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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Peony, Edulis Superba is a large, loose crown type and early. In color a bright 
mauve-pink. Rather tall and a strong grower. Very fragrant. 50 cts. each. 
Felix Crousse is a large globular bomb of a brilliant red. Fairly fragrant, it is a 
vigorous grower of medium height and among the best of its color. 75 cts. each. 
Festiva Maxima is a large, globular, rose type. The outer petals are tinted lilac 
when opening, while the center is pure white, with little crimson flecks. 50 cts. each. 
General Bertrand is a large bomb of a uniform solferino-red; tall, stout, and quite 
fragrant. Late midseason. 75 cts. each. 
Jeanne d'Arc varies from a bomb to a crown in type. Tall, strong, and fragrant. 
Guards pale lilac-rose, collar creamy white, center pale lilac-rose. A very fine flower 
at its best. 50 cts. each. 
Louis Van Houtte is a semi-rose type of medium size. Color carmine-rose, with 
fiery reflex; fragrant; late. 35 cts. each. 
Madame Calot is very large and of the rose type. A very delicate pale hydrangea- 
pink; tall, a strong grower; early and fragrant. 50 cts. each. 
Madame Crousse is a crown type of medium size. Pure white with crimson flakes 
in the center. Midseason. One of the best. 50 cts. each. 
Madame Victor Verdier is large double rose in type with crimson-rose flowers. 
Late. $2 each. 
Marie Lemoine is a late sort of medium height but a strong grower. In color it is 
pure white with cream-white centers. Quite fragrant. 75 cts. each. 
Modeste Guerin is a tall, very strong-growing Peony of bomb type. It is a fine 
grower, with a light solferino-red flower; late midseason. When open at first, the bomb 
is low and flat, but develops into a high center. A fine sort. 75 cts. each. 
Modele de Perfection is a large and compact rose type. The guards and collar are 
light violet-rose, the high center darker. Below medium height, good grower, and fra- 
grant. Late. $1 each. 
Pottsii is of semi-rose type, and full. An intense crimson, and fragrant. It is med- 
ium in height and early. 50 cts. each. 
Solfaterre is a full bomb but later a crown develops. The guards are milk-white, 
the center sulphur. One of the two sorts that are nearest yellow. With age it becomes 
sulphur-white. A freshly opened flower is a dream of beauty for one who loves soft 
cream and sulphur shades. Quite fragrant; midseason; a little weak in stems. 75 cts. ea. 
Tenuifolia is of altogether another type of Peony. The foliage is bright green and 
as finely cut as a fern. The dazzling crimson flowers are set down in the foliage much as 
the loye-in-the-mist flower is. Short-stemmed but brilliant. Very early. 50 cts. each. 
Victor Lemoine is of a perfect crown type. It is tall, late, and stout. The guards 
are clear pink, the collar amber-white, the crown lilac-pink. 50 cts. each. 
SINGLE-FLOWERED JAPANESE PEONIES 
These are much admired and at their best are very beautiful. My set came from 
Japan years ago with Japanese names which I lost. I can only refer to them by numbers. 
No. 28. Dark rose, with a large bunch of golden stamens. Tall and midseason. 
No. 30. Light reddish purple, dazzling brilliant. A small bunch of golden stamens. 
No. 32. Clear rose-pink, with yellow and red stamens; large and striking. 75c. each. 
No. 33. Pink, with a small cluster of small yellow stamens. 25 cts. each. 
No. 34. Bright magenta; tall; early. 25 cts. each. 
No. 39. White, flushed rose and very large. A wonderful flower at its best. 75c. ea. 
PETASITES japonicus, or Coltsfoot, is one of the finest of the very large-leaved 
plants. From a running rootstock immense heart-shaped leaves are grown on stalks 
3 to 4 feet high, making a colony of the great leaves. With a background of shrubs 
it is very effective. Sit., sun or light shade. Prop., runners. Soil, deep rich, loose, 
and moist. PL, winter. 50 cts. each. 
PHYSOSTEGIA virginica is related to the snapdragon but more slender and 
sturdy. Pink, and grow from 18 inches up to 30 inches. Sit., sun. Any garden soil. 
Prop., divisions the third year. PL, October to April. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
PHYGELIUS capensis is also known as the Cape Figwort, and is a very handsome 
and brilliant, half shrubby plant perfectly hardy in California. It grows from 2 to 4 feet 
high and has shining leaves and long racemes of brilliant red flowers tipped with white. 
It flowers many months. Plant winter or spring. 25 cts. each. 
PINKS. See Dianthus on page 12, and Carnations on page 9. 
