Retail price list of California bulbs / Carl Purdy

              PERENNIALS  AND   CALIFORNIA  BULBS
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A very delicate pale hydrangea-
each.
Pure white with crimson flakes
In color it is
In the Rose type all of the parts are changed to almost or quite uniform petals, like a rose.
If not quite full it is called a Semi-rose. If the reader can keep the forms in mind he will
be able to better picture the varieties described.
My list of Peonies is a select one, with at least three-fourths of the most highly
recommended sorts. There are many hundreds of Peonies, with many inferior, and a
short first-class list has its advantages.
Carnea elegans has a perfect rose type flower, with broad petals of a clear flesh-
color.  Fall and midseason.  $i each.
Charles Toche is of a globular rose type of fair size; early; clear violet-rose, a most
exquisite shade.  The plant is rather dwarf but free flowering.   75 cts. each.
Due de Wellington is a very large bomb type Peony, with white guard petals and
sulphur center; very fragrant; tall.   A vigorous grower and a very fine variety.    50c. ea.
Duchess of Teck is a brilliant rose-colored Peony of the rose type, the back of
the petals fiery, edges of petals changing to silvery white.  $1 each.
Edulis Superba is a large, loose crown type and early. In color a bright mauve-
pink.   Rather tall and a strong grower.  Very fragrant.  50 cts. each.
Festiva Maxima is a large, globular, rose type. The outer petals are tinted lilac
when opening, while the center is pure white, with little crimson flecks.   50 cts. each.
Fragrans. This is a solferino-pink sort, with very long, stiff stems and of free-
flowering habit. Under electric light it is almost exactly American Beauty rose color,
and is remarkably fragrant as well.
Jeanne d'Arc varies from a bomb to a crown in type. Tall, strong, and fragrant.
Guards pale lilac-rose, collar creamy white, center pale lilac-rose. A very fine flower
at its best.   75 cts. each.
Louis Van Houtte is a semi-rose type of medium size. Color carmine-rose, with
fiery reflex; fragrant; late.   $1 each.
Madame Calot is very large and of the rose type,
pink; tall, a strong grower; early and fragrant.   75 cts
Madame Crousse is a crown type of medium size
in the center.   Midseason.  One of the best.    $1 each.
Marie Lemoine is a late sort of medium height but a strong grower,
pure white with cream-white centers.  Quite fragrant.   75 cts. each.
Modeste Guerin is a tall, very strong-growing Peony of bomb type. It is a fine
grower, with a light solferino-red flower; late midseason. When open at first, the bomb
is low and flat, but develops into a high center.  A fine sort.   75 cts. each.
Modele de Perfection is a large and compact rose type.  The guards and collar are
light violet-rose, the high center
darker.   Below medium height,   g~
good grower, and fragrant. Late.
$1 each.
Solfaterre is a full bomb but
.later a crown develops. The
guards are milk-white, the center sulphur. One of the two sorts
that are nearest yellow. With
age it becomes sulphur-white. A
freshly opened flower is a dream
of beauty for one who loves soft
cream and sulphur shades. Quite
fragrant; midseason; a little weak
in stems. 75 cts. ea.
Tenuifolia is of altogether
another type of Peony. The foliage is bright green and as finely
cut as a fern. The dazzling crimson flowers are set down in the
foliage much as the love-in-the-
mist flower is. Short-stemmed
but brilliant. Very early. 50c ea.
I can make up wide collections for any customer wishing
them, charging the usual retail
prices.
Peony Festiva Maxima