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LUPINUS PAYNEI 
"Payne's Tree Lupine" 
A native California species discovered by the writer in 
the foothills near Santa Susana and named in his honor 
by Dr. Anstruther Davidson, the well known botanist 
of Los Angeles. For his description of this plant see 
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 
July, 1918. 
I believe this is the most wonderful Tree Lupine in 
the world. It forms large round topped shrubs 4 to 8 feet 
high from a trunk-like base 3 to 4 and sometimes 8 
inches in diameter. One large specimen measured 8 
inches through the trunk, 8% feet high and 13% feet 
through the crown and when in blossom had over 500 
flower spikes in bloom at one time. 
The foliage is very handsome and silvery green, and 
the flowers are produced in racemes 8 to 15 inches long. 
They remind one of wistaria blossoms and appear in 
many beautiful shades; hardly two plants are just alike; 
some are pale blue, others lavender, pale lilac, dark blue, 
purple, rose pink, flesh pink or white; all with a beau- 
tiful yellow blotch on the standard. The blossoms are 
deliciously fragrant, a few flowers being sufficient to per- 
fume a whole house. The plants bloom in the spring and 
the whole bush blossoms simultaneously. They grow in 
a heavy reddish clay soil. Soak the seeds in hot water 
over night and plant about one inch deep in the open 
ground where the plants are to remain. Pkt., 25c. 
MEC0N0PSIS HETEROPHYLLA 
"Flaming Poppy" 
This charming little plant is a native wild flower of 
California, but is worthy of a place in every garden. It 
is an annual, a slender fragile plant 1 to 2 feet high, suc- 
ceeding well in partial shade. The flowers are an intense 
orange scarlet with a deep maroon ring at the base, of 
exquisite beauty, the petals having the delicate satin tex- 
ture of the poppy. Sow in fall or very early spring in 
the open ground. Pkt., 15c. 
NEMESIA STRUMOSA SUTTONII 
New Hybrids 
A beautiful annual of recent introduction which suc- 
ceeds quite well in California and is especially valuable 
for winter blooming. The plants grow about 1 foot high 
and produce large quantities of orchid-like blossoms in 
various shades of pink, rose, yellow, buff, orange and 
blue, beautifully marked and shaded. Pkt., 25c. 
Nemesia Dwarf, Blue Gem 
One of the most valuable introductions of recent years. 
A very dwarf, compact variety, with bright blue flowers 
produced in great profusion. "Very desirable for beds, for 
edgings or as a ground cover for bulb beds, a good winter 
bloomer. Pkt., 50c. 
Payne's Royal Exhibition Pansy 
This is undoubtedly the most superb strain of Pansies 
ever offered on this coast. The plants are of vigorous 
growth, and are particularly free flowering. The blos- 
soms are very large, and of fine, velvety texture, in- 
cluding all the richest shades, many of them exquisitely 
blotched, spotted and margined. Pkt, 25c; % oz., $1.00. 
Petunia, Payne's Giants of California 
Ruffled and Fringed 
The Petunia is one of the most popular plants in Cali- 
fornia gardens. This superb giant strain I am offering 
produces immense flowers of great substance, often 4 or 
5 inches in diameter, deep-throated and with tbe edge 
of the petals beautifully ruffled and fringed. They in- 
clude all the richest colors and combinations of colors, 
many of them beautifully veined, mottled or striped. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Phacelia campanularia 
A beautiful native annual, growing about 1 foot high 
and producing great quantities of large, bright blue 
flowers. Valuable for beds and borders, a good winter 
bloomer. Pkt., 15c. 
New Poppy, Ryburgh Hybrids 
This splendid new strain of annual poppy produces 
plants of bushy habit, carrying quantities of long- 
stemmed flowers in charming shades of flesh, salmon, 
orange, pink, rose and carmine. The flowers are double 
and semi-double and last well when cut. Pkt., 25c. 
Lupinus Paynei 
New Poppy, Eldorado 
A lovely strain of annual poppies of the Shirley type, 
producing in great abundance, large double flowers meas- 
uring about 3 inches across. They come in the most 
delicate and brilliant colors, ranging from palest pink 
through shades of rose and salmon to rosy scarlet. Some 
are white with salmon-pink or crimson margins, others 
orange-salmon shaded white, others again are fiery rose- 
scarlet shaded white, cherry red and white or scarlet with 
white center. They attain a height of about 2 feet and 
are of great decorative value for cutting. Pkt., 25c. 
The Flanders Poppy 
The Wild Red Poppy so familiar to those who served 
in the recent European conflict, and to those who hold 
other memories of that continent. All through West- 
ern Europe this poppy grows wild in the fields and 
along the roadsides. Scattered through ripening wheat 
its flaming red blossoms show in striking and beau- 
tiful contrast to the clear, golden yellow of the matur- 
ing grain, making a picture of country-side loveliness 
that is never to be forgotten. It is from this wild 
poppy that the Rev. W. Wilks of Shirley Vicarage, 
England, produced the well-known Shirley poppy and 
from which many other garden varieties have origi- 
nated. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c. 
