Retail price list of California bulbs / Carl Purdy

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CARL PURDY,  UKIAH,  CALIFORNIA
Hollyhocks are very good  for striking color
effects
best described as Coppery Terra-
Cotta, Light Yellow, and a very
soft Shrimp-Pink. 25 cts. each,
$2.50 per doz.
HELLEBORES, or Christmas Roses, are not roses at all
but allied to the fall anemones
and peonies. My customers who
have tried them in the San Francisco Bay region are more than
pleased with them. The leaves
are large, handsome, and last the
year through; the flowers are
large, shaped like anemones and,
coming in midwinter, last for
months. They do well in very
shady places and are fine companions for fall anemones or
ferns. They do well in any good
garden soil, probably preferring
heavy soil well enriched with
leaf-mold or well-watered manure. Plant early in fall or in
spring. I have ten named sorts
and will supply them at 35 cts.
each, or $3 per doz.
HOLLYHOCKS are old-fashioned flowers, ytt what is prettier than a good plant or mass of
them? Few flowers were more
admired at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition than the superb
double sorts in my exhibit near
the Redwood Bungalow. It is
not generally known that if the
stems are cut close to the ground,
when most of the flowers are
gone, new stalks will be thrown
up and will flower well, and that
in California this may be repeated even three times in a season.
Hollyhocks will withstand hard
conditions and neglect, and give
beauty in the most uncared-for
gardens, yet they amply repay
good soil, tillage and watering.
For massing, plant 18 inches
apart each way. If planted 15
inches apart and, when the
stems are a foot high, alternate
plants are cut down, a succession
of bloom can be established.
Plant from October to April, but
the earlier the better. My stocks
of Hollyhocks are famous for
both the fine strains of flowers
and splendid plants.
I carry the following separate
colors, all in doubles: White,
White with Violet Center, Canary, Apricot, Blush or Apple
Blossom, Pink, Rose, Crimson,
Maroon, Brown-black, Lavender and Purple.