SEEDS OF PERENNIAL PLANTS 
One of the prime factors in success with seed of perennials is fresh seed. All seeds offered here were 
saved from choice plants in my own nursery or are a portion of the extra choice seed I buy for my own 
sowing, the finest that money can buy. 
Seeds for most perennials germinate much better if sown while the ground is still quite cool. A number 
of kinds are better for freezing and may be sown in fall but I hove always sown as soon as the ground con 
be worked in spring with fine results. Most failures are traceable to covering seeds too deeply. I cover 
seeds just the diameter of the seed which with small seeds means merely firming them into the soil or at 
most sifting fine soil over them. 
Most of the seeds offered here were offered in my complete bulb and plant catalog which you received 
earlier and as very complete descriptions ore given in that catalog I will not give descriptions here except 
of items not previously listed. 
AQUILEGIA 
AETHIONEMA. Coridiiolium. Pkt. 25c. 
Grandiflora. Pkt. 25c. Pulchellum. Pkt. 25c. Persicum. Pkt. 25c. 
ALYSSUM Saxatile Compactum. Pkt. 15c. 
Serpylliiolium. Pkt. 20c. Moellendoriianum. Pkt. 25c. 
Supreme Blue Shades. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 65c. 
Supreme Pink Shades. Pkt. 25c; 1/16 oz. 65c. 
Crimson Star. Sepals and spurs Crimson, corolla white. Each year 
I fall deeper in love with it. Pkt 25c; 1/16 oz. 85c. 
Longissima. Soft yellow with spurs to 5 inches long. My favorite 
of all Columbines. Fresh plump seeds, pkt 30c. 
Coerulea, Mrs. Nicholls. Clear blue, long spurred. Easily grown. 
Pkt 25c. 
ARABIS olbida nana compacta. Pkt 20c. 
ASCLEPIAS Tuberosa. The brilliant Butterfly weed. See plant 
catalog for full description. Pkt 20c. 
AUBRIETIA Purdy's Large Flowered Hybrids. Blue and rose shades. 
Finest mixture I can find. Pkt 20c; 1/16 oz. 60c. 
AUBRIETIA Leichtlinii. Carmine rose, 80 per cent true. Pkt. 20c. 
CATANANCHE Coeruleo. Splendid blue. Pkt 20c. 
COREOPSIS 
ANCHUSA Italica Purdy's Var. A seedling appearing in my gar¬ 
dens which produces a very clear deep blue flower. Pkt 25c. 
ANCHUSA Myosotidiflora. The lovely Chinese Forget-me-not is 
fully described, page 14, Fall 1938-Spring 1939 catalog. Sow early 
spring, in boxes or a cool spot. Pkt 25c. 
ANTHEMIS Sancta-Iohanna. Pkt. 25c. 
AQUILEGIA, Columbine 
No flower is more lovely than these new Long-spur Columbine. 
They should be even more widely grown. See Fall catalog, page 
14, for full descriptions, culture. 
"My Choice" Long Spur Blend. Pkt 25c; 1/16 oz. 80c. 
Dobbie's Imperial Hybrids. Pkt 25c; 1/16 oz. 65c. 
COREOPSIS Double Sunburst Pkt. 20c; 14 oz. 50c. 
Mayfield Giant Finest single variety. Pkt 15c; 14 oz. 35c. 
CHEIRANTUS Allionii and Golden Bedder. See Annuals. 
CONVOLVULUS Mauritonicus. Blue Morning Glory, fine for rock 
gardens. Requires warm conditions for good germination. If in¬ 
doors, bottom heat. Pkt 2Sc. 
DIANTHUS Deltoides Brilliant (Maiden Pink). Lovely rock garden 
or border variety with rosy-carmine flowers. Pkt 20c. 
DIANTHUS "Loveliness". I cannot too highly praise the filmy love¬ 
liness of the large spicely fragrant mauve pink blooms. Plants from 
seeds sown in March showed flowers July 1, and December 1 are 
still in full flower. See plant catalog. Pkt 25c. 
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CARL PURDY, URIAH, CALIFORNIA 
