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CARL PURDY, UKIALI, MENDOCINO CO., CAL. 
Lewisia cotyledon 
ROCK ROSES, or LEWISIAS 
In the; cl 1 y gieat basin there are lovely plants called Rock Roses, Bitter Root, or Lewisias, 
which are found in rocky or gritty soils, often in the scant soil on a rock face. These (lower 
most beautifully early in the summer, then dry off and rest till fall. All are exquisitely lovely. 
Tweedii is a great plant, with soft salmon flowers, and is both rare and beautiful; this at $i 
each. Howellii is not so big, but a most lovely plant, 50 cts. each; while Oppositifolia is 
still smaller, with white, satiny flowers, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. Smaller yet, but most ex¬ 
quisite in its satiny pink flowers, is Rediviva, which might be pressed in a book for a season 
and then would grow if planted. Cotyledon, a pretty pink form, 50 cts. each (see illustra¬ 
tion). 1 liese at 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz. 
WILD FLOWER SEEDS 
California is far-famed lor its wild flowers. In former days these could be seen, during 
the spnng, in tracts hundreds of miles long; and they still grow profusely on untilled lands. 
Many ot our best annuals have long been in cultivation, and are to be found listed in all 
the best seed catalogues throughout the world. Most ol these, however, have been changed 
by cultivation so that they are little like the wild flowers. I have experimented with manv 
soi ts and am offering those that are most easily grown and most effective. Their uses are 
various, but the first and best use of all is to brighten up the corners and wild spots about 
uie home, wheic water will not reach, or where lack of time does not allow, well-cared-for beds. 
Cround under trees, and especially newly broken ground where grading has been done, 
or roads have been made, can be made beautiful by sowing wild flower seeds liberally in 
t 11 e all- AI1 these flowers are beautiful when planted in regular beds, like common annuals. 
At summer homes, old and new, throughout the region of our beautiful mountain and coast 
resorts, it is especially desirable to sow wild flower seeds liberally. 
The Leading Varieties 
F°i hot gravelly or sandy places, the best of all are Abronias, or “Sand Verbenas.’ 
these need no water, and bloom profusely all summer, forming a beautiful carpet in lilac 
with white eye, and yellow. Others are Argemone hispida, a beautiful white poppy 
Utnothera Missouriensis, tall, with large yellow flowers; Pentstemons, which flower after tlu 
Inst year and are very showy; Bartonias, with golden flowers. 
