30 CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
to cover the lower banks of grade roads in the shade, and to hang down from above. 
25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
Our WILD SPIREA is now called botanically Holodiscus, and is a fine shrub for 
midsummer bloom. Better known under the garden name of Spiraea ari£efolia. The 
panicles are more like pampas plumes and exceedingly decorative. Strong plants, 50 cts. 
ROMNEYA Coulterii is the Matilija Poppy of southern California, and makes a 
large, spreading bush as much as 8 feet across. It is of rapid growth and thrives in 
almost any situation in California and can be grown in sheltered positions as lar north 
as New York. 5-in. pots, 75 cts.; 6-in. pots, $1; 7-in. pots, Si. 25. 
SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB. See Calycanthus, page 28. 
THIMBLE BERRY, or Rubus Nutkanus is about the best shrub to plant in shady 
beds with ferns. The large leaves are handsome, and the flowers as pretty; easily 
grown. 25 cts. each, S2 per doz. 
WILD LILACS, or Ceanothus, are shrubs of great merit. They are not only good 
garden shrubs, but capable of holding their own when planted in dry or rough places 
to cover and ornament. Of all California shrubs they are best adapted to beautifying 
the rough, dry, outer ground of a place. To have them at their best they should be 
pruned very heavily, and at intervals of a few years they can be cut to the ground to 
force a new crop of the young willowy branches. With heavy pruning after flowering 
they will give wonderful masses of bloom. Collected shrubs can be grown with fair 
success. If watered the first year, from 60 to 90 per cent will live through, although 
some will die to the base and come again later. 
Ceanothus arboreus is a Tree Lilac, with large leaves and handsome flowers. 5-in. 
pots, I yi feet, at $1.25 each; 4-in. pots, i to i >^ feet, 60 cts. each, $5 for 10. 
C. cuneatus forms a low, spiny shrub of a blue-green and in spring it is a perfect 
cloud of white bloom. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
C. divaricatus is one of the low spiny species and quite attractive. In pots, 60 cts. 
each, $5 for 10. 
C. foliosus grows in a small bush 3 to 4 feet high, with small, rather glaucous foliage, 
and bears masses of deep purple flowers. 
25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
C. integerrimus, or Terrace variety, is 
a gloriously beautiful shrub, with great 
panicles borne above the foliage, and vary- 
iiig from white through light blue to 
deep blue and soft pink. All the colors 
are exquisitely lovely, but I cannot sell 
them separated. Nursery-grown, 50 cts. 
each; collected, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per 
C. macrocarpus, a rare sort from south- 
ern California. In pots, 50 cts. each. 
C. Palmerii is the finest of the plumy 
blue sorts. A very fine, deep blue, with 
flowers well above foliage. Collected, 
25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
C. prostratus is the Squaw Carpet of 
the Sierras, a shrub which spreads flat 
on the ground and covers large areas with 
a dense carpeting mat. The flower-stems 
are not over 6 inches high, and are sur- 
mounted with handsome blue flowers. I 
have a few nursery-grown plants at 50 cts. 
each, and fine collected seedlings at 25 
cts. each, S2.50 per doz. 
