thrive in garden loam, they do well in heavy soils which are quite wet in winter. 
I cannot supply Revolutum type this year. 
Revolutum, Pink Beauty is like type, but a soft pink. Very lovely wild type from 
Northwestern California. 12 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
Revolutum Johnsonii, or E. Johnsonii, is perhaps the most lovely of all Erythroniums. 
With the stout habit of this group, it has exquisite rose-pink flowers. From the coastal 
region of Oregon. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 
Watsonii is also known as Giganteum, and is hardly of this class. It has white 
flowers, beautifully toned with brown. 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz., $4 per 100. 
Mixed Erythroniums. A fine mixture at 25 cts. per doz., $2 per 100, $15 per 1,000. 
I will make a choice collection of Erythroniums in 5 species, 100 bulbs, for $3. 
Each year I publish special booklets featuring the plants, bulbs and shrubs that are natives 
of California, as well as those that are propagated and grown here. These booklets include: 
Hardy Perennial Plants. A list of the best old-time hardy plants, and novelties for gen- 
eral use. 
California's Choicest Bulbs (in your hands). It covers native and imported bulbs, Cali- 
fornia ferns and shrubs. 
Copies of these are sent to all customers immediately on publication; to others on request. 
