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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
Various Bulbs for Fall Planting 
CROCUS arc among the very earliest of spring flowers, and most pleasing either in 
pots or in the open ground. I have not seen them successfully naturalized in grass, but 
they do well mixed with tulips, Spanish irises or anything but narcissi. They make a 
pleasing ground-cover. I have extra-fine bulbs in white, striped, blue and purple, at 
30 cts. per doz., Si. 50 per 100. 
IXIAS. These arc small plants with very pretty flowers borne freely on long, 
slender stems. They come in shades of white, red, scarlet and yellow, and are excellent 
cut-flowers. They like a warm situation, good drainage, and prefer a light, warm soil. 
I make a mixture of ten line varieties for 25 cts. per doz., Si. 25 per 100. 
MUSCARI, or GRAPE HYACINTHS. Heavenly Blue is the best of I he Grape 
Hyacinths, the bluest of blues, and is a delightful little flower. I have a thousand 
of these dotting a slope with light green carpeting, and the result is exquisite. In 
smaller numbers, or in pots, they are just as fine. 25 cts. per doz. 
Plumosus is the Plume Hyacinth and very different, with its odd purple flower 
more like a feather than a flower. 3 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz. 
ORNITHOGALUM Arabicum is well worth growing. The stems are a foot or so 
high, rather stout, and bear a raceme of while flowers with strongly contrasting black 
centers. It forces or grows in the open. The bulbs are worth 5 cts. 
SPARAXIS are cousins of the gladioli and ixias, with very bright flowers, and 
need the same culture as ixias. The common sorts are S inches to a foot high, and well 
worth growing. Of them I offer a very line mixture at 20 cts. per doz., Si. 50 per 100. 
EREMURUS Himalaicus is a striking plant, with large leaves something like an 
agapanthus, and a very stout stalk, growing 6 to 8 feet high, with many pure white 
flowers. The bulbs are large and cost $1.25 each. 
TIGRIDIAS. I offer these in my Hardy Plant Catalogue for spring planting. 
The war in Europe has delayed bulb shipments from Holland, but probably 
October 15 will see them here 
