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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
daisies are borne for some time in summer. You will like it. 5/7., sun. Soil, good, 
preferably well watered. PL, October to April. Prop., divisions in winter or spring. 
25 cts. each. 
*BLACKBERRIES may seem out of place in my catalogues, but t he 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. 
BLEEDING-HEART. See Dicentra spectabilis, page 8. 
*BOCCONIA cordata, or Plume Poppy, is a very handsome plant indeed and well 
fitted for a central place in large borders or in front of shrubbery. The leaves are large. 
The stout stems are 5 to 7 feet high, and the pink flowers, which are very lasting, 
are borne in long plumy panicles. It remains in fine foliage until the heavy frosts. 57/., 
sun. PI., October to April. Soil, deep ground and better if loose. To form a fine group, 
plant 18 inches apart using six plants or more. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
BOLTONIAS are of the Aster tribe, stout-stemmed plants, bearing myriads of little 
single flowers in late summer and making fine masses. 
*B. asteroides is white, while B. latisquama is soft lavender. Sit., sun, or light shades. 
PL, October to April. Soil, any garden soil, but the best pays; moderate watering to 
moist. Prop., divisions in winter. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
BOYKINIA occidentalis has ivy-shaped leaves of a shining green and dainty flow- 
ers. It does wonderfully well on wet rocks or near water. They should be planted 
closely to make a complete ground-cover, and are the very best plants to plant in a fern- 
bed to cover the ground under and among the ferns; 12 inches apart each way will 
cover all ground. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $6 per 100. 
B. major is a very strong-growing plant, with stems 2 feet high. It forms fine col- 
onies in a shady place. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Boltonia asteroides makes a fine mass of handsome flowers 
