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EVERGREEN SHRUBS 
CASSIA NAROBIENSIS 
C. Artemesioides in foreground 
Carissa 
CARISSA GRANDIFLORA. Natal Plum. One of 
the most beautiful of our evergreen shrubs. The 
foliage is dark glossy green, and very dense. 
Flowers are waxy, pure white, with a jasmine-like 
fragrance and when in bloom, the bush has the 
appearance of being covered with stars. The fruit 
is an additional attraction—bright red, like a 
very large cranberry, and is edible. The shrub 
stands shearing well, and is admirably adapted to 
seacoast planting, even standing salt-spray. Also 
succeeds in the interior if given frost protection. 
4-inch pots 35c; 1-gal. containers 50e; 5-gal. 
$1.50. 
Cassia 
CASSIA ARTEMESIOIDES. Valuable for its 
finely cut silvery foliage, and deep yellow fra¬ 
grant flowers. Excellent for dry sunny locations. 
Plants grow four to six feet high, and quite 
bushy. 1-gal. containers, 35c; 5-gal containers, 
$1.25. 
CASSIA NAROBIENSIS. Attractive bushy shrub, 
growing ten to fifteen feet high. Grows very 
rapidly, and blooms freely; long spikes of deep 
golden yellow flowers as large as a cluster of 
wistaria blooms. Leaves pinnate, bright green. 
Shrub well adapted to dry locations. 1-gal. con¬ 
tainers, 50c; 5-gal. $1.50. 
CASSIA SPLENDIDA. See “Exotic Circle" for 
this delightful novelty. 
Ceanothus 
CALIFORNIA WILD LILAC 
Beautiful shrubs with attractive foliage, 
and lovely dainty flowers. Very satisfactory 
for hillside plantings where a native effect 
is desired. All varieties must have well 
drained soil. 
CEANOTHUS ARBOREUS. Makes a large shrub 
or small tree of very rapid growth. Leaves larger 
than most other varieties, dark glossy green. 
Flowers in large trusses, light blue. 1-gal. con¬ 
tainers, 50c. 
CEANOTHUS CYANEUS. The very dark blue 
variety, native to the mountains in San Diego 
County. Small glossy foliage. Very beautiful. 1- 
gal. containers, 50c; 5-gal. $1.50. 
CEANOTHUS GLORIE DE VERSAILLE. French 
hybrid. A beautiful shrub of smaller growth than 
the native species. Leaves large and glossy, 
feathery deep blue flowers all year. 5-gal. con¬ 
tainers, $1.50. 
CEANOTHUS MARIE SIMON. Another French 
hybrid similar to above with pink blossoms. 1-gal. 
containers, 50c; 12-inch boxes $2.50. 
CERATOSTIGMA 
Evergreen Dwarf Plumbago 
CERATOSTIGMA WILMOTTIANA. China. A 
wonderful deep blue plant, almost identical with 
C. Plumbaginoides (q.v. under perennials), but 
forms a bush about 3 feet high, covered with 
bloom throughout the year, and does not die 
down in winter. 1-gal. containers, 50c; 5-gal. 
$1.75. 
Cercocarpus 
MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY 
CERCOCARPUS BETULAEFOLI US. A handsome 
graceful shrub with small wrinkled leaves of dark 
shining green; branches reddish; flowers white, 
fragrant. Does well in sun or shade. Gallon con¬ 
tainers, 75e. 
Oestrum 
CESTRUM AURANTIACUM. Attractive native 
of Central America, quite hardy here. Will grow 
with more moisture in the soil than a good many 
of our usual shrubs. The flowers are borne in 
panicles, deep orange in color. 8 ft. 
CESTRUM FASCICULATUM. Tail, arching shrub 
of upright growth bearing almost continuously 
large clusters of deep crimson tubular flowers 
at the ends of the drooping branches. The flowers 
are followed by showy berries of the same color, 
which are very attractive to Mockingbirds. 8 ft. 
CESTRUM PARQUI. Night-blooming Jessamine. 
Medium sized shrub from Chile, with yellowish 
green leaves and stems, bearing clusters of small 
cream-colored flowers, which are extremely fra¬ 
grant at night. 
Price of all of the above Cestrums, 1-gal. 
containers 35c; 5-gal. containers, $1.25. 
