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 offer- 
ing here the loveliest of these. California Wild Flowers have two distinet and im- 
portant 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 eut 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 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 May 1, and watering will prolong the bloom 
into August. In the East up to June 15. 
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 
searify 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. 
Packet Price, except otherwise shown, 10 cts.; 
3 pkts. 25 cts. 
ABRONIA umbellata. “Pink Sand Verbena”. 
Fragrant lilac rose flowers resembling a 
Verbena. Prefers sandy soil. Spring sown, 
it flowers all summer. Oz. 70 cts. 
BARTONIA Aurea. “Blazing Star’. 2-3 ft. 
with fine foliage and large cup-shaped flow- 
ers of pure gold, with orange center. Fine 
in any border. Oz. $1. 
CALANDRINIA Menziezii. “Red Maids”. 12 in. 
spreading plants. Flowers cups of rose-red 
in sun. Pkt. 15 cts.; 14 oz, 50 cts. 
COREOPSIS Stillmani. “Stillman’s Daisy”. 12 
in, Fine cut foliage and large deep yellow 
flowers. Oz. $1. 
CLARKIA Concinnum. “‘Red Ribbons’. 8 in. 
Petals deeply cut and shredded of lovely 
rose-pink. A gem. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 oz. 30 cts. 
CLARKIA Elegans, “Rose Clarkia’. 9 to 15 in. 
with lovely lobed flowers of soft rose. Oz. 
60 cts. 
CLARKIA Pulchella. 10-15 inch. Very large 
deeply lobed flowers of bright deep rose. 
Ideal cut. Oz. 50 cts. 
COLLINSIA Bicolor. “Chinese Houses’. 8-12 
in. with ascending whorls of bright rose 
flowers, tipped white. Very lovely in sun or 
half shade. Oz. 50 cts. 
DOWNINGIA Pulchella. Fascinating low an- 
nual. Lobelia-like flowers are deep blue, 
the lower lip creamy, Entrancing in a sunny 
border. Pkt. 20 cts. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA. “California Poppy”. The 
most noted California wild flower, of which 
the loveliest are: 
Californica (Aurantiaca). The California 
Poppy which each spring covers our hills 
and fields with such glorious’ splendor. 
Flowers are 2-3 in. across, brilliant orange 
with a glossy sheen. Oz. 50 cts; '4 Ib. $1.25; 
per Ib. $2.50. 
Maritima (Golden West) is as lovely; the col- 
or, deep golden yellow with center orange. 
Oz. 50 cts.; 4 Ib. $1.50. 
FLOERKIA Douglasii. ‘Meadow Foam”, 6-9 
in. spreading with large flowers, yellow at 
center, shading to cream at edges. Likes 
MmTistures|PktatOreten ee 50-cts 
Anne’s Thimble’. 
GILIA Capitata. “Queen 
1-1% ft. branching plant with delightful 
soft blue flowers. Late. Oz. 50 cts.; '4 Ib. 
$1.25. 
GILIA Dianthoides, “Fringed Gilia”. 3 in. high, 
the dianthus-like flowers fringed at edges, 
bright rose with light throat. A gem for 
rock garden or bed. Pkt. 25 cts. 
GILIA Linifolia. 12 in. Panicles of dainty 
Phlox-like flowers. Fine to cut. Hither lilac 
or white. Oz. $1. 
GILIA Tricolor. “Birds’ Eyes”. Low, with 
charming flowers like Phlox Drummodii; 
smoky-lilac, with a yellow ha'o and purple 
center. Oz. 50 cts.; '4 Ib. $1.25. 
GILIA Achillaefolia. “Blue Gilia’. 1-1% ft.. 
with graceful stems and lovely heads of 
violet-blue. Oz. 50 cts. 
GODETIA Amoena. “Summer Darling”. 15-24 
in. with slender branching erect stems and 
large flowers of silvery-rose, with a red 
blotch at center. Oz. 60 cts.; 2 oz. $1.00. 
LASTHENIA Glabrata. Crop failure this year. 
LAYIA elegans. “Tidy Tips’. 12 in. Large 
daisy-like flowers; yellow, edged with white 
or cream, Oz, $1.50. 
LINUM Lewisii. “Blue Flax’. 1-2 ft. The 
lovely “Sierran” flax is a perennial bloom- 
ing in four months from seed. Flowers are 
large and sky-blue. Pkt. 25 cts. 
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. 40 
cts.; '4 Ib. $1.25; per Ib. $3.00. 
NEMOPHILA. “Baby Blue Eyes”. “Baby 
Eyes”. Charming low plants with the flow- 
ers Open cups an inch across. 
Insignis. “Baby Blue Eyes”. Deep blue with 
lighter center. Oz. 40 cts. 
Insignis Alba. Its pure white is needed as con- 
trast with other colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 
cts. 
Maculata. “Spotted Baby-Eyes’”. White with 
vivid purple spots. Oz. 40 cts. 
Atomaria. Very dark blue and lovely. Oz. 40 
cts. 
Discoidalis. Very dark red with an outer rim 
of white. Most intriguing and attractive. 
Oz. 40 cts. 
All Nemophilas, '4 Ib. $1.25; per lb. $3.00. 
PAPAVER Californica. “Wind Poppy”. 15 in. 
Slender wiry stems with flowers like fluffs 
of brilliant coppery-red silk. Stands drouth. 
Pkt. 15 cts. 
PHACELIA Campanularia. “Bell-flowered 
Phacelia”’. 6-15 in. with delightful open 
bells of intense blue. Oz. 70 cts. 
PHACELIA Viscida. 12 in. Its cups are most 
divine gentian-blue smothering the plants 
for months in summer. A “must have” in 
any garden. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 70 cts. 
PHACELIA Tanacetifolia. “Wild Heliotrope.” 
--48-in>Much~curled large heads of pure iay--?* 
ender-blue. Favored by bees. Oz. 35 cts, 
PHACELIA Whitlavia. “Wild Canterbury 
Bell’. 1-1% ft. Large bell-shaped flowers of 
violet-purple hanging in open clusters. Oz. 
70 cts. 
PHACELIA Whitlavia Alba. 12-18 in. Lovely 
pure white bells. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 70 cts. 
PLATYSTEMON California Cream Cups. 10 
in. Slender branched plants, the wiry stems 
bearing many luscious cream colored cups 
which in reality are miniature poppies. De- 
lightful. Pkt. 15 cts. 
SALVIA Carduacea. Thistle Sage. 1-2 ft. In- 
teresting and unusual perennial with white 
woolly foliage, the flowers long beaks of 
lilac. Pkt. 10c. 
PURDY’S SUPREME WILD FLOWER MIX- 
TURE. A personally prepared blend from 
separate named varieties based on my long 
experience of kinds that will do well in all 
localities. Oz. 60 cts.; 2 ozs. for $1.00; '/ Ib., 
$2.35; per Ib. $4.50. 
PACKET PRICES OF ABOVE. Unless other- 
wise priced, 10 cts. per pkt.; 3 pkts. for 25 
cts. Any 13 10-ct. pkts., your choice for $1. 
% oz. at ounce rate. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. 

The above prices are postpaid to your door. 


CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 


SWEENEY, STRAUB & DIMM, HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS, PORTLAND, ORE, 
