Watsonville, California 
Blue Sages 
c&he Useful ^Blue Sages 
The beautiful is as useful as the useful, perhaps wore so .— Victor. Hugo. 
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Because they are so easily grown and because 
of their wide adaptability to many different con¬ 
ditions these hardy perennial Salvias, some of 
them little known, are among the most useful of 
garden flowers. They furnish the most desirable 
blue effects; they seem to have no insect enemies; 
many of them increase each year, to be readily 
divided; and they withstand drought well. We 
list this season these five good sorts, all of much 
value for the amateur’s garden. 
S. DICHROA—Grows to 3 feet in height; bears 
in great profusion and for a very long season 
spreading spikes of lavender-blue flowers; a 
little known but most desirable blue sage. 
Strong field-grown 2-year plants, to bloom 
quickly, each 40c. 
S. GREGGII—Of shrubby growth, up to 3 feet 
or over; slender branches with oblong leaves; 
flowers a bright blood-red and very showy. 
This is not the annual Scarlet Sage but a 
hardy, drought-resisting perennial well worth 
planting, even in the poorest soil. Plants, 
each 3 5c. 
S. LEUCANTHA—Shrubby sort growing to 2 
or 3 feet high with light wooly foliage and 
brilliant violet and white flowers all season 
long. One of the easiest grown showy garden 
plants, each 40c. 
S. SCLAREA—Up to 2 feet, rank and spreading 
in habit with large wooly foliage; enormous 
spike of deep blue and white flowers; very 
showy. Strong field-grown plants, (3 for 
$1.25), each 5 0c. 
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ttt xrTATrvc. /tii j\ r i For months a tall waving mass of brightest 
ULIGINOSA—(Illustrated)— ror a glor- , , ,, .. 
e , , r i heavenly blue, the uncommon 
ious, waving mass of blue, from early summer c . T \ 7J . TTT A 
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to late tall, nothing can excel this uncommon 
Blue Salvia. Of easiest culture it quickly throws up its many stems with light green foliage and 
handsome lasting flowers of intensest blue and is always beautiful and effective. Strong field-grown 
divisions, (3 for 75c; 6 for $1.25; 12 for $2.25), each 30c. 
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Plant oJjfCore Perennials 
All of us here in the west greatly underestimate the value of perennials for the amateur’s garden. If 
you confine your planting to the annuals you have to remake your garden each year and only by skillful 
management can you have it look well throughout the season. But with well-chosen perennials you have 
a garden that will last for many years with little attention and with succession of bloom all season long. 
The many kinds of dianthus and campanulus alone will give you bloom for most of the summer and fall; 
the hardy asters, delphinium, Transvaal daisies, salvias, winter chrysanthemums, the graceful and 
striking chelone, and the blue-and-white all-season blooming dimorpheteca eklonis, these are all flowers 
that will not only make your garden gay with little trouble but fill your rooms with color and fragrance 
as cut flowers. 
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