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HANDSOME AND USEFUL BIENNIALS 
See also Annuals for Naturalizing, page 2 
Packets 25 cents each unless otherwise indicated 
Cirsium occidentale var. coulter!, Cobweb Thistle—3 ft. Gray foliage. Deep 
amethyst flowers set in large silver-webbed calyces. Very decorative. Dry 
slopes to 8000 ft. Hardy. 
Dicentra ochroleuca—3 ft. Beautiful finely cut gray foliage. Panicles of cream- 
yellow flowers. Mts. near southern California coast. 
Erysimum asperum, Western Wallflower—2 ft. Fragrant yellow or orange 
flowers. Dry rocky hills and mts. Hardy. 
E. capitatum, Coast Wallflower—12 in. Cream or yellow flowers. Coastal. 
Mentzelia laevicaulis, Blazing Star—3 ft. Glistening white stems. Clusters of 
pale yellow gleaming many-stamened flowers, 4 in. across. Seed will ger¬ 
minate only in perfectly dry light soil. Dry stream beds and gravelly places 
to 5000 ft. 
Oenothera hookeri, Evening Primrose—3 ft. Large yellow flowers. Sea level to 
5000 ft. Hardy. 
O. trichocalyx, Desert Evening Primrose—12 in. Large white flowers. Sandy 
plains and deserts to 4000 ft. 
UNUSUAL AND BEAUTIFUL ANNUALS 
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Baeria maritima—Decumbent. Large long-stemmed golden-yellow daisies. Cen¬ 
tral and northern California coast. 
Chorizanthe staticoides, Turkish Rugging—5 in. Flat-topped racemes of brittle 
raspberry-red flowers. Dry foothills. 
Collinsia bicolor var. purpurea—Annual, 15 in. Robust plant with striking 
flowers of rich purple. 
Coreopsis bigelovii—18 in. Tuft of narrow leaves. Broad glistening golden- 
yellow flowers. Sunny plateaus to 4000 ft. 
Erythrae venusta, Pink Gentian—6 in. Many bright pink star-like flowers of 
great charm. Southern California and Sierra Nevada Mts. 
Gentiana holopetala—10 in. Narrow basal leaves. Profuse blue flowers on 
slender individual stems. Meadows of Sierra Nevada Mts. 6000 to 11,000 
ft. 
Gerea canescens, Desert Sunflower—18 in. White-hairy foliage. Large showy 
yellow flowers. Hot sandy slopes in southern California. 
Gilia dianthoides, Fringed Pink—4 in. Large yellow-throated lilac flowers. 
Southern California in sandy soil. 
