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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Planting of Shasta Daisies 
SHASTA DAISIES. From a much-branched base, which is quite leafy, very many 
slender flowering stems arise to i}4 to 3 feet, bearing large, single flowers with golden 
centers (2 to 3 inches across). For many months, from May on, they make a fine mass 
and for cut-flowers are most excellent. 
There is no garden flower which will give better results with like care. In the hardy 
border they are fine. For masses along walks or drives with, we will say, hollyhocks back 
of them, they are superb. In one place I had a mass of these backed by annual scabiosas. 
It was a wonderfully effective combination. In front of low shrubberies and next to the 
lawn they are more than good. 
On the Pacific Coast and in the South they are perfectly hardy; in the northeastern 
states, fairly so. Mr. Burbank, their originator, published my testimonial as to their 
value in his catalogues. I can only emphasize what I then stated. 
Sit., sun. Soil, any garden loam, heavy or light. A well-tilled and watered loam will 
give best results. They like heat. Prop., divisions. PL, October to April, but early 
planting is preferable. 
Alaska I consider the best. Of graceful habit with large, perfectly formed flowers. 
California is a much heavier stemmed variety, with more upright form and fine 
flowers. 
Westralia is low-growing with newly opened flowers of a fine cream-color and semi- 
double. 18 inches. 
All Shasta Daisies 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Many fail in having the best Shasta Daisies by allowing the clumps to grow untouched 
for years. I find it best to divide to single strong sections each year. At most, allow these 
to go through the second year. By planting a foot apart each way and hoeing, undreamed- 
of effects can be had. 
SIDALCEA Candida is a garden variety of our wild Sidalcea and a very good plant. 
White flowers appear on stems 18 to 24 in. high in early summer. 15c. each, $1.25 per doz. 
SILENE californica and S. Hookeri are among the most attractive of all of their 
family. With deep-seated roots they produce a number of underground top-shoots 
which spread to make a circular clump. The flowers are shaped like single pinks. Calif- 
ornica is brilliant scarlet; Hookeri has lacinated petals of an exquisite soft pink. Sit.,, 
light shade. Soil, deep and well drained and better if sandy or gritty. PL, October to 
April. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
STATICE latifolia, or the Great Sea Lavender, is a handsome, shiny-leaved plant 
with crowded panicles of flowers 1 to 2 feet high of pinkish lavender. The cut-flowers 
are everlastings, and very much in use. Sit., sun. Soil, well enriched and deep. Prop., 
seedlings. PL, any time, if from pots. Fine potted plants, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
STRAWBERRY, Creeping "Wonder, grows rapidly with runners as much as 5 feet 
long. It has a deep red, long-lasting fruit and is excellent either for hanging-baskets, 
walls, rocks or steep banks. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $5 per 100. 
SUNFLOWERS. The Perennial Sunflowers are very effective for producing strong 
effects anywhere in the sun. They are in great variety and form and very hardy. 
Helianthus, Miss Mellish grows to 5 feet, with very large, deep yellow flowers pro- 
duced in great abundance in late summer. A good cut-flower. 
