PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 
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ORIENTAL POPPIES. The only word which can fitly characterize these grand 
flowers is "gorgeous." Even tulips pale in comparison. With the texture of fine silk, the 
open flowers measure as much as 10 inches across. Their season is May and June, but 
some flowers come later, especially if half dried off and then liberally watered. Single 
plants or groups of a few are showy objects in the mixed border, but they are best placed 
in strong groups at some point where they can be seen in flower but dried off later and 
given a summer rest exactly as with bulbs. 
Some of the soft-colored sorts, as Mrs. Perry, blend well with almost any color 
massing. A sowing of the common Gypsophila among the plants in spring will give a 
light cover after they dry off. Sit., sun; deep soil, and better if sandy or gritty. 
Prop., root-cuttings in summer. PL, September to March. 
Princess Ena. Salmon-orange. Common. Orange-scarlet. 20 cts. each, 
Mrs. Perry. Orange-apricot. $2 per doz. 
Nancy. Carmine-scarlet. Named. 25 cts. each. 
POLYGONUM affine has pretty foliage and many stems 1 to 1 }4 feet high. The 
flowers are bright rose-red, borne on spikes a few inches long, and are very lasting. A 
very pretty plant for moist, shaded places. Very hardy anywhere. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
POND LILIES. I can furnish prices on many sorts on application. Also can give 
cultural directions. 
The HORNED POPPY is Glaucium, and in Glaucium flavum tricolor I found one 
of the very best things that I have had in years. The foliage is bright, shining and pretty; 
this bush is 2 feet high and as far through, bears a large number of orange-scarlet flow- 
ers 4 inches across, which have four black spots at the center. It flowers for months 
and blooms even with nightly frosts. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
PRIMROSES. Of the true Primroses, the Polyanthus Primroses, doubtless derived 
from the English Cowslip, are far and away the best for the ordinary garden and as now 
developed give a wonderful variety of fine colors. In California they often begin to 
flower in late fall and are at their best in February, and are well worth the while of every 
flower-lover. Primroses do best in shade, and are excellent for the shaded side of the 
house. After flowering the foliage tends to brown and, for this reason, they are not good 
for edgings. Grouped among other 
plants, they are satisfactory- PI-, 
October to March. Divide every 
two or three years in early fall; 
any loam will do. Prop., seeds or 
divisions. 
Strong plants in white, yellow, 
reds and maroons, gold-laced, dark 
browns, or general mixture at 15c. 
each, $1.25 per doz. My assort- 
ment is from the finest in Europe. 
Polyanthus Primroses. I 
want to call attention to the 
dearest little sort, with flowers 
borne singly and as double as a 
rose. It is fairly smothered with 
the lovely, drooping rosettes 
which are white, tinted pink and 
lavender. 25 cts. each. 
P. veris, the true English 
Primrose, is a plant which I have 
often been asked for and now have. 
The flowers are borne on single 
stems, bright canary-yellow and 
very fragrant. 25 cts. each. 
PYRETHRUM roseum grows 
a foot or more in height, with very 
many fine flowers on long stems, 
most excellent for cutting. The 
flowers are both single and double 
in shades of white, pink and red to 
deep crimson;' the flowering season 
is long; an ordinary loam either 
in sun or light shade suits it well. 
Romneya Coulteri (see page 36) 
