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CARL PURDY, URIAH, MENDOCINO CO., CAL. 
CAMASSIAS 
Whether on the Pacific Coast, in the East, or in Europe, there are few bulbous plants 
which meet climatic or soil conditions better, or give a more attractive bloom. They are hardy 
without protection, and thrive either under ordinary garden conditions or when naturalized 
in open moist woods, or on the sides of ponds or streams, or in not too dense a grassy growth. 
In the West they thrive where they are submerged all winter. All eastern and European 
customers praise them highly. It is better to plant them not over 4 inches apart in masses 
of from twelve to hundreds. Plant from October to January in any fair soil, and 3 to 4 inches 
deep. Water liberally when growing and in flower, but it does not matter whether they are 
dried off afterwards or not. The foliage is excellent. It is not at all necessary to lift when 
done flowering, and they can be left alone for years. 
Esculents is the purple form. It is very rich in color, and grows as high as 2 feet in 
the best soils. It is very showy in masses. My prices, 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., $1 per 
100; flowering bulbs to naturalize, $5 per 1,000, not delivered. 
The variety Leichtlinii comes in three colors. In deep purple, it is a fine plant that 
may grow to 4 feet in height, with as many as a hundred flowers, of the finest, even form, 
star-shaped, and as large as an inch and a half across. It flowers in long succession. These 
at 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., or $4 per 100. In cream-color, Leichtlinii is as large as in 
purple, but with the different colored flowers. It, too, is a very fine plant, and when well 
established, reminds one of the Eremeri. 6 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., or $4 per 100. Leicht- 
linn in clear sky-blue, not so tall as the others, but has fine flowers. These at s cts each 
50 cts. per doz. 
A Michigan customer writes: “Camassias are perfectly hardy without protection.” He 
planted the bulbs wild, and they grew so well, and the flowers were so much of a novelty 
that Ins garden soon became one of the famous places of the town. 
