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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. I do not have the large, double, florists' varieties but I do 
have a very fine assortment of the fine Pompon or Button sorts and the charming Singles. 
They are excellent for fall flowering, either for massing or cutting. In milder California 
their season extends well into early winter. The culture is easy. I propagate in late 
winter and by April 15 have outdoor-grown, finely rooted plants to set out. They like 
a well-worked, rich soil and constant cultivation, with moderate watering. At about 
a foot in height, the top should be pinched out and the plants should have stout stakes. 
By flowering-time thfey will be well-branched little trees with an abundance of bloom. 
For ordinary use disbudding is not necessary. Any of the prevailing colors in either 
Button or Singles at 20 cts. each; 12 named plants, one each Buttons, for $1.75; 12 named 
plants, one each Singles, at $1.75. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUM and SHASTA DAISIES. See page 38. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, or Pyrethrum uliginosum, the Great Ox-Eye Daisy, is a 
strong-growing plant, 4 to 5 feet high, which in late summer bears a profusion of white, 
daisy-like flowers 2 to 3 inches across. A very good thing. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
CIRSIUM Coulteri is a most beautiful California Thistle which makes a handsome 
prickly plant 2 to 4 feet high, with many heads of the most brilliant crimson. This 
lovely Thistle never seeds to become a weed. It is easily the prettiest of its kind. 
Sit., sun. Soil, any, but it will grow in dry, rocky or gravelly soils without water when 
established. PL, October to March. Good plants, 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
CONVALLARIA. See Lily-of-the-Valley, page 26. 
COLUMBINES are listed under Aquilegias. Page 5. 
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. Sit., 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. It produces a constant succession of rich yellow flowers, long 
stemmed and splendid for cutting, through a long season. I doubt if there is a better 
yellow cut-flower. Easily grown, 
it is a flower for everyone's gar- 
den. Sit., sun. Soil, any, but if 
rich and well worked it will well 
repay the trouble. Prop., seeds or 
plants. PL, September to June. 
Fine plants, 10 cts. each, Si per 
doz. 
CORONILLA iberica forms 
broad spreading masses of green 
about 4 inches high, with very 
many light yellow pea-like flowers 
borne j ust above the foliage. Quite 
pretty. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
DATURA meteloides is a 
strikingly beautiful flower native 
to central and southern Califor- 
nia. Very strong, broadly spread- 
ing, and much branching stems 
appear each spring from a per- 
ennial root and throughout the 
summer great trumpet - shaped 
flowers like immense morning- 
glories appear daily in the evening 
The color is white, suffused deeply 
with violet-blue and they are very 
lovely. By fall the plant may be 
3 feet high and farther across and 
daily covered with the fine flowers. 
Flowering roots, 35 cts. 
Coreopsis lanceolata grandiflora 
