Purtly's California FloM"erinj> Planls 
itluis, page 32. 
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Saxitraga Mertensia; 
SWEET-SCENTED SHRUB. Sit C'aK ca 
THIMBLE BERRY, or Rubus Nutkanus i 
beds with ferns. The large Iea\-es are hai 
grown. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
WILD LILACS, or Ceanothus, are shrubs of greal nieril. They are not only good 
gardei; shrubs, but capable of holding their own when planted in dry or rough places 
to cover and ornament. Of all Californian shrubs they arc 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 10 
force a new crop of the young willowy branches. With heavy pruning after llowering 
they will give wonderful masses of bloom. Collected shruljs can l)e grown witli fair 
success. If watered the first year, from 60 to 90 per cent will live ihrough, although 
some will die to the base and come again later. 
C. cuneatus forms a low, spiny shrub 
of a blue-green and in sjjring it is a perfect 
cloud of white bloom. 2S cts. and 50 cts. 
each. 
C. foliosus grows in a small bush 3 10 
4 feel high, and has masses of deep purple 
llowers. 25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
C. integerrimus, or Terrace variet\', is 
a glorioiisK' beautiful shrub, with great 
jjanicles borne above the foliage, and 
varying from white through light blue to 
deep blue and soft pink. I cannot sell 
separated. Nursery-grown, 50 cts. each; 
collected 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
C. Palmerii is the finest of the plumy 
blue sorts. A very fine, deep blue, with 
llowers well above foliage. Collected, 
25 cts. and 50 cts. each. 
C. prostratus is the Squaw Carpet of 
the Sierras, a shrub which spreads Hal 
on the ground and covers large areas with 
a dense carpeting mat. The flower-stems 
are not over 6 inches high, with blue 
Howcrs. I have a few nursery-grown plants 
at §1 each, and fine collected seedlings at 
25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
C. velutinus is in a class by itself, 
with its large leaves shining as if var- 
nished ; a large shrub or small tree, l-'lowcrs 
white, leaves very fragrant. 50 cts. each. 
Ceanothus cuneatus 
