PURDY'S PERENNIAL PLANTS AND SHRUBS 
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CALIFORNIA NATIVE SHRUBS 
AND TREES 
While a few of these can Ise had from the nurseries, very many of the finest cannot 
he had in nursery-grown plants. There is a real need for a nursery making a specialty 
of the native shrubs and trees of this coast, and it is a need that 1 hope soon to fill. 
At present the greater part of the stock ofTered is of collected plants, but 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 (*) are nursery-grown and usually shipped in pots or boxes. 
BUSH POPPY is Dendromecon rigidum, and is best described 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 llowers. The Bush Poppy likes well-drained soils. 
50 cts. each. 
*AZALEA occidentalis is the native deciduous Azalea. It is a superb shrub, 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. Ask for price. 
CEANOTHUS. Sec 
Wild Lilacs, page 30. 
CALIFORNIA WILD 
CHERRY. These ever- 
green Cherries arc 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 in- 
tegrifolia, has a large, 
broad, shiny leaf. 
The Common sort, 
Prunus 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. 50 cts. each. 
♦CALIFORNIA 
CHRISTMAS BERRY, 
or Toyon, is a most beauti- 
ful shrub, well beloved for 
its bright berries in fall 
and winter. Easily grown 
and rapid. 6 to 12 inches 
high, in pots, 50 cts. each, 
expressage added. Clemalis llgustlclfolia (see \KiHi.' 28) 
