CALIFORNIA WILD FLOWER SEEDS 
California is unrivaled in the number and beauty of its wild flowers but it is the vast stretches of certain 
lovely annuals that so attract visitors and I am offering here the loveliest of these. California Wild Flowers 
have two distinct and important uses: 
1. In brilliance and loveliness they vie with the World’s finest garden annuals and are worthy a place in 
the most sophisticated annual border. They are dainty and bright as cut flowers and colorful in the garden 
and most easy to grow. As they may be sown in place where to bloom successive sowings may be made to fill 
vacancies. 
2. For naturalizing, beautifying vacant lots and odd corners nothing excels nor gives more lasting effects 
for so little cost. In the East and at Lake Tahoe sow as soon as the ground can be worked in spring. In 
California and milder regions in unwatered area they may be sown from October to March 1 and fall sowing 
just after the first rains brings the finest and longest bloom. Where watered they may be sown up to May 1, 
and watering will prolong the bloom into August. In the East up to June 15. 
Culture: In the border may be sown in boxes to trans¬ 
plant, but it is easier and better to sow where they are to 
bloom, and thin. In Naturalizing hoe off weeds and grass 
and scarify at least 2 inches deep but thorough-plowing 
and harrowing or spading and raking will enhance the re¬ 
sults. (Broadcasting seeds among weeds and grass is a 
waste of time and seed, and I do not knowingly supply seeds 
to be sown in that manner). Mix the seed with twenty 
times its bulk of sand to Insure more even distribution. 
Quantities: 5 to 8 pounds per acre; 1 pound to 5000 square 
feet; 1 ounce to 200 square feet. 
ABRONIA umbellata. “Pink Sand Verbena”. Fragrant lilac 
rose flowers resembling a Verbena. Prefers sandy soil. 
Spring sown, it flowers all summer. Oz. 70 cts. 
BAERIA Chrysotoma. “Golden Carpet.” 3-6 in. Makes a 
dense carpet of richest gold. Pkt. 15c. 
BARTON I A Aurea. “Blazing Star”. 2-3 ft. with fine foliage 
and large cup-shaped flowers of pure gold, with orange 
center. Fine in any border. Oz. $1. 
COREOPSIS Stillmani. “Stillman's Daisy”. 12 in. Fine cut 
foliage and large deep yellow flowers. Oz. $1. 
CLARK IA Elegans. “Rose Clarkia”. 9 to 16 in. with lovely 
lobed flowers of soft rose. Oz. 60 cts. 
CLARKIA Pulchella. 10-15 inch. Very large deeply lobed 
flowers of bright deep rose. Ideal cut. Oz. 50 cts. 
COLLINSIA Bicolor. “Chinese Houses”. 8-12 in. with ascend¬ 
ing whorls of bright rose flowers, tipped white. Very 
lovely in sun or half shade. Oz. 50 cts. 
DOWNINGIA Pulchella. Fascinating low annual. Lobelia- 
like flowers are deep blue, the lower lip creamy. EJntranc- 
ing in a sunny border. Pkt. 20 cts. 
ESCHS 9 HOLTZIA. “California Poppy”. The most noted Cai- 
ifornia wild flower, of which the loveliest are: 
Californica (Aurantiaca). The California Poppy which each 
spring covers our hills and fields with such glorious splen¬ 
dor. Flowers are 2-3 in. across, brilliant orange with a 
glossy sheen. Oz. 50 cts. 
Maritima (Golden West') is as lovely; the color, deep golden 
yellow with the center orange. Oz. 50 cts. 
GILIA Achillaefolia. “Blue Gllia”. 1-1^ ft., with graceful 
stems and lovely heads of violet-blue. Oz. 50 cts. 
GILIA Capitata. “Queen Anne’s Thimble”. 1-1^ ft. branch¬ 
ing plant with delightful soft blue flowers. Late. Oz. 50 
cts. 
GILIA Linifolia. 12 in. Panicles of dainty Phlox-like flowers. 
Fine to cut. Either lilac or white. Oz. $1. 
GILIA Tricolor. “Birds’ Eyes”. Low, with charming flowers 
like Phlox Drummodli; smoky-lilac, with a yellow halo 
and purple center. Oz. 50 cts. 
GODETIA Amoena. “Summer Darling”. 16-24 in. with slender 
branching erect stems and large flowers of silvery-rose, 
with a red blotch at center. Oz. 60 cts. 
LAYIA elegans. “Tidy Tips”. 12 in. Large daisy-like flowers; 
yellow, edged with white or cream. Oz. $1.50. 
LINUM Lewisii. “Blue Flax”. 1-2 ft. The lovely “Sierran” 
flax is a perennial blooming in four months from seed. 
Flowers are large and sky-blue. Pkt. 25 cts. 
LUPINUS nanus. “Dwarf Blue Lupine”. “Blue Bonnet”. The 
flowers are rich blue, shaded white. A bed of this and 
California Poppy makes a glorious show. Fragrant. Oz. 
50 cts. 
NEMOPHILA. “Baby Blue Eyes”. “Baby Eyes”. Charming 
low plants with the flowers open cups an inch across. 
Insignis. “Baby Blue Eyes”. Deep blue with lighter center. 
Oz. W cts. 
Insignis Alba. Its pure white is needed as contrast with other 
colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts. 
Maculata. “Spotted Baby - Eyes”. White with vivid purple 
spots. Oz. 40 cts. 
Atomaria. Very dark blue and lovely. Oz. 40 cts. 
PAPAVER Californica. “Wind Poppy.” 15 in. Slender wiry 
stems with flowers like fluffs of brilliant coppery-red silk. 
Stands drouth. Pkt. 15 cts. 
PHACELIA Campanularia. “Bell-flowered Phacelia”. 6-15 in. 
with delightful open bells of Intense blue. Oz. 70 cts. 
PHACELIA Viscida. 12 in. Its cups are most divine gentian- 
blue smothering the plants for months in summer. A 
“must have” in any garden. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 70 cts. 
PHACELIA Whitlavia. “Wild Canterbury Bell”. 1-1% ft. 
Large bell-shaped flowers of violet-purple hanging in 
open clusters. Oz. 70 cts. 
PHACELIA Whitlavia Alba. 12-18 in. Lovely pure white 
bells. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 70 cts. 
SALVIA Carduacea. Thistle Sage. 1-2 ft. Interesting and 
unusual perennial with white woolly foliage, the flowers 
long beaks of lilac. Pkt. 10c. 
PURDY’S SUPREME WILD FLOWER MIXTURE. A per¬ 
sonally prepared blend from separate named varieties 
based on my long experience of kinds that will do well in 
all localities. Oz. 60 cts.; 2 ozs. for $1.00; (4 pound, $2.35; 
per pound, $4.50. 
PACKET PRICES OF ABOVE. Unless otherwise priced, 
10 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts. for 25 cts. Any 13 10-ct. pkts, your 
choice for $1. % oz. at ounce rate. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. 
Eschscholtzia, “California Poppy” 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
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Globe and Star Tulips do well in light shade anywhere. See Bulbs. 
