PURDY'S CALIFORNIA BULBS AND PLANTS 25 
SAXIFRAGA Mertensiana is an exquisitely beautiful California nx k-piaiil. It is 
realh' bulbous, with a nunii:)er of bulbs in a tuft, as I sell thcni. Il can be handled 
dry in the fall, but when planted soon p\ishes out many tufls of beauliful, erenated, 
shining leaves and later slender stem- w iih while flowers with con-] )iruou> red anthers. 
Very dainty for rockwork. Dry chinips in fall, ic cts. each, 75 cts. per doz.; growing 
clumps. Si per doz. 
S. peltata is the immense water plant, with shield-shaped leaves, in Sierran strcam- 
coiu'ses. A fine plant. 50 cts. each. 
SEDUM spathulifolium covers a rock surface with a close mat of i)relU', thick 
leaves and produces many yellow flowers. The prettiest of all Sedinns. 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. for clumps. 
SILENE californica, the Mountain or Intlian Pink, is a most showy flower, with 
brilliant st-arlet flowers, and Silene Hookeri, with exc]uisite, soft pink flowers is as 
beautiful. The latter lorms a low circle of stems and is most beatitiful. S. californica, 
15 cts. each, Si. 25 i^er doz.; S. Hookeri, 25 cts. each, S2 per doz. 
SMILACINA amplexicaulis is our best 
False Solomon's Seal, a fine plant for 
shade. 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
SOLIDAGO californica is a low-grow- 
ing Goldenrod. Solidago occidentalis 
grows 4 or 5 feet high, with fine, feathery 
panicles and is splendid. liither sort at 
10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 
SPIKENARD, or Aralia californica, 
is a noble plant, thriving in moist spots 
and growing 4 to 5 feet. A fine plant for a 
large fern-berl. The very heavy roots are 
worth Si each. 
SYNTHYRIS rotundifolia is one of the 
pretty woods plants which ha\'e their best 
place in a rock-garden. We have no pret- 
tier foliage plant in the forest region. 
10 cts. each. Si per doz. 
TELLIMA grandiflora is closely related 
to the Heuchera, and is a most excellent 
plant for rockwork for shady places. The 
leaves are quite ornamental. 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
TIARELLA unifoliata, the Foam Flower, 
belongs to the same group as the jircced- 
ing; it has prett\' leax'es and filmy white 
flowers on tall stems, which will make a 
beautiful effect when the plants are placed 
closely. 15 cts. each, Si. 25 per doz. 
TOLMIEA Menziesii is another plant 
of the same group, and is a strong groM'er 
which spreads by runners and forms dense colonies, making a most excellent ground- 
cover under shrubs or ferns in shady places. These three at 15 cts. each, Si -25 
per doz. 
VANCOUVERIA Hexandra, called Mexican Ivy and Redwood h-y, has of late 
years become a favorite bouquet green on this coast, and is sent east in great cpian- 
tities. It is a very handsome plant of the Rarberr\- fainilw I have good garden plants 
at 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., or colleclt'd plants at S5 per 100. 
VIOLETS are well represented in Cahfornia's wilil flowers, and f gi\-e 
the large number. Viola atropurpurea is low, with cut leaves and a Howe 
one side and dark l)rown on the other. V. chrysantha is different, but will' 
and flower in yellow and brown. V. ocellata is a Wood \'iolet, with the triu 
and a pretty flower, white abo\-e, aufl purple beneath. All at 10 cts. each, 
YERBA BUENA is a \-er\- attraclix-e and fragrant creeping plant, inn 
for a ground-cover in a sha<l\' pi. ice, and inakin;^ a -ood (li-i)(i])iiig \ inc lni" 
basket or to drape a vase. It likes shatle. ( jood plants 15 cts. each. Si --5 I"-" 
full pots, 50 cts. each. 
Smilacina amplexicaulis 
It few of 
ellow im 
It leaxes 
inlet leaf 
per <l..z. 
excellent 
han;^ing- 
(iz. ; line, 
