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Sequoia gigantea. See California Big Tree. 
Sequoia sempervirens. See Redwood. 
Spruce. See Abies. 
Streptosolen Jamesonii. ■ Is a most striking and brilliant shrub; trailing over buildings to several 
feet high. Similar in habit to the heliotrope and makes a harmonious companion to the latter, being 
covered all the year round with bright orange-red flowers. Native of Ecuador. Price, 4-inch pots, 
35c each; 5-inch pots, 50c each. 
Swainsona Qreyana. Darling River Pea. Flowers rose color, produced in sprays of from 12 to 
20 flowers each, the individual blooms resembling the flower of a sweet pea; leaves small, 
acacia-like; a most desirable (?w/--blooming plant. Native of New South Wales. Price, 
3- inch pots, 25c each; $2.00 per 10. 
S. galegifolia alba. This variety has delicate white flowers; used in the East for forcing. Price, 
4- inch pols, 25c each; $2.00 per 10. 
Thuyopsis dolobrata (hatchet-leaved). Leaves shining green above, silvery-white beneath; of a 
pendulous and dwarfish habit; branchlets coral-like in appearance. A most peculiar looking tree 
from Japan. Price, 6-inch pots, 1 to i J feet, 750 each. 
Ternstroemia elliptica (elliptic-leaved). Flowers white, appearing at base of leaves, which are 
leathery; dark green. Native of the West Indies. Price, 7-inch pots, 2 to 2} feet, fi.50 each. 
T. elliptica variegata. Similar to preceding, but leaves beautifully margined with silvery-white. 
Price, 7-inch pots, 2 to 2^ feet, $2.00 each. 
OUR OFFICE BUILDING AT SUNSET NURSERIES, MENLO PARK. 
Toxicophloea spectabilis (showy). Winter Sweet. Has large, dense sprays of white, cone-shaped 
llowers, which are exceptionally fragrant at this time of the year (December). It is easily grown, 
an excellent winter flowering plant, and should be in every collection where odorous white flowers 
are wanted. Native of South Africa. Price, 7-incli pots, 2-V to 3 feet, $1.50 each. 
Veronica Andersonii. Flowers bluish-violet; spike shape; produced very profusely for a long 
period; leaves lance shaped, rich, glossy green. This shrub is unequaled fur planting in bleak and 
exposed situations. Price, balled, 2 to 3 feet, 40c each; $3.00 per 10. 
V. Andersonii variegata. Resembles the preceding, excepting that tlie leaves are beautifully varie- 
gated. Price, balled, 2 to 3 feet, 40c each; $3.00 per 10. 
YEW ( Taxus). The Yews are of geological anticiuity; they formed part of the forests of Britain at a 
])eriod long anterior to historic timSs. They are found among the buried trees on tlie Norfolk coast in 
England. It also appears in anotlier forest now beneath the Bristol Cliannel. For cemetery planting ' 
they are peculiarly adapted. The common or English variety makes an impervious hedge. 
Yew English ( T. haccatci) (berried). Of slow growth; very bushy head; densely branched and thickly 
covered with somber green foliage. Price, boxed, 4 to 5 feet, $3.00 each. 
Y. Erect Englisli ( 7". A«fff/<j wffe). Small foliage; of a seal-brown color. Erect form; forms a mass- 
ive evergreen pyramid. One of the most elfective of the few upright-growing shrubs. Price, 
balled, 3 to 4 feet, I1.50 each. 
Y. Irish ( T. bacca/a fastigiata) (tapering). Deep blackish-green foliage; very erect growth; very 
beautiful and valuable. Much used in cemetery planting. Price, boxed, 5 feet, #2.50 each. 
Y. Irish, golden ('/'. barra/a fas/tgiata anrea). Resembles the preceding, but foliage is beautifully 
tipped with gold, which gives it a luminous appearance. Price, boxed, 2 to 3 feet, #1.50 each. 
