CONIFERS 
WEEPING DEODORA. (Cedrus deodora 
prostrata.) An irregular prostrate growing 
deodora. Fine for the Japanese garden or as 
potted plants. 
SENTINEL CEDAR. (Cedrus atlantica glauca 
fastigiata.) A type of the cedar atlantica 
which forms a narrow pyramid or column. 
DWARF GOLDEN YEW. (Taxus baccata 
pygmea.) Yews are slow growing, and this 
being a dwarf form it follows that a plant of 
seven years old is not more than 10 to 12 
inches tall. Excellent for the rock garden. 
OMOTO (Rohdea japonica) 
An excellent foliage plant for the house. Resembles the sanseveria but lacks the 
upright stiffness. The flowers are borne among the leaves on short spikes and followed 
later by bright red berries which persist for a long time. Hardy outside in California. 
It is not well known in this country, but has been cultivated and prized for several 
hundred years by the Japanese. It is reported that the Omoto or Mannensei (10,000 
years of life) fanciers have paid as high as 1500 yen for a single small shoot of a rare 
variety. Many of the varieties are quite dwarf, and unsuited for our purposes. 
MIYAKO-NO-JIO. Leaves 18 to 24 inches TAKA-KUMA. Plain green with the leaves 
high. Green margined with narrow white ruffled down the midrib. 
stripe. SO-SEKI. Plain green. Good strong grower. 
OMOTO 
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