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Carl Purdy, Uriah, California 
Long-spurred hybrids are hybrids of Caerulea and Chrysantha and are one of 
the finest of all garden flowers. My own are a mixture of the very finest 
English strains. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Pyrenaica is dwarf'sh and a pretty blue and a good subject in moderately 
moist corners. 25 cts. each. 
Rose Queen is a long-spurred hybrid with flowers of a uniform soft rose. 
Most admired. Small plants 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts. 
Skinnerii is a strong species with flowers of yellow and crimson. Very 
showy. Small plants 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts. 
WEST AMERICAN COLUMBINES 
AQUILEGIA truncata grows to 2 or 3 feet and has rather short-spurred 
flowers, red outside and yellow at center. A fine plant for light shades in 
woodsy places. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Aquilegia eximia loves a cool, wet place, sun or shade, and flowers late, with 
much larger flowers than any other of its class. Colors like the last. 25 cts. 
each; $2.50 per doz. 
ARALIA Californica, the California Spikenard, is a very large and stately 
plant which does excellently in either sun or shade with plenty of moisture. 
Its pinnate leaves may be 3 to 4 feet long and its creamy flowering spike 5 to 6 
feet. A stately plant. Heavy roots, $1 each. 
ARUNCUS Sylvester or Goatsbeard is a strikingly fine, strong growing 
plant related to the Astilbes. 
It makes a big clump with handsome pinnated leaves and strong spikes, with 
very many tiny white flowers in a fleecy mass. A fine p’ant for shaded spots 
to harmonize with tall ferns. It is hard to surpass in such a place. 40 cts. each; 
$4 per doz. 
ASCLEPIAS tuberosa or Butterfly Weed is a very attractive and very hardy 
plant. It grows from 1% to 2 y 2 feet in a many-stemmed plant, each stem 
crowned with a number of umbels of bright orange-colored flowers in mid¬ 
summer. An excellent p 7 ant. Sit., sun. Soil . any, but rich and moist gives best 
results. PI. , fall to spring. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
ASTER Amellus “Rudolph Goethe.” The asters of amellus group are quite 
different from the Michaelmas Daisies. They grow a foot high and bear large 
lavender flowers 2 y 2 inches across on long stems and the flowers oftener soli¬ 
tary. It likes a moist rich soil and good culture and is well worth it. 50 cts. each. 
ASTER Burbanks Charming is exceptionally fine. It makes stout bushes 3 to 
4 feet high, much branched and the soft pink flowers are borne in long sprays 
all on one side of branches. Plants which I sent to Massachusetts State College 
Experiment Station attracted much attention and a fine notice in Horticulture. 
50 cts. each; 3 for $1.25. 
ASTER—Michaelmas Daisies. See list of fine varieties, page 66. 
CAMPANULA Persicifolia “Grosse Gloecke” is much finer and larger in 
plant and flower than any of the other Peach Leaved Bellflowers. They stand 
to 3 or 4 feet high, with very large, light-blue flowers. One of the very , finest 
of garden perennials. Sit., sun or light shade. Soil, any good loam, well fer¬ 
tilized; good moisture. PI., fall to spring. Each 30 cts.; $3 per doz. 
CAMPANULAS Dwarf. See under Rock Garden Plants. 
CLINTON IA Andrewsiana is one of those very choice plants only to be 
bought by those who will give it extra pains. The five or six broad, bright 
green, shiny leaves form a large rosette 7 to 13 inches across from which rise 
naked stems 15 to 30 inches high, bearing an umbel of many flowers with two 
to five other clusters along upper stem. The flowers are rose-red lilies V 2 inch 
across and come over a long period, finally being succeeded by glossy purple 
berries which last until frost. In either fruit or flower it is a lovely plant. 
Sit., heavy shade. Soil, any loam well enriched with peat or leaf mold; acidity 
preferred. Plant dormant roots in fall only. See that moisture is constant. 
30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
COREOPSIS grandiflora, Perry’s Semi-Double, makes neat bushes 20 to 30 
inches high and as wide across of light green foliage, and there are very 
many flowers borne well above the foliage on slender stems. The semi-double, 
go’den-yellow flowers are 2 inches across and are borne over a long season. 
