PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 
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containing only a few of the larger sorts, but the bed which is an exquisite combination 
of contrasting ferns, of shade-loving plants that harmonize with them, and with some 
soft low ground-cover. The foliage of the Bleeding-Heart is fern-like and the deep rosy 
red, heart-shaped flowers are pendent from the under side of graceful branches, 18 to 
24 inches high. In flower it is a lovely object. The charming front cover of this catalogue 
does not flatter the beauty of this graceful and lovely flower. 25 cts. each. 
D. formosa is the Western Dutchman's Breeches. It is most beautiful in its feathery 
foliage and makes a fine ground-cover. Sit.-, shade to heavy shade. Soil, loose and pref- 
erably with mold. It spreads by underground runners to make very handsome col- 
onies. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $5 per 100. 
DIGITALIS. See Foxgloves, below. 
DORONICTJM magnificum, or Flea-Bane, is a plant that, either in the garden or as 
a cut-flower, is greatly admired. With light yellow flowers nearly as large as the Shasta 
daisy, and blooming very early and for a long season, it is invaluable for cutting, while a 
bold mass in light shade is most attractive. It will stand neglect, yet most liberally 
repays care. A well-worked, rich soil, in light shade, best develops its beauty. The 
leaves are on the ground, and the slender stems 2 feet or more in height. For massing, 
plant a foot apart each way. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
EPIMEDIUM alpinum is the European plant most like our vancouveria, or red- 
wood ivy. A most delightful plant for filling in the fern-bed or for shady spots. It forms 
pretty colonies. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
*EREMURUS are related to the lilies and have large, fleshy, sprangly roots like 
giant ranunculuses from which many grassy basal leaves are produced. The stiff, 
leafless, and erect stem bears great numbers of beautiful white or rosy flowers in mid- 
summer. A flowering plant is an object to be remembered. 
I have E. himalaicus, pure white, and E. robustus, soft light pink. $1 each. Sil., 
sun. Soil, deep, mellow, preferably gritty. PL, October to February. Strong roots of 
my own growing, $1 each. 
ERYNGIUM amethystinum, or Sea Holly, is a plant of odd beauty, as its great 
charm is in the steely blue leaves, stem and flower. The flower is rather suggestive of 
the thistle. A foot to 2 feet high, and will succeed in any fair garden soil if planted 
from October to March. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
ERYSIMUM Allionii is the most fragrant flower in my garden and one of the most 
brilliant in coloring. It is related to the so-called wild wallflower of California, and 
grows about a foot high with many handsome rich orange flowers. Its fragrance is 
simply exquisite and fills the air around a group. 
Sil., sun. Soil, good to light; will live under very hard and dry conditions; good 
loam is best. PL, October to March. Prop., seeds or plants. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
FOXGLOVES (Digitalis). These make a stately mass, and they are good wherever 
placed, either in the hardy border or in masses by themselves. Their culture is very 
easy. They are biennials coming from seed one year, flowering and, as a rule, dying the 
next. Plant about 18 inches apart each way, and in fall put new seedlings between the 
old plants. In this way the bed can be maintained. There is no more stately, dignified 
and interesting plant in our gardens. 
A most successful method of filling the gap in the garden when Foxgloves wane is 
to have plants of Scabiosa ready by sowing in April. They will give fine bloom in 
August to October. 
I have strong plants of Foxgloves many times heavier than the seedlings sold in 
California in flats. These are either mixed or in white or rose separately. As all know, 
they do not flower the first year from seed. My strong yearling plants are ready to 
flower. Why wait a year for seedlings, when I ask only 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., 
$6 per 100? 
FUNKIA subcordata grandiflora is the White Day Lily. It forms strong clumps 
with large cordate leaves and in summer produces spikes of pure white fragrant flowers. 
Sil., shade. Soil, good, well worked. PL, September to March. Prop., divisions in 
winter. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
GAILLARDIAS are among the brightest, hardiest and most easily grown of hardy 
plants. There are annual sorts which I do not recommend. I have Kelway's strain 
which is the best English strain of Gaillardias and includes colors from clear yellow to the 
richer red and orange sorts. Sit., sun. PL, October to April. Prop., seeds or divisions. 
Any garden soil. They are very drought-resisting and flower a very long period, in 
the milder regions practically all of the time. Very strong, heavy plants, ready to 
flower, 8 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
