VENTURA-BY-THE-SEA, CALIFORNIA 



The "Oriole" Rose (? 



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The beautiful "Oriole" is well worthy the 

 land of its nativity, the Golden State. A 

 fitting companion for its beautiful namesake 

 that flits through the garden; for the gor- 

 geous Eschseholtzia or California poppy, and 

 the rieh-hued orange of our groves. This 

 wonderful color is seen in no other tea rose. 

 Oriole is perfectly healthy and vigorous. The 

 foliage is medium size, and bright green; it 

 sends up strong canes and bears quantities 



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of beautiful orange buds on long pliable 

 stems ;its open roses are similar in form 

 to the charming and graceful rose Dr. Grill. 

 It is always in bloom and owing to this char- 

 acteristic is difficult to propagate, the wood 

 being in condition to send out fresh shoots 

 at all seasons. Everyone is enchanted with 

 it. 35 cents each. 



NOTE: — This rose should not be confounded 

 with another rose which is being sent out un- 

 der the same name. Ours is the original. 



New Crimson Winter Rhubarb 



Everbearing Crimson Winter Rhubarb. This valuable and wonderful plant was introduced 

 by Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, California, who is known the world over as the Wizard 

 of Horticulture, having produced more new fruits and plants than any other living man. 



It has a delightful flavor, quite different from common rhubarb and an entire absence of 

 the fibrous strings common to the old variety. It is fine-grained and requires no stringing, 

 so there is no waste; it does not require as much sugar as the common variety and when 

 properly cooked makes as beautiful a dish as any berries on account of its lovely color. People 

 who have never cared for the ordinary rhubarb exclaim on eating this delicious new variety, 

 "Why, this is as fine as" any berry I have ever tasted." It fills a long felt want, and gives for 

 a comparatively low price a delightful dish when all other fruits are scarce and high priced. 

 For sauces, pies, jelly, marmalade, fruitade, and wine, it is equally valuable. 



The stalks are of medium size, well-grown ones averaging 12 to 18 inches in length and 

 about. % to 1 inch in diameter, a pale, greenish crimson color, turning, when cooked, to a 



TRY OUR FINE STRAINS OF "PETUNIA" SEEDS— THEY ARE THE BEST GROWN. 



