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 1 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 
Mery 1, and watering will prolong the bloom into August. In the East up to June 15. 
TO CALIFORNIANS. The Exposition in 1939 will bring thousands of visitors to our state and every vacant 
lot should be a blaze of color to show our visitors what California can do. This can be accomplished 
splendidly and most fittingly by sowing our own Native California Wild Flowers. 
Culture: In the border may be sown in boxes to transplant, 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 results. (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. 70c. 
AUDIBERTIA GRANDIFLORA, "Humming Bird Sage". 1 Vi-S feet. 
Flowers blue in whorl above whorl in showy clusters. Humming 
birds love it. Stunning with Columbines. Pkt. 15c; Va oz. 60c. 
BARTONIA Aurea, "Blazing Star". 2-3 feet, with fine foliage and 
large cup-shaped flowers of pure gold, with orange center. Fine in 
any border. Oz. $1.00. 
COREOPSIS BIGLOVII. 8 to 14 inches. Showy yellow flowers. 
Stands dryest conditions. Pkt. 10c; V4 oz. 50c. 
COREOPSIS STILLMANI, "Stillman's Daisy". 12 inches. Fine cut 
foliage and large deep yellow flowers. Very showy. Oz. $1.00. 
CLARKIA Elegans, "Rose Clarkia". 9 to 15 inches, with lovely 
lobed flowers of soft rose. Oz. 60c. 
CLARKIA Pulchella. 10-15 in. Airy trusses of very large, deeply 
lobed flowers of bright deep rose; it is one of California's loveliest 
flowers. Ideal cut. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c. 
COLLINSIA Bicolor, "Chinese Houses". 8-12 inches, with ascending 
whorls of bright rose flowers, tipped white. Very lovely in sun or 
half shade. Oz. 50c. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA, "California Poppy". The most noted California 
wild flower, of which the loveliest are: 
Caliiornica (Auranliaca). The California Poppy which each spring 
covers our hills and fields with such glorious splendor. Flowers are 
2-3 inches across, brilliant orange with a glossy sheen. Oz. 50c. 
Maritima (Golden West) is as lovely; the color, deep golden yellow 
with the center orange. Oz. 50c. 
GILIA Achillaefolia, "Blue Gilia". 1-1 Vi feet, with graceful stems 
and lovely heads of violet-blue. Oz. 50c. 
GILIA Capitata, "Queen Anne's Thimble". 1-1 Vi foot branching 
plant with delightful soft blue flowers. Late. Oz. 50c. 
GILIA LEPTOMERIA. 3-9 inches high. Large umbels of many flow¬ 
ers of varied color in white, pink and lilac rose on a many branched 
plant. Stunning. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 
GILIA linifolia. 12 inches. Panicles of dainty Phlox-like flowers. 
Fine to cut. Either lilac or white. State color. Oz. $1.00. 
GILIA Tricolor, "Bird's Eyes". Low, with charming flowers like 
Phlox Drummondii; smoky-lilac, with a yellow halo and purple 
center. Oz. 50c. 
GODETIA Amoena, "Summer Darling". 15-24 inches, with slender 
branching erect stems and large flowers of silvery-rose, with a red 
blotch at center. Oz. 60c. 
LATHYRUS ALFELDII. A stunning large flowered blood red strong 
climbing perennial pea. Pkt. 10c; V4 oz. 35c. 
LAYIA elegans, "Tidy Tips". 12 inches. Large daisy-like flowers; 
yellow, edged with white or cream. Oz. $1.50. 
CALIFORNIA POPPIES 
LINUM Lewisii, "Blue Flax". 1-2 feet. The lovely "Sierran" flax is a 
perennial blooming in four months from seed. Flowers are large 
and sky-blue. Pkt. 25c. 
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. 50c. 
MECONELLA LINEARIS VAR. PULCHELLUM, "Cream Cups". 4-8 
inches. One of California's most charming annuals, the cups soft 
yellow at the rim and large center of cream. Pkt. 20c. 
NEMOPHILA, "Baby Blue Eyes", "Baby Eyes". Charming low 
plants with the flowers open cup an inch across. 
Insignis, "Baby Blue Eyes". Deep blue with lighter center. Oz. 40c. 
Maculata, "Spotted Baby-Eyes". White with vivid purple spots. 
Oz. 40c. 
Atomaria. Very dark blue and lovely. Oz. 40c. 
PAP AVER CALIFORNICA, "Wind Poppy". Slender, frail looking 
stems, 15 inches high with most brilliant coppery red flowers. 
Pkt. 15c. 
PHACELIA Campanularia, "Bell-flowered Phacelia". 6-15 inches, 
with delightful open bells of intense blue. Oz. 70c. 
PHACELIA viscida. 12 inches. Flowers are cups of the most divine 
gentian blue smothering the plant for months in summer. Pkt. 15c; 
oz. 70c. 
PHACELIA Whitlavia, "Wild Canterbury Bell". 1-1'/z feet. Large 
bell-shaped flowers of violet-purple hanging in open clusters. 
Oz. 70c. 
SALVIA CARDUACEA. A very interesting and unusual perennial 
with white woolly foliage, the flowers long beaks of lilac. Pkt. 10c; 
V4 oz. 30c. 
PRICES OF ABOVE: Unless otherwise noted, 10c per pkt.; 3 pkts. 
for 25c; 13 pkts. for $1.00; Vz oz. at oz. rate. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. 
MIXED WILD FLOWER SEEDS. A specially prepared blend based 
on my experience of the kinds that will do well in all localities. 
Oz. 60c; 2 ozs. for $1.00; Vz lb. $2.35; 1 lb. $4.50. 
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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
