BIENNIALS—BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL 
Sturdy plants with brightly colored flowers. Use them to fill a corner where quick * colorful 
growth is wanted. They will all perpetuate themselves by self-sowing, if allowed to do so. 
CIRSIUM OCCIDENTALE. "Cobweb Thistle". 
CIRSIUM OCCIDENTALE var. COULTERI. "Cobweb 
Thistle". The foliage is silvery and the flowers rich- 
purple. The special beauty of the plant is the flower 
buds which are surrounded by silver-white silken 
webs of unbelievable delicacy and intricacy. Sun or 
part shade. Pkt. 25c. 
ERYSIMUM ASPERUM. "Western Wallflower". Clus¬ 
ters of brilliant orange flowers. Grows two feet tall 
with many flower-stems on each plant. Give it sun 
and good drainage. Pkt. 25c. 
GLAUCIUM TRICOLOR. "Horned Poppy". This is 
not a California native. In England they call it the 
Wild Sea Poppy. But it behaves like our native 
flowers and flourishes under the same conditions. 
The big ruffled silver-gray leaves make broad ros¬ 
ettes and the flowers are orange, yellow, brick-red 
or scarlet, with black spots. Excellent for a dry 
bank, a roadside, or the base of a dry wall. Plant 
in the sun. Pkt. 25c. 
OENOTHERA HOOKERI. "Yellow Evening Primrose". 
The clear lemon-yellow flowers are four or five 
inches across. They grow in loose sprays on plants 
three or four feet tall. This Primrose blooms for 
months and flourishes in any sort of soil or location. 
A good plant to brighten up a rough bit of land 
where the effect of a smallef flower would be lost. 
Pkt. 25c. 
NATIVE CALIFORNIA IRIS 
Our native Iris are beautiful additions to the wild 
flower garden. When once established they need 
almost no care and make a handsome permanent 
planting. All the kinds listed here are completely 
hardy except Longipetala. 
IRIS CHRYSOPHYLLA. "Cream Iris". A dainty dwarf 
Iris from the densely wooded Oregon mountains. 
The delicate flowers are ivory or cream, veined with 
lavender and splashed with yellow. Plant in shade 
with leaf-mold. Pkt. 25c. 
IRIS DOUGLASIANA. "Mountain Iris". A fine sturdy 
Iris, good for naturalizing and growing well in either 
sun or shade. The flowers are bright purple with 
a black-netted cream stripe. Grows fourteen inches 
tall. Pkt. 25c. 
IRIS HARTWEGII. "Sierra Iris". This flower blooms 
in May in the Yosemite Valley meadows or in the 
pine forests around them. It is yellow or lavender, 
with purple veining, and a foot tall. Plant in sun 
or shade with leaf-mold and fine gravel in the soil. 
Pkt. 25c. 
ERYSIMUM ASPERUM. "Western Wallflower". 
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