THE LEADING VARIETIES OF WILD FLOWER SEEDS, continued 
For open places in sun or light shade, there is Calliopsis bicolor, rich in yellow and 
maroon; Clarkia elegans, in medium pink; Clarkia pulchella, in lighter pink; Eschscholtzia 
maritima, in yellow and orange; Eschscholtzia Californica, the immense reddish orange 
California poppy of the great valleys; Lupinus nanus, the best bedder, a splendid blue- 
purple with white markings; Cream Cups, sometimes called Owls’ Cover, which gives a 
wonderful mass effect in white or soft pink. 
On hills or rough places, plant Bahia arachnoides, a splendid, hardy, yellow, daisy-like 
flower; all Clarkias; all Godetias; Dicentra chrysantha, a yellow Bleeding Heart; Phacelia 
Parryii, in deep blue; Viola pedunculata, the much-loved yellow violet of the South. 
In light shades splendid success will be had with Collinsia bicolor, a fine bedder; Spanish 
Poppy, in coppery red; Clarkias, the exquisite concinum especially; Phacelia Parryii, and all 
the Violets. 
I can supply seeds of all these wild flowers at io cts. per packet, 12 packets for $ 1 . Ounce 
rates will be quoted on application. 
Sowing Wild Flower Seeds 
The Time. If the land does not produce a dense growth of grass, sow with or before 
the first fall rains. No raking in of seed is then necessary. If the grass is dense, allow the 
rains to start it, then turn it under by shallow spading, or hoe it off, and rake the seeds into 
the fresh dirt as early as possible. If the seeds are not in before frosts come, they are liable 
to be lifted out by the freezing later. If sowing i3 not done by December 1, it had better be 
left until late February, when it may be done in the same way as in fall. 
Manner of Sowing. Mix a small quantity of seeds with a large bulk of dry dirt or 
dust, and sow this as evenly as possible. It is almost impossible to spread the seed thinly 
enough in any other way. If the coarse grasses are subdued, wild flowers will resow them¬ 
selves; but if the grasses reseed much, it will be necessary to sow the flowers every year. 
Under trees or on rough ground the wild flowers come even too thick, and it may help them 
there to thin by raking, after they are well established. 
How One Man Did It 
On one large place not far from San Francisco Bay, several acres were sown in wild 
flower seeds last December. The space between a large number of ornamental trees had been 
plowed to keep down the weeds and grass, and the seeds were sown, without any raking in, 
just before a rain. The rain covered them and an excellent stand was secured. In April 
there were sheets of Baby Blue Eyes in both the deep blue (Insignis type), and the maculata; 
then came wide masses of Gilia tricolor, following these Clarkias and Godetias galore, and 
finally abundant Eschscholtzias. The Eschscholtzias are perennial in California and im¬ 
prove greatly with age. Next year Lupines will be put in early with a coarse harrow, and 
their flowers will vary the effect with great expanses of orange and purple in early May. 
The smaller flowers will seed themselves, and, if all are mowed off in June, and the ground 
given a wetting then, there will be a heavy second crop of Eschscholtzias in midsummer. 
The cost of the seed for this place was about $60. 
CATALOGUES ISSUED BY CARL PURDY 
CALIFORNIA BULB BOOK. This catalogue of Californian bulbs is issued in September, 
and will be sent to all persons already on my mailing list, and also to others on request. A 
new edition is gotten out usually every other year. 
DUTCH AND OTHER EUROPEAN BULBS, JAPANESE LILIES, ETC. I issue a 
catalogue of Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths, Irises, Japanese Lilies, Peonies, and roots for fall 
planting and many other fine bulbs. It is usually in the hands of my customers by Sep¬ 
tember 1. Cultural directions are very full and the illustrations are beautiful. Mailed on 
application to inquirers, and sent to customers. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANT BOOK. About December 1 of each year, a preliminary 
list of Hardy Plants will be issued. It will cover the very best sorts for California plant¬ 
ing, especially the novelties that I have tried and proved the previous summer. About 
March 1, my spring and fall book of Hardy Perennial Plants will be issued. It also will be 
well illustrated, and will have ample cultural directions. I am now making a specialty of 
hardy perennials and add many fine things every year to my already large collection. 
FERNS AND PLANTS FOR THE FERN-BED LIST. A little essay on the culture of 
our native ferns, and of the best plants to accompany them to make a beautiful picture, will 
be included in the Hardy Plant Catalogue. There is nothing so well fitted as ferns for the 
cold, shaded corners that in most homes are bare. 
RARE NATIVE PLANTS LIST. My first work was in collecting rare plants as well as 
bulbs. But the demand for our beautiful native hardy plants has never justified me in grow¬ 
ing a stock of them. Through the traveling collectors whom I have on the road all of the 
season, and through a large number of collecting correspondents, I am able to reach a great 
variety of western plants and to collect to order. A typewritten list of a large number will 
be sent on application. If rare plants are wanted, special collecting trips will be undertaken. 
The McFarland Publicity Service, Harrisburg, Pa. 
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