Retail price list of California bulbs / Carl Purdy

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CARL   PURDY, UKIAH,  CALIFORNIA
Crocus—among the earliest to bloom
Various Bulbs for Fall Planting
CROCUS are among the very earliest of spring flowers, and most pleasing either in
pots or in the open ground. I have not seen them successfully naturalized in grass, but
they do well mixed with tulips, Spanish irises or anything but narcissi. They make a
pleasing ground-cover. I have extra-fine bulbs in white, striped, blue and purple, at
30 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100.
IXIAS. These are small plants with very pretty flowers borne freely on long,
slender stems. They come in shades of white, red, scarlet and yellow, and are excellent
cut-flowers. They like a warm situation, good drainage, and prefer a light, warm soil.
I make a mixture of ten fine varieties for 25 cts. per doz., $ 1.25 per 100.
MUSCARI, or GRAPE HYACINTHS. Heavenly Blue is the best of the Grape
Hyacinths, the bluest of blues, and is a delightful little flower. I have a thousand
of these dotting a slope with light green carpeting, and the result is exquisite. In
smaller numbers, or in pots, they are just as fine.   25 cts. per doz.
Plumosus is the Plume Hyacinth and very different, with its odd purple flower
more like a feather than a flower.   3 cts. each, 30 cts. per doz.
ORNITHOGALTJM Arabicum is well worth growing. The stems are a foot or so
high, rather stout, and bear a raceme of white flowers with strongly contrasting black
centers.   It forces or grows in the open.   The bulbs are worth 5 cts.
SPARAXIS are cousins of the gladioli and ixias, with very bright flowers, and
need the same culture as ixias. The common sorts are 8 inches to a foot high, and well
worth growing.   Of Lhem I offer a very fine mixture at 20 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100.
EREMURIIS Himalaicus is a striking plant, with large leaves something like an
agapanthus, and a very stout stalk, growing 6 to 8 feet high, with many pure white
flowers.  The bulbs are large and cost $1.25 each.
TIGRIDD\S.  I offer these in my Hardy Plant Catalogue for spring planting.
The war in Europe has delayed bulb shipments from Holland, but probably
October 15 will see them here