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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Pyrethrum, roseum in the following separate colors at 25 cts. each for heavy plants: 
Crimson, Pale Pink, Tall Deep Pink and Tall Low Pink. Heavy plants, 25 cts. each; 
mixed, good plants at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
P. Tchihatchewii is a useful little Feverfew which creeps and roots at joints so as 
to make a light feathery carpet. The little daisy-like flowers are pretty, and it acceptably 
covers bad spots under trees or in rough places. 10 cts. each, #1 per doz. 
ROMNEYA Coulteri, the great Matilija Poppy of California, is a noble plant or 
shrub as you choose to treat it. The foliage is good and the stout stems grow in a season 
6 or 8 feet in height. It bears great white, single flowers, full of golden stamens, very 
freely the season through. It is half-hardy even in New York. Good plants in pots 
at 75 cts. each, postpaid, in California; elsewhere, $1 each. 
RUBUS xanthocarpus is a Yellow Raspberry, never over 4 inches high, which forms 
colonies by underground runners. The flowers are white and pretty, and the berries 
bright yellow. Easily grown. 25 cts. each. 
RUDBECKIAS, or Coneflowers. Of the unique flowers which we can all grow well, 
these are among the most useful, either for cutting or show. All have showy flowers- 
many sorts have a long, cone-like center which usually is black. Sit., sun or light shades.' 
Soil, any well-watered garden loam, but it is in a rich, moist or almost boggy soil that it 
attains its most superb growth. Prop., divisions; divide at least the third vear PI 
October to March. 
R. Golden Glow is deservedly one of the very best yellow flowers that we have. It 
grows from 3 to 5 feet high, with very large blooms in bunches. Golden Glow seldom is 
seen really well grown because plants are usually allowed to become too much matted. 
The best treatment is to use only single strong shoots each winter and to divide very 
early in spring. Such shoots will give more flowers than a crowded mass. I have had 
plants as high as 12 feet; in fact, if one is looking for a plant that will furnish a screen 
effect combined with a mass of gorgeous yellow flowers, this variety will meet his require- 
ments. It is extremely strong and produces a multitude of blooms that are fully as desir- 
able for cutting as they are for furnishing a 
mass of color in the garden. I offer fine plants, 
which will give abundant bloom, at 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
In R. Newmannii we have one of the finest 
of plants for a rich yellow mass-effect. The 
flowering stems are 18 inches to nearly 3 feet 
in height, with many fine, rich orange flowers 
with black centers. For a most showy border, 
plant a foot apart each way. Notice the fine 
effect of such a border in the picture. I sell 
them at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
R. purpurea is the Purple Coneflower, and 
one well worth growing. The stems, 2 feet or 
so in height, bear large, spreading and very 
showy flowers of a vivid lilac-purple shade 
which last with scarcely a change for months. 
20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
R. nitida, Herbstone, is a little-known but 
most lovely plant. Its handsome foliage is 
much like that of R., Golden Glow, and it 
forms a many-stemmed erect plant 4 to 5 feet 
high. The many large lemon-yellow flowers 
are single, with the full petals bending back 
and a long cone. Either on the plant or cut 
they are most decorative. I have few finer 
things. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
R. subtomentosa is a new species which I 
much admire. It grows from 3 to 5 feet in 
height, and has rich yellow flowers with small, 
black, cone-like center. More like a very 
pretty sunflower with black center. 25 cts. ea. 
Lepachys pinnata much resembles the 
Rudbeckias and is a charming plant. 25 cts. 
each. See page 26. 
Rudbeckia Newmannii 
