SUNSET SEEd j^^l) AND PLANT CO 
Polnsettia pulcherrima (pretty). Bears great clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers, remains in bl(jom 
a long time; excellent for cut flower purposes. Native of Mexico. Price, 4-inch pots, 25c each; 
5 inch pots, 50c each; 6 inch pots, 75c each. 
Rubber Tree. See Ficus. 
Sanchezia nobilis (noble). Leaves broad, lance-shaped, beautifully veined and marked with golden- 
yellow. A noble ornament for parlor or greenhouse. Native of Eucador. Price, 4-inch pots, 35c 
each; 5-inch pots, 50c each; 6-inch pots, 75c each. 
Sanseviera zeylanica (Cingalese). Bowstring Hemp. Leaves long, agave-shaped, marbled white. 
As a fiber plant this has been known and prized in India, from remote ages, under the name of 
Miirva. It is extensively cultivated in Ceylon, India, and the West Indies, where it grows to a 
height of five or six feet. Price, 3 inch pots, 25c each; 4 inch pots, 50c each. 
Strelitzia Reginse (Queen's). Bird of Paradise Flower. This plant produces large, gorgeous col- 
ored flowers, of orange and purple, in great profusion, on the end of a long spike; resembles tlie 
head and beak of the Bird of Paradise; leaves banana-like. Native of S. Africa. Price, 6-inch pots, 
Ji.oo each; 8 inch pots, $2.00 each. 
Tillandsia. Air Plant. A very large genus of ornamental plants of the easiest culture, requiring only 
to be attached to a block of wood. Price, 5 inch pots, 75c each. 
Umbrella Plant. See Cyperus. 
Palms. 
We in California are 
favored more than others 
in being able successfully 
to grow so many varieties 
of palms out-of-doors the 
whole year round. Here 
can be seen in happy fel- 
lowship natives of the 
tropics side by side with 
their cousins of the colder 
regions. Other palms, less 
hardy, seek protection in 
the lee of some tree of the 
north, in this very depend- 
ence showing the sympalliy 
and comfort arboreal Na- 
ture's subjects get from 
one another. 
All those beautiful 
trees combined give a most 
pleasing and varied aspect 
to our home landscapes, a 
'source of wonder and 
pleasure to our eastern 
visitors. 
The planting of Palms 
for sidewalk or avenue, or 
beautifying of our various 
home places, has been ex- 
tensively gone into on this 
coast in the past, and this 
beautifying is, we are 
pleased to say, noticeably 
on the increase, and the 
time is not far away in the 
JAPAN FAN PALM {Cliamm-nps excclsa). 
particular, shall have de- 
servedly earned the title of 
"The Palm State " 
There are a number of 
varieties of palms which we 
offer that are not hardy, but 
are eminently suited for 
hall, parlor, or dinner-table 
decoration. They are the 
best class of plants for such 
purposes. Happily, those 
sorts that thrive with ordi- 
nary treatment are among 
the handsomest and most 
desiraljle. Palms are 
gradually taking the place 
of flowering plants for 
house decoration. 
A regular but not ex- 
cessive supply of water, 
and a fair light, are all that 
Palms demand during the 
cool season. In summer a 
more liberal watering is re- 
quired; a daily syringing 
of the leaves is ^ood for 
the plants. But in winter 
once a week is sufficiently 
often to water. Our assort- 
ment of Palms has no equal 
this side of the Rocky 
Mountains in variety, qual- 
ity, and beauty. Below 
will be found a descriptive 
list of such varieties as we 
grow. There are two sec- 
tions, viz., the fan leaved 
and the pinnate or feathery 
leaved varieties. 
All belong 
future when California, in 
ARECA. The several specimens are very ornamental, and all well suited for house culture 
to the pinnate ( feather-shaped) leaved class. r -nt r 11 t 1 ^ 
Areca Baueri. Leaves long and arched, dark green; rib of stem black. Native of Norfolk Island. 
Price i-inch pots 75c each; 6 inch pots, |i.oo each; 18-inch boxes, 10 feet, $50 each. 
A lutescens (yellowish). Leaves long, arched, and very feathery, sending up numerous delicate 
' shoots- color yellowish green. A choice and noble palm for table decoration. Native of Mauritius. 
Price, '4 inch j^ots, i\ feet, 75c each; $6.00 per 10; 5-inch pots, 2 feet, $2.00 each. 6-inch pots, 2^ 
A imfnosta^haV' Walking-stick Palm. So called because of its Stem rarely exceeding the thickness- 
■ of one's thumb. Leaves drooping, dark green. Native of Tropical Australia. Price, 5- inch pots, 
I [.50 each. 
