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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 cither 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 them in white, light blue, dark blue, and purple, at 
15 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100, $6 per 1,000. Or I will sell mixed bulbs at 12 cts.'per 
doz., 60 cts. per 100, $4.50 per 1,000. Plant liberally. 
IXIAS. These are 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 fine varieties for 25 cts. per doz., $1.25 per 100. 
MONTBRETIAS. These are among the most easily grown and hardiest bulbs 
that a Cahforman can plant. They thrive year after year in the mixed border, and as 
their foliage is grassy and remains green all of the summer they fit in well They do 
well under trees with little cultivation. The flowering stems are long (2 feet or more) 
and graceful, and the flowers excellent for cutting. I have them in all shades of red and 
yellow, and also in mixed sorts. For these my price is 25 cts. per doz. 
I also have a new strain never before seen in California, with flowers as large as 
a small gladiolus. These will be offered in 1914. 
Montbretia— Splendid bulbs for California 
gardens 
Culture. Plant in any soil in fall. Dig 
after ripening and reset every year. 
They do excellently planted among Ger- 
man Irises, brightening the space after 
the latter die and needing the same treat- 
ment. They are admirable dotted among 
trees and shrubs. 
MUSCARI, or GRAPE HYACINTHS. 
Heavenly Blue is the best of the 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 els. per dozen. 
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 dozen. 
ORNITHO G ALUM Arabicum is well 
worth growing. The stems are a foot or so 
high, rather stout, and bev-.r a raceme of 
white flowers with strongly contrasting 
black centers. It forces or grows in the 
open. The bulbs are worth 5 cts. 
SNOWDROPS are among the sweetest 
of the little bulbs. Among them Elwesii 
is considered best, and I price it at 20 cts. 
per doz., $1.25 fir 100. 
SPARAXIS are cousins of the gladioli 
and ixias, with very bright flowers, and 
need the same culture as ixias. The com- 
mon sorts are 8 inches to a foot high, 
and v ell worth growing. Of them I offer 
a very fine mixture at 20 cts. per doz., 
and $1.50 per 100. 
SPRING SNOWFLAKES are not half 
well enough known. One customer had 
a plant in flower. The next season the 
neighborhood surprised me by calling 
for more bulbs than I had. White flowers. 
3 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz. 
