ERIGERON SALSUGINOSUS. "Blue Mountain Daisy”. 
On the way up to the summit of the Sierra passes, 
this nice flower is found blooming in open places 
among the pines and incense cedars. The broad 
flowers are soft blue and sway at the top of eigh¬ 
teen-inch stems. Plant it in sun or part shade and 
put a bit of gravel and leaf-mold in its soil. Pkt. 25c. 
MIMULUS CARDINALIS. "Vermilion Monkey-flower”. 
There are lovely hardy perennials among the Cali¬ 
fornia Mimulus and this is perhaps the most striking. 
The flowers are an intense vermilion. This Monkey- 
flower grows best in a sunny place with plenty of 
moisture at its feet. Pkt. 25c. 
MIMULUS GUTTATUS. "Yellow Monkey-flower”. A 
familiar sight along sunny California brooklets, or 
even in the shade. The flowers are bright golden 
yellow, broad and puffy, with tiny scarlet speckles 
here and there. If you can let it spread and self¬ 
sow itself along a sunny moist place it will give you 
quantities of bright bloom. Pkt. 25c. 
MIMULUS LEWISII 
Pink Monkey-flower 
MIMULUS LEWISII. "Pink Monkey-flower”. This 
lovely pink Mimulus grows beside the streams in 
Yosemite Valley and elsewhere in the middle heights 
of the Sierra. The flowers shade from pale to deep 
rose-pink, with golden spots in the throat. The 
plants grow a foot tall and will flourish in sun or 
shade if you give them moisture. Pkt. 25c. 
MIMULUS LONGIFLORUS var. GRANDIFLORUS. 
"Apricot Monkey-flower”. This Monkey-flower has 
woody stems, glossy leaves and beautiful long- 
throated apricot flowers. It grows a foot tall and is 
found deep in the mountains of northern California. 
Put it in your perennial border, or use it as a little 
rock-garden shrub. It is especially pretty in the 
rock-garden. Pkt. 25c. 
PENTSTEMON CENTRANTHIFOLIUS. "Scarlet Bug¬ 
ler '. In late summer the Scarlet Bugler shines 
brightly among the dry sunny foothills of the wild 
Santa Lucia Mountains. The flower-stems are hung 
with narrow trumpets of intense scarlet and sparsely 
set with gray leaves. This Penstemon grows eighteen 
inches tall. Pkt. 2c. 
PENTSTEMON GLABER. "Beautiful Pentstemon”. This 
is the tall form of Pentstemon glaber and waves its 
flowery wands among the Sierra foothills. The flow¬ 
ers are big blue trumpets splashed with dark blue 
and lavender and set thickly along the stems. Plant 
it on a sunny, sandy or gravelly slope. Pkt. 25c. 
PENTSTEMON HETEROPHYLLUS var. AZUREUS. "Blue 
Bedder”. A beautiful blue Pentstemon, growing 
rather low and making a fine decoration on a sunny 
or half shady bank. This flower comes from the 
rough mountains of Northern California. Pkt. 25c. 
PENTSTEMON VENUSTUS. "Blue Idaho Pentstemon”. 
From the rocky, wild plateaus of central Idaho. A 
strong-growing Pentstemon with many large sprays 
of rich blue flowers. Very handsome. Plant in a 
sunny location. Pkt. 25c. 
SISYRINCHIUM BELLUM. "Western Blue-eyed Grass”. 
In spring the fields along the coast highway from 
Carmel to San Simeon are solidly blue-purple with 
this dainty flower. The blossoms are the size of a 
quarter and the foliage is like tiny iris leaves. 
Pkt. 25c. 
SISYRINCHIUM CALIFORNICUM. "Golden - eyed 
Grass”. Taller than Blue-eyed Grass and with flow¬ 
ers of bright golden yellow. It blooms in wet places 
along the narrow winding coast roads up in Men¬ 
docino County. Give it sun and moisture. Pkt. 25c. 
ZAUSCHNERIA CALIFORNICA. "California Fuchsia”. 
In the late summer months, when almost all the wild 
flowers are over, the scarlet trumpets of the Cali¬ 
fornia Fuchsia make a bright splash on sunny banks 
and roadsides. Plant it in a well-drained sunny 
place and for best bloom cut it back well after 
flowering. Pkt. 25c. 
HARDY PERENNIAL 
COLLECTION 
6 Any six of the hardy 
perennials for.. 
The Peter Lebec Oak Tree and Old Historic Adobe . Nearby 
are the Famous Lupin Fields of Arvin, Calif. 
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