18 EVANS GARDENS - SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 
VITEX Negundo 
(China). Deciduous shrub growing to a good 
size, handsome foliage, grayish underneath, large 
spikes of blue flowers in summer. A very strik¬ 
ing and showy plant when in full bloom. Has a 
symmetrical and handsome habit, worth a place 
in any garden. Quite uncommon. Strongly rec¬ 
ommended. Gallon containers, $.75. 
WESTRINGIA Rosmarinifolia. (Victorian 
Rosemary) 
(Australia). Evergreen, medium-sized shrub, olive- 
green foliage resembling the Rosemary, branches 
and under-side of leaves silvery white, clusters 
of white flowers. Makes a good hedge. Uncom¬ 
mon. $.75. 
Sub-Shrubs, Herbaceous, 
Tuberous and Bulbous Rooted 
Plants 
ARISTEA Ecklonis 
(South Africa). Iridaceous, with evergreen fol¬ 
iage, deep blue flowers in clusters on spikes 
about 18 inches high for several months in the 
year. Naturalizes itself well. Recommended. 
$.50. 
BOUVARDIA Triphylla 
(Mexico). Dwarf slender shrub, twiggy branches, 
masses of bright scarlet tubular-shaped flowers 
nearly all summer. Either sun or half-shade. A 
very showy and beautiful thing. Good pot plant. 
$.75. 
BOUVARDIA Hybrids 
Varieties in different colors. $.75. 
CAPPARIS Spinosa. (Caper Plant) 
(Southern Europe). Trailing shrub, very beauti¬ 
ful flowers, white with mauve stamens. Fine 
thing for rockeries, walls or banks. Quite un¬ 
common. $1.50. 
CERATOSTIGMA Wilmottiana. (Syn. 
Plumbago Wilmottiana) 
(Chinese Plumbago) 
(China). Dwarf shrub, masses of deep blue flow¬ 
ers in umbels most of the year. Will grow any¬ 
where and does equally well in sun or shade, and 
is gay and happy in any situation. Fine for nat¬ 
uralizing. Will resist drought. Gallon contain¬ 
ers, $.50; per dozen, $5.00. 
CHIRONIA Ixifera. (Star Pinks) 
(South Africa). One of our introductions. Dwarf 
compact sub-shrub, silvery blue foliage, profusion 
of small single pink flowers, like a Gentian. Good 
for rockery or massing in borders. Also excellent 
pot plant. 4 inch pots, $.35; per dozen, $3.50. 
CHIRONIA Baccifera 
(A new sub-shrub from South Africa). The flow¬ 
er is said to be considerably larger than C. ixi¬ 
fera and purplish red; so far has not bloomed 
with us. 4 inch pots, $.50; per dozen, $5.00. 
CHORIZEMA Grandiflora 
(Australia). Trailing shrub, considerably darker 
bloom than the other Chorizemas, tomentose fol¬ 
iage. Very beautiful. $.50. 
CUPHEA Melvillei 
(Brazil). A bushy shrub about two feet high, 
and three feet across, with masses of bright 
crimson flowers with mauve and lavender center. 
In bloom nearly all the time and in our opinion 
the showiest of the entire family. Makes an ex¬ 
cellent pot plant and is particularly recommended 
for borders. Sun or shade. 4 inch pots, $.50. 
DIERAMA Pulcherrima. (Syn. Sparaxis 
pulcherrima) 
(South Africa). Evergreen bulbous plant making 
large clumps of long sword-like leaves to about 
three feet, drooping pink bell-shaped flowers 
hanging by a thin thread to long wiry stems 
from three and one-half to six feet tall. No 
more beautiful bulbous plant in existence. The 
sight of a group of these flowers swaying in the 
breeze is very charming. Highly recommended. 
$.75. 
EPIDENDRUM O'Brienii. (Hardy 
Orchid) 
(Guatemala). Terrestrial orchid, large heads 
of cinnabar red flowers on very long stems 
four to seven feet tall, does particularly well 
in either sun or half-shade, will literally flower 
every day in the year. There is no more 
beautiful or free flowering plant of its kind 
than this and it should be far more planted 
than it is. It is perfectly happy in any loca¬ 
tion free from killing frosts. Large clumps of 
this in our grounds have actually been in 
bloom without missing a single day for eight 
years. Highly recommended. $1.00 and up. 
EPIDENDRUM Radicans 
(Guatemala). Similar to the preceding with the 
exception that the flowers are orange scarlet 
and the plant is not so strong a grower, nor so 
free a bloomer. $1.00 and up. 
ERYTHRINA Herbacea 
(Texas and Mexico). A herbaceous coral plant 
dying down to the ground every winter, spikes of 
bright scarlet in summertime. Uncommon. $.50. 
GAZAN IA Coccinea 
(South Africa). Fine shades of reddish bronze, 
much longer stems than the old type. Very vi¬ 
vid. Should be freely planted. $.25; per dozen, 
$2.50. 
HIBISCUS Manihot 
(China). Better grown as an herbaceous plant. 
Large primrose yellow flowers with maroon cen¬ 
ter, often six inches and seven inches across. 
Very free blooming. $.50. 
