32 CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
raking in, just before a rain. The rain covered them and an excellent stand was secured. 
In April there were sheets of Baby Blue Eyes in both the deep blue (Insignis type) and 
the Maculata; then came wide masses of Gilia tricolor; following these Clarkias and 
Godetias galore, and finally abundant Eschscholtzias. Tlie Eschscholtzias are perennial 
in California and improve greatly with age. Lupines were put in early with a coarse 
harrow, and their flowers varied the effect with great expanses of orange and purple 
in early May. The smaller flowers will seed themselves, and, if all are mowed off in 
June, and the ground given a wetting then, there will be a heav>' second crop of Esch- 
scholtzias in midsummer. The cost of the seed for this place was about <6o. 
PRICE-LIST OF WILD FLOWER SEED 
Packets 10 cts., or 12 for $1, my selection 
Abronia. In packets onlj-. 
Argemone hispida So 75 
Bahia arachnoides 75 
Clarkia elegans i 00 
Clarkia pulchella 50 
Collinsia bicolor 25 
Dicentra chrysantha 40 
Erysimum, Wild. In packets only. 
Eschscholtzia californica 20 
Gilia tricolor 35 
Godetia viminea 
Limnanthes Douglasii 
Linum Lewisia. In packets only. 
Lupinus nanus 
Nemophila insignis 
Nemophila maculata 
CEnothera missouriensis 
Platystemon californica. In packets 
Viola pedunculata. In packets only 
Si 00 
1 75 
50 
25 
I 00 
only. 
Catalogues Issued by Carl Purdy 
CALIFORNIA BULB BOOK. This catalogue of Native California Bulbs, Hardy 
Plants, Shrubs, Trees, and Wild Flower Seeds is issued in September, and will be sent 
to all persons already on niy mailing list, and also to others on request. A new edition 
is issued in early fall each year. 
DUTCH AND OTHER EUROPEAN BULBS, ETC. I issue a catalogue of Tulips, 
Daffodils, Hyacinths, Irises, Japanese Lilies, Peonies, and roots for fall planting and 
many other fine bulbs. It is usually in the hands of my customers by September i. 
Cultural directions are very full and the illustrations are beautiful. Mailed on appli- 
cation to inquirers, and sent to customers. 
HARDY PERENNL^L PLANT BOOK. A list of Hardy Plants will be issued in 
early winter. It will cover the very best sorts for California planting, especially the 
novelties that I have tried and proved the previous summer. About March i, my 
spring and fall book of Hardy Perennial Plants will be issued. It also will be well illus- 
trated, and will have ample cultural directions. I am now making a specialty of hardy 
perennials and add many fine things every year to my already large collection. 
FERNS AND PLANTS FOR THE FERN-BED LIST. A little essay on the cul- 
ture of our native Ferns, and of the best plants to accompany them to make a beautiful 
picture, will be included in the Hardy Plant Catalogue. There is nothing so well fitted 
as Ferns tor the cold, shaded corners that in most homes are bare. 
RARE NATIVE PLANTS LIST. My first work was in collecting rare plants as 
well as bulbs. But the demand for our beautiful native hardy plants has never justified 
me in growing a stock of them. Through the traveling collectors whom I have on the 
road all of the season, and through a large number of collecting correspondents, I am 
able to reach a great variety of western plants and to collect to order. A t> pewritlen 
list of a large number will be sent on application. If rare plants are wanted, special 
collecting trips will be undertaken. 
