Retail price list of California bulbs / Carl Purdy

              PERENNIALS   AND   CALIFORNIA   BULBS
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quite lasting, it is not too easy to establish, and I guarantee nothing excepting that good
roots are sent out. Sit., a warm, sunny place. Soil, loose and well-drained. Prop., seeds
and plants; seedlings are apt to damp off. PL, October to December. 25 cts. each.
$2.50 per doz.
D. nudicaule is a similar plant, usually a foot to 18 inches high, with very pretty
foliage and scarlet flowers. Culture as for last. A prettier plant and flower than the
Giant Larkspur.   15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.
DIANTHUS, Hardy Pinks for the Garden. Among these the Pheasant-Eyed Pinks
stand well to the front. They are strong-growing plants with blue-green masses of
foliage, always good and very many flowers on long stems. Hardy, very fragrant, and
pretty, they are among our best garden flowers. Planted about 10 inches apart they
make a fine margin for a large border. Strong plants in mixed colors, 15 cts. each,
$1.50 per doz.
Cushion and Rock Pinks. These are wild species or hybrids of wild species and are
compact little plants with fragrant flowers and wonderful hardiness. There are no better
plants for the rockwork or hard places in the border.   They will resist heat and drought.
D. caesius. The Cheddar Pink makes a dense, grassy cushion as much as a foot across
and little over an inch high. Above this, on slender stems, are borne great numbers of
rose-pink flowers which are very fragrant. A good rock-plant and a very fine edging
for beds.   Strong plants, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.
D. deltoides, Brilliant, is a low, slender sort with bright rose-colored flowers. 15 cts.
each, $1.50 per doz.
D., Integer is a small, compact sort with white flowers. A true rock plant. 15 cts.
each, $1.50 per doz.
D. pungens has grassy bluish green foliage and white flowers. About 18 inches high.
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.
D., Rare Sorts. Of these I have many, including both the garden carnation types of
Hardy Pinks and Alpine and dwarf sorts.  Lists on application.   The finest of rock-plants.
DK3ENTRA spectabilis is the Bleeding Heart of old gardens and a very handsome
plant. It grows I to 2 feet in height, with graceful branches, fernlike foliage, and a long
raceme of heart-shaped, rosy pink flowers, pendent below. It is an excellent plant for
winter forcing. It thrives in a shaded position, but in the well-planned fern-bed, where
an exquisite combination of contrasting ferns, mingled with heucheras and similar shade-
loving plants, is completed by a soft, solid ground-cover, it is most charming. Sit., shade to
deep shade.  Soil, any loam.   Prop., divisions.   PL, October to March.  Strong roots, 60c.
D. formosa is the Western Dutchman's
Breeches. It is most beautiful in its
feathery foliage and makes a fine ground-
cover. Sit., shade to heavy shade. Soil,
loose and preferably with mold. It spreads
by underground runners to make very
handsome colonies. 10 cts. each, $1 per
doz.
DIGITALIS. See Foxgloves, on page 18.
DICTAMNUS, or Gas Plants, are very
stout, erect plants, quite leafy at the base
and bearing at the top of the stem spikes
of showy flowers. A well-grown clump is
very ornamental. They are very hardy
and lasting when established. D. fraxinella grows to 3 feet, with red flowers. D.
fraxinella albus has pure white flowers.
Sit., sun. Soil, any garden loam, and
better if well worked. Prop., seedlings
which are long in flowering. PL, October
to April. Strong plants, 30 cts. each, $3
per doz.
DORONICUM Clusii, or Flea-Bane, is
a plant that, either in the garden or as
a cut-flower, is greatly admired. With
light yellow flowers nearly as large as the
Shasta Daisy, and blooming very early and
Dictamnus (Gas Plant)