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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Novelties, and the Best Things in this 
Catalogue — and Why 
For prices and full descriptions, 
ACONITUM, Spark's Variety. Splendid 
deep blue flowers on stems 3 feet high. 
^THIONEMA grandiflora. A hardy per- 
ennial bearing many small delicate pink 
flowers. 
ANCHUSA italica. One of the best hardy 
plants; flowers deep blue. One of the most 
effective plants of this color when used in 
masses. 
FALL ANEMONES. In full bloom when 
flowers are needed, and are among the most 
lasting late bloomers for cutting. 
AQUILEGIA chrysantha (Long-spurred 
Columbines). Perfectly hardy and free 
flowering. 
BELLIUM minutum. A comparatively new 
plant and one of the most dainty perennials. 
BOLTONIA latisquama nana, growing 
about 2 feet, with a wonderful mass of beau- 
tiful lavender-pink flowers. 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
BOCCONIA cordata, or Plume Poppy. Tall 
and stately plants; very desirable for massing. 
CAMPANULA Grossekii. Purplish lav- 
ender; retains the bloom for an exceptionally 
long season. 
CANTERBURY BELLS are quite common, 
but the plants I sell at $1 per dozen are not. 
COREOPSIS lanceolata grandiflora is 
about the best fine yellow cut-flower bloom- 
ing incessantly. 
DELPHINIUMS in the wonderful hybrids. 
Good plants from the finest collection in the 
world. In shades of light to medium blues, 
mixed, and in shades of dark blues to purple, 
mixed. Endless superb varieties. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
EVENING PRIMROSES generally for 
California's hot summers, particularly the 
lovely (Enothera speciosa, 18 inches high, 
with exquisite white flowers. (E. missourien- 
sis, without exception the finest lemon shade 
I have, and the very free-flowering CE. 
Lamarckiana, which gives a wealth of large, 
light yellow flowers. 
ERYSIMUM Allionii. A really fine winter- 
blooming perennial for California. Desirable 
in any garden. 
FOXGLOVES. Every florist has plants of 
Foxgloves, but not big strong ones like mine. 
Use them freely in the border. 
GAILLARDIAS, because I have Kelway's 
fine strain and because my plants grown in 
the open ground, are far superior to and as 
cheap as others. 
GYPSOPHILA paniculata, Double. Big 
strong-growing plants, but the daintiest 
greens yet to be found for bouquet-making. 
see proper place in this catalogue 
HELIANTHEMUMS, or Rock Roses. 
Comparatively new, but extremely desirable. 
HOLLYHOCKS. Both for splendid colors 
and for plants that give quick results my 
collection is superior. 
HEUCHERA, or Alum Root, is extremely 
desirable for shady corners in the garden. 
The flowers give a delicate touch of color to 
somber spots. 
IBERIS gibraltarica Hybrids introduce 
many striking new shades of this most excel- 
lent bedding plant. 
GERMAN IRIS. Of course every grower 
has them, yet few have such plants as I offer. 
Winter-flowering Irises are unusual novelties 
and should not be omitted from modern 
gardens. 
ORIGANUM hybridum. A new and attrac- 
tive bedding plant; flowers lavender. 
PENTSTEMONS are California's best bet 
for fine summer and fall flowers in endless 
profusion. 
PEONIES. The plants and varieties grown 
in my garden ought to be included in every 
order; they can be grown easily in north- 
western California, Oregon, and Washington 
and will prove to be among the best peren- 
nials. 
PHLOX, as they are now developed, are 
wonderful plants; I have the latest and best 
varieties. 
HORNED POPPY, or Glaucium, is a most 
showy plant and can be grown without 
difficulty. 
PRIMROSE, Double Pink. A plant of the 
English Primrose class, fully double, and an 
exquisite white tinted pink and lavender. 
PYRETHRUMS in variety are seen in 
every planting. My collection includes the 
most desirable sorts. 
RUDBECKIA nitida, Herbstone, a plant 
that you simply must know the charm of. 
R. purpurea is a striking and almost ever- 
lasting flower. 
SALVIA Pitcheri and S. azurea are two 
remarkably fine and rather rare plants. 
SCABIOSA caucasica is loved by all. The 
color is a delicate light pink. My plants are 
superfine. 
THALICTRUM dipterocarpum grows to 5 
feet high; attractive mauve flowers. A plant 
worth while. 
LEMON THYME. A low carpeting plant 
with lemon verbena odor. 
VERONICA chathamica, a most desirable 
little flat-growing evergreen shrub, making 
an admirable ground-cover and having 
handsome light blue flowers. 
VINCA minor is a fine ground-cover; the 
flowers are clear white. 
