PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 
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Mrs. Augustus Keeps. Clear lemon-yellow. 
Snowflake. White, delicately tinted pink; broad, flat petals. 
Thackeray. Dainty pink-lilac. 
Veva. Bright pink. 
Miss W. Wells. Pleasing apricot-yellow. 
Winsome. Brilliant rose. 
Single plants, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. Set of 12 for $1.60 
CONVALLARIA. See Lily-of-the-Valley, page 21. 
COLUMBINES are listed under Aquilegias. 
*COLCHICUMS, or Fall Crocuses, also known as Saffron, are seldom seen with us 
because they must be imported earlier than most Dutch bulbs and are therefore difficult 
to get. The leaves appear in spring and die like belladonna lilies. In August or Sep- 
tember the flowers appear day after day and are very charming in white, blues, and 
soft lavenders. My own bulbs this year. 57/., sun or light shade. Soil, garden loam and 
care. PL, late August or early September. Leave alone. A carpet of sedums or Phlox 
subulata will cover the ground when they die down in spring. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata grandiflora is not the common annual Coreopsis, but a 
fine, strong-growing perennial of free-flowering habits. It likes a rich, well-worked soil 
and flowers in the greatest profusion through a long period. Fine, strong seedlings, 75 
cts. a doz., or strong plants at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
DAISIES. The English Daisy is a charming plant, useful for edgings; very hardy. 
PI., fall to spring. SiL, sun. Soil, any. Prop., divisions. I have the Giant Monstrosa 
White and the small brilliantly red-tipped sort. 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
DAY LILIES are of two types, quite different in habit. The White Day Lily is 
Funkia : see that name. The Yellow Day Lily is Hemerocallis ; see that title. 
DELPHINIUMS, or Perennial Larkspurs, are deservedly among the most popular 
of garden flowers. No other flowers are so effective when a few are used, or when planted 
in broad masses. They are most beautiful grouped with campanulas. They grow from 
3 to 8 feet in height, and the colors are blues and purples well varied by markings. A 
few sorts are white or cream. The tall spikes are most showy and make the best of 
cut-flowers. The single flowers in my garden would cover a half dollar. As the flowers 
wane the stalk should be cut off close to the ground, and a second and even a fourth 
crop in a season is possible. While single plants are satisfactory, it is better to plant 18 
inches apart each way in clumps or large groups. A big mass interspersed with Cam- 
panula pyramidalis and faced liberally with Campanula persicifolia is a lovely thing. 
Larkspurs demand good, well-worked soil and liberal watering. They like sun or light 
shade, and hoeing in summer helps them. A top-dressing of well-rotted manure is of 
great benefit. Do not divide oftener than the third year. Spring or fall is the proper 
time to divide. 
I have very fine plants grown from seeds from one of the finest named collections 
in Europe. The colors are very fine, and there are singles and doubles in the mixture. 
Good plants, 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; heavy plants, 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. No 
better plants than these can be had. 
The superb Perennial Delphiniums of the gardens known as D. hybridiim are the 
result of the crossing of several species and are well confused. Some of the loveliest 
are hybrids of D. Belladonna, and, while low growing, are most lovely in clear blues. 
They are very floriferous. In Europe a large number of fine named sorts are grown, 
but I have spent much money vainly in trying to import these. Seeds from named 
sorts are also offered but do not come true at all. 
D., Theodora is of the Belladonna type and about 3 feet high. The flowers are a 
most exquisite cornflower-blue, with black center. 30 cts. each. 
Delphinums to color. I have selected light blues, medium blues and dark blues and 
purples at 25 cts. each for strong plants. The light blues arc especially fine. 
D. nudicaule is the Northern Scarlet Larkspur, growing a foot or so high, and hav- 
ing scarlet flowers and handsome leaves. It likes shade. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
D. Belladonna grandiflora is a distinct species which grows 2 to 3 feet high, with the 
most delightful light blue flowers produced in great abundance. Excellent for cutting 
and if, as soon as nearly all of the flowers in a spike are gone, the spike is cut off close to 
the ground, another crop follows speedily. Plant 18 inches apart. 25 cts. each. 
D. sibiricum is a low-growing, very pretty blue Larkspur. 15 cts. each. 
D. cardinale is the much-sought-after Giant Scarlet Larkspur of Southern Cali- 
fornia. I offer strong collected roots. Sit., sun. Soil, loose, well-drained. PL, October 
to March. Prop., seeds; damp off badly. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
