VENTURA-BY-THE-SEA, CALIFORNIA 



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Australian Tree Fern 

 Giant Cereus Gematus 

 Thicket of Cereus Colubrinus 



Bungalow Office in the Garden 



Section of Tree Tomato atTright 



GENERAL COLLECTION OF PLANTS 



ABUTILONS, Enfanta Eulalie. A beautiful 

 pink variety with large, flaring flowers. 



McKinley. The counterpart of the 

 above, but with lovely, pale, yellow flow- 

 ers. 



Savitzii. The most beautiful foliage 

 plant among Abutilons. Leaves are all 

 white, variegated with green. Grows in- 

 to bushy plants that are striking and ef- 

 fective, either as pot plant or garden cul- 

 ture. 



Eclipse. A charming, trailing variety 

 with beautiful foliage, variegated green 

 and yellow, and having pretty, drooping 

 flowers. 10c to 25c each; $1 to $2 per 

 doz. 



AGAPANTHUS, Umbellatus "The Blue Af- 

 rican Lily." A splendid pot plant; fine 

 in groups. Flowers are arranged in um- 

 bels on long stems, 25 or 30 or more, 

 forming one head. Color, exquisite, 

 light blue, shaded lighter in center. 25c, 

 35c and 50c each ; $2 and $4 dozen. 



Umbellatus Variegata. A more dwarf 

 variety of the above with handsome foli- 

 age, beautifully striped green and white, 

 white predominating. Flowers are blue 

 like the plain variety, and contrast nice- 

 ly with the foliage. A very pretty pot 

 plant. 25c to 50c each. 



Umbellatus, Double. A very rare and 

 beautiful variety of the African lily, with 

 fine, large umbels of double blue flowers. 

 As it never seeds this variety is slow to 

 increase. 50c and $1 each. 



ANTHERICUM, Picturatum. A rich creamy 

 white band 3-4 of an inch wide, runs 

 through the center of each leaf, mar- 

 gined each side with deep green. Very 

 showy and useful for house plants; of 

 easy culture. 15c, 25c and 50c each. 



ALOYSIA Citriodora or Lemon Verbena. A 



popular old shrub with fragrant leaves 

 which retain their odor when dried, for 

 many years. It is a pot plant in the east, 

 but in California grows to be a large shrub 

 10 or 12 ft. high. 25c. 



