PURDY'S CALIFORNIA BULBS AND PLANTS 29 
CALIFORNIA NATIVE SHRUBS 
While a few of these can l)e had from llie nurseries, very many of the finest cannot 
be had in niu'sery-grown phmts. There is a real need for a niu'sery making a specialty 
of the native shrubs and trees of this coast, and it is a need that I hope sof.in to fill. 
At present the greater part of the stock offered is of collected plants, Init the best that 
can be found and handled carefully at the best time. 
A charge will be made for packing trees and shrubs. Carriage on these is at cus- 
tomer's expense, but care is taken to pack as lightly as is consistent with safety. 
The items marked (*) arc nursery-grown and usually shipped in i)ots or boxes. 
BUSH POPPY is Dendromecon rigidum, and is best de^ ribcd as a light yellow 
California Poppy growing on a stout bush, from 3 to 8 feet high. The bark is grayish, 
the leaves like olives and the flower ornamental. When well grown the shrub throws 
up long canes each summer as much as 8 feet high which droop when spring comes and 
are wonderful wreaths of yellow flowers. The Bush Poppy likes well-drained soils. 
50 cts. each. 
*AZALEA occidentalis is the native deciduous Azalea. It is a superb shrul), worthy 
of any garden, but not too easy to establish. It demands leaf-mold and constant moist- 
ure. Flowers creamy white, often tinged pink and with yellow markings. I have a 
nice stock of nursery-grown seedlings, about 8 inches to i foot high, well rooted and 
branched. Balled, 75 cts. each, $6 per doz. 
CEANOTHUS. See Wild Lilacs, page 32. 
CALIFORNIA WILD 
CHERRY. These ever- 
green Cherries are very 
fine shrubs and beautiful, 
both as hedge plants and 
as specimens. When used 
as hedges the plants should 
be set about a foot apart. 
The Catalina Island form, 
Prunus integrifolia, has a 
large, broad, shiny leaf. 
The common sort, Pru- 
nus ilicifolia, has a leaf 
with prickly edges like a 
holly, and is very beauti- 
ful. Either variety, i to 
I >2 feet, in pots, 50 cts. 
each, $4 per doz. ; 2 to 2 >^ 
feet, 75 cts. each, $6 for 
10. 
The Deciduous Wild 
Cherry, Prunus demissa, 
becomes a small, round- 
headed tree, and is cpiite 
distinctive. 50 cts. each. 
*C ALIFORNIA 
CHRISTMAS BERRY, or 
Toyon, is a most beautiful 
shrub, well beloved for its 
bright Ijcrries in fall and 
winter, luisily grown and 
rapid. 6 t(j 12 inches high, 
in pots, 50 cts. each, ex- 
prcssage added. 
*CALIFORI'fIA WILD 
GRAPE is a very lovely 
vine, coloring [beautifully 
in autumn. Rooted vines, 
50 cts each. 
Clematis ligusticifolia (see page 30) 
