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Carl Purdy, Uriah, California 
(PENTSTEMONS — Continued) 
Menziezii is a quit© leafy, rather compact clump 3 to 4 inches high with 
spikes of blue-purple flowers borne above foliage. 35 cts.; 3 for 90 cts. See p. 30. 
Ne.wberryii or Mountain Pride makes a low, flat mass, not at all dense, and 
has bright, rosy-red flowers. Considered one of the most lovely of all Sierran 
plants. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Pubescens ( Hirsutus ). The 20 to 30 in. stems branch freely from a basal 
mass of large ovate lanceolate leaves. The many flowers are in a loose panicle, 
the flowers an inch long and of soft blue, approaching porcelain with white tips. 
Delicate and airy. 30 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
Rattani. Has a basal tuft of leaves and widely branching, stout stems 12 to 
18 in. high with large pale purple or blue flowers. A good species for the border. 
30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Palmerii. Attractive blue green foliage and tall stems to three feet with 
very fine large pinkish lilac flowers. Needs a dry situation where it is a 
superb thing. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Roezlii has a fine mass of bluish foliage and very lovely, clear blue flowers. 
Flowers profusely for a few weeks in early summer and is most charming, but 
it has not the long flowering period of California Blue Bedder. Each 25 cts. 
3 for 60 cts. 
MOSSY OR CREEPING PHLOX 
The creeping phlox with their neat foliage and shimmering masses of color 
when in flower produce some of the finest effects in the European rock gardens 
and wall gardens. They are splendid not only in the wall or rock garden but 
wherever a low dense mass of bloom is required. 
Adsurgens is an alpine species from Oregon of very first rank. The habit is 
trailing but not dense. The foliage is handsome and shining and the flowers a 
delicate salmion-pink. It does well in sun or light shade but must have plenty 
of moisture and sharp drainage and a soil rich in humus. Blooms June to 
August. 50 cts. each; 3 for $1.25. 
Amoena has shining foliage to make a low mass about 3 inches high. The 
deep salmon-pink flowers make a sheet of bloom in early summer while there 
are some flowers at intervals all summer. A very fine thing. 25 cts. each; $2.50 
per doz. 
Subulata has long been a favorite in Europe and is varied in color. It makes 
a broad, dense mass, not over 6 inches high, and in season is completely smoth¬ 
ered with its flowers. The leaves are dense and like pine needles. Splendid 
to cover banks or walls and in the rock garden. I have the following two 
varieties: 
Subulata Lilacina is pale lilac and fine. 
Subulata Rosea is a deep rose of denser habit. 
Either at 25 cts. each; $2.40 per doz. 
PINKS. See “Dianthus”. 
PLUMBAGO. See under Ceratostigma. 
POTENTILLA calabrica makes low compact masses of shimmering silvery 
foliage 3 inches high by 6 inches across. The white flowers are inconspicuous 
but the foliage effect is most striking. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
P. repens spread by long runners like strawberries and make a close ground 
cover but an inch in height, with many bright yellow flowers y 2 inch across. 
An admirable ground cover or splendid between stepping stones in light to 
medium shade or a nice lacy drape over cool, moist walls. Each 25 cts. 
P. Miss Willmott is usually considered a border plant where it is fine but I 
have found it one of the things that always attracts attention in my rock 
garden. There it is about 12 in. high with fine large bright cerise strawberry¬ 
like flowers which come through a long season. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
