CHINESE MAGNOLIAS 
CLAUDE BERNARD Lilac 
Few plants are as beautiful as these 
in Spring when covered with their pro¬ 
fusion of magnificent cup-shaped flow¬ 
ers before the leaves appear. Difficult 
to propagate and slow growing, they 
will always be scarce. 
LILIFLORA (Soulangeana). Flowers 
are open cup-shaped. Ground color 
white, strongly marked purplish pink. 
LILIFLORA NIGRA (Purple Mag¬ 
nolia). Flowers erect, not opening 
widely. Deep rosy purple shading to 
darkest purple. Has some summer 
flowers after the spring crop. 
STELLATA. Very dwarf and slow growing. Flowers have a num.ber of long narrow 
petals and vary from pure white to soft pink. The acme of daintiness. Distinct from 
all the others and very highly esteemed. Quite rare. 
VIBURNUM CARLESI 
Called by various rather inappropriate names such as Fragrant Snowball, Pink Vibur¬ 
num, etc. It is nearly evergreen here and bears compact clusters of flowers which are 
bright pink in bud, white and pink when open. Its outstanding merit is the intense and 
delicious spicy fragrance, suggestive of some of the most fragrant lilies. 
CLIMBING VINES 
HARDENBERGIA comptoniana. Flowers pea-shaped in clusters suggesting a minia¬ 
ture Wisteria. Color is a beautiful clear, very deep blue. Evergreen. Is only a low 
climber which is all the' better as there are plenty of rampant vines. We have a hardy 
strain which withstood the freeze of December, 1932. 
YELLOWEDGE ALGERIAN IVY (Hedera canariensis variegata). A vigorous Ivy with 
leaves much larger than English and abundantly marked with creamy variegation which 
becomes very ruddy during winter. Makes aerial rootlets, so will stick to anything. 
Perfectly hardy here. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
ARNOLD BANANA (Musa arnoldiana). A new 
and rare variety grown from imported seed. 
Leaves are darker green than common Abyssinian 
Banana with ruddier leafstalks. It is claimed to 
be much hardier and that the leaves will not tear 
in heavy winds. 
CHAPPARAL YUCCA (Hesperoyucca whipplei). 
Who that has seen it in bloom can forget the 
stately beauty of our native California Yucca? 
Although it is thought by many that it cannot 
be grown successfully in artificial surroundings, 
there is no foundation for this opinion. We know 
because it has bloomed beautifully in our nursery, 
throwing up its noble spires of creamy flowers to 
a height of nearly ten feet. The plants we offer 
are 4 or 5 years old, so should bloom about the 
second year from planting. 
DOUBLE VIOLET Wisteria 
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