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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
VINCA, or Periwinkle, is a most useful plant for covering ground under trees or for 
dry banks. After the first season it will do with little or no water, and if handled rightly 
is one of the very best plants for such purposes. Cult., set the rooted pieces a foot or 
less apart each way and the first year allow the tips to root so as to form a dense planta- 
tion. After the first year cut close to the ground in February or earlier. The result will 
be a dense lawn-like expanse of bright green studded later with flowers. 
The large Vincas make an untrimmed mass of foliage about 2 feet high but the 
dwarf sorts grow but a few inches and give that low dense ground-cover so much needed 
among shrubs or on dry flower-borders which are so trying for most plants. 10 cts. 
each, $i per doz. 
VIOLETS. I have the best garden varieties as follows at 8 cts. each, 50 cts. per 
doz. runners, except where noted. 
Prince of Wales. Large; single blue. 
Swanley White. Large; double white. 
Double. Soft blue. The old fragrant Violet. 
Marie Louise. Double purple. 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
VALERIANA officinalis is a tall, feathery-leaved plant with very fragrant rose- 
colored flowers. 2 to 3 feet. 25 cts. each; also see Centranthus, page 9. 
*ZAUSCHNERIA californica, or Wild Fuchsia, is a most showy, late-flowering 
plant, forming large mats and Fuchsia-like flowers. Flowering after most things are 
done, it is a plant to have. Color scarlet. Sit,, sun. Soil, mellow, rich; moisture in 
plenty but not wet. Prop., underground stems. PL, October to March. ^ 
Some specially desirable perennials are here shown, including 
Sweet Williams and Border Pinks Foxglove Delphinium Canterbury Bells 
