CATALOGS ISSUED BY CARL PURDY 
CALIFORNIA BULB BOOK 
This catalog of Californian bulbs is Issued in September, and will be sent to all persons 
already on my mailing list, and also to others on request. A new edition is gotten out usu- 
ally every other year. 
DUTCH AND OTHER EUROPEAN BULBS. JAPANESE LILIES, ETC. 
I issue a catalog of Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths, Irises, Japanese Lilies, Psonies, 
and roots for fall planting and many other fine bulbs. It is usually in the hands of my cus- 
tomers by September i. Cultural directions are very full and the illustrations are beautiful. 
Mailed on application to inquirers, and sent to customers. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANT BOOK 
About December i of each year, a preliminary list of Hardy Plants will be issued. It 
will cover the very best sorts for Californian planting, especially the novelties that I have 
tried and proved the previous summer. About March i, my spring and fall book of Hardy 
Perennial Plants will be issued. It also will be well illustrated and will have ample cultural 
directions. I am now making a specialty of hardy perennials and add many fine things 
every year to my already large collection. 
FERNS AND PLANTS FOR THE FERN-BED LIST 
A little essay on the culture of our native ferns, and of the best plants to accompany 
them to make a beautiful picture, will be included in the Hardy Plant Catalog. There is 
nothing so well fitted as ferns for the cold, shaded corners that in most homes are bare. 
RARE NATIVE PLANTS LIST 
My first work was in collecting rare plants as well as bulbs. But the demand for our 
beautiful native hardy plants has never justified me in growing a stock of them. Through 
the traveling collectors whom I have on the road all of the season, and through a large number 
of collecting correspondents, I am able to reach a great variety of Western plants and to 
collect to order. A typewritten list of a large number will be sent on application. If rare plants 
are wanted, special collecting trips will be undertaken. 
INDEX TO CONTENTS 
Brodiseas ^^^^ 
" Floral Firecracker 3 
Calochortus 5 
" Globe Tulips 5 
" Star Tulips 5 
" Mariposa or Butterfly Tulips 7 
" Various Mariposa Tulips g 
" Culture of all Tulips ii 
Camassias 12 
Fritillarias. 
■ 13 
Fritillarias, Mission Bells 13 
Dog's-tooth Violets 14-16 
Lilies 17-21 
Trilliums 22 
Hardy Plants of California 23 
American Cowslips 23 
Perennial Larkspurs 23 
Evening Primroses 23 
Plants for Fern Beds 23 
Lewisias, Bitter Root, or Rock Roses 23 
Pentstemons 23 
Wildflowers Seeds and How to Grow Them 24 
