50 
SUNSET SEED 
PLANT 
Evergreen Trees and Shrubs. 
Abelia rupestris (rock). Dense evergreen shrub, growing to perfection on poor sandy soil; flower 
buds and outside of blossoms show a pale rose color, while the inside of the tube-like flowers is 
white, e.Khaling a delicious fragrance. Native of China. Price, 5-inch pots, 2 to 3 feet, 40c each. 
ABIES (Spruce). This class of coniferous or cone-bearing trees, as well as Picea, to which they are 
closely allied, is very much overlooked. They are elegant, symmetrical, upright-growing trees. 
As single specimens they are amor\g the most admired, and for forest plantings they are unequaled; 
they are of fairly rapid growth, and the timber is highly valuable. 
Abies concolor (one-colored). Leaves sea-green, more uniform in color than most spruce; branchlets 
not so thickly covered with leaves as in some species, having but a single row, curled up on either 
side. Slow growth; eventually large; a noble tree, rare and very choice. Native of California. 
Price, I to i>i feet, 75c each. 
A. (irma (solid). Japanese Silver Fir. Leaves rigid, leather^', spirally arranged around the branch- 
lets. An erect tree of great beauty. Native of Japan. Price, i to feet, 75c each. 
A. Nordmannia. Nordmann's Silver Fir. Leaves dark green above, silvery underneath; slow 
growth, but as it attains age grows more rapidly; branches horizontal; of majestic appearance; 
unsurpassed for grandeur. '^Native of Crimea, etc. Price, boxed, 2 feet, $2.50. 
A. Pinsapo (Pinsapo). The Span- 
ish Silver Fir. Leaves dark rich 
green, very numerous and dense; 
branches horizontal; araucaria- 
like in appearance. A very mag- 
nificent species; very regular and 
symmetrical in habit. Native of 
Southern Spain. Price, 4-inch 
pots, I to feet, 75c each; J6.00 
per 10; boxed, 2 to 3 feet, $3.00 
each. 
ACACIA. The beauty of these lovely 
Australasian trees cannot be too 
highly extolled. To a great many 
of us they are a familiar sight, 
yet how many do not know this 
class of trees; otherwise they would 
not be without at least one or two 
specimens in their collection. 
Their glorious masses of (mostly) 
yellow flowers, present in early 
spring a beautiful and incompara- 
ble flood of color. As avenue 
trees they are unsurpassed; pic- 
ture an avenue, say, half a mile 
long, all in full bloom. Acacias 
are of rapid and symmetrical 
growth, and neariy all are hardy 
in California, except in the higher 
and colder districts. Below we 
give some of the best varieties 
with their habitat. 
Acacia albicans (whitish). Flowers 
white; oblong-linear leaflets. A 
most distinct and good variety. 
Swan River. Price, 3-inch pots, 
12 to 18 inches, 25c each; I2.00 
per 10. 
A. arabica (Arabian). Flowers 
white; feathery foliage. From 
this variety is obtained the Gum 
Arabic of commerce. Price, 25c 
each. 
A. .irmata (armed). Flowers yellow, appearing in single round heads; leaves oval; branches armed 
with thorns. New Holland. Price, 3-mch pots, to 2 feet, 25c each; $2.00 per 10. 
A. cultriformis (knife-shaped). Flowers yellow; very free bloomer; leaves peculiariy shaped, growing 
close to stem, and endmg in a sharp hooked point; color sea-green; a most distinct and good sort; 
New South Wales. Price, 3-inch pots, 9 to 12 inches, 25c each. 
A. dealbata (whitened). Silver Wattle. Flowers lemon-yellow; very free bloomer; foliage_ feathery, 
deep green on top, whitish underneath. This is one of the best varieties; very rich in tannin. 
Tasmania. Price, 3-inch pots, i\.oj% feet, 15c each; 5-inch pots, 2 to 3 feet, 40c each. 
A. decurrens (decurrent). Black Wattle. Flowers yellow; foliage feathery; of rapid but medium- 
sized g'-owth; very rich in tannin; wood is valuable for turners' and coopers' work. New South 
Wales. Price, 5-inch pots, i^^ to 2 feet, 35c each. 
ARAUCARIA I.MBRICATA. 