Chironia 
CHIRONIA EXIFERA. Dwarf plant, 12- 
20 inches high, somewhat resembling a 
bushy Dianthus in appearance with its sil¬ 
very blue cast. Very prolific bloomer, small 
pink phlox-1 ike flowers throughout most of 
the year. May be used in perennial border 
or at the base of other shrubbery or in the 
rockery. Wants sun, plenty of water with 
good drainage. A useful new introduction 
also valuable as a free blooming pot plant. 
4 inch pots 35c. 
Choisya 
CHOISYA TERNATA. Mexican Orange. Fine 
rounded shrub for sun, or part shade, 4-5 ft. 
with glossy deep green foliage. Fragrant white 
flowers like orange-blossoms. 1-gal. containers, 
35c; balled or boxes, bushy, 2 ft. $2.00. 
Cistus 
ROCKROSE 
Useful flowering shrubs, small or me¬ 
dium sized, of compact bushy habit. Very 
hardy, thriving with little moisture. May 
be used on banks, terraces, or hillsides, and 
in large rockeries. The single rose-like 
blossoms are most attractive. 
The two newer varieties listed are much 
more handsome than any of the more com¬ 
mon ones. 
CISTUS LADANIFERUS MACULATUS. Brown- 
Eyed Rockrose. Long narrow leaves, deep green, 
glistening like varnish that is not yet dry. Flowers 
large, often four inches across of crepe-like tex¬ 
ture, pure white with a conspicuous brown spot 
at the base of each petal. 1-gal. cans, 50c. 
CISTUS PURPUREUS. Improved Rockrose. 
Rounded bush 2'/2-3 ft. high with deep green 
foliage and very large flowers of striking salmon- 
cerise, reflecting purple toward the center. A 
magnificent small shrub for dry, sunny locations. 
1-gal. containers, 60c; 5-gal. $1.50. 
Clianthus 
PARROT’S BILL 
CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS. A semi-trailing shrub 
from New Zealand producing spectacular crimson 
flowers throughout the year; their peculiar shape 
gives it the name. 6-inch pots 75c. 
Cocculus 
COCCULUS LAURIFOLI US. A splendid large 
shrub especially useful for specimens and filling 
spaces in the shrubbery border. The long, heavy 
deep green leaves have a brilliant luster, making 
the whole shrub very effective. 1 -gal. containers, 
50e; balled 2l/ 2 -3 ft. $2.00. 
Coronilia 
CORONILLA GLAUCA. Compact shrub, about 
4 ft. high, with fine grey-green foliage and 
bright golden yellow flowers in round clusters. 
Fragrant. Withstands drought. We also have a 
variegated leaved form. 1-gal. containers, 35c. 
Cotoneaster 
Price of all of the following varieties: 1-gal. con¬ 
tainers, 35c; 5-gal containers, $1.25, except 
where noted. 
COTONEASTER FRANCHETTI. Long, slender 
arching branches, silken, silvery foliage, orange 
berries. 6 ft. 
COTONEASTER HARROVIANA. Erect, spread¬ 
ing, much branched, smaller branches drooping, 
becoming ’aden with large clusters of holly-red 
berries. A very fine species, with handsome 
large leaves. 1-gal. 50c. 
COTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS. Very flat and 
spreading, fine for corners of lawn, steps or 
rocks. Small bright green leaves, turning bright 
colored in fall. Brilliant red berries in profusion 
in fall. 
COTONEASTER MICROPHYLLA. A semi-pros¬ 
trate form 2 to 4 feet high, and wide. Tiny 
round evergreen foliage, deep rose colored ber¬ 
ries in fall and winter. Good for massing with 
other shrubs, for large rockery planting also on 
terraces at either side of steps. 
COTONEASTER GLAUCOPHYLLUM. A variety 
of the preceding with silvery-blue foliage. 
COTONEASTER PANNOSA. The most widely 
planted of all the berried shrubs. Grows about 8 
ft. high, with arching branches and soft green 
foliage, silvery underneath. The white flowers 
are followed by red berries, making a beautiful 
appearance. 
COTONEASTER PARNAYI. We consider this 
the handsomest of all of the taller growing Cot- 
oneasters. The berries are largest of all, shining 
deep red, in immense clusters, beautifully dis¬ 
played among the large glossy green leaves. The 
shrub is beautiful all the year—the great clusters 
of creamy white flowers are very attractive in 
spring and the berries make a beautiful display 
in fall and winter. 1-gal. 50c; 5-gal. $1.25. 
COTONEASTER SALICIFOLIA. Willow-leaved 
Cotoneaster. The spreading habit of this variety, 
with its beautiful foliage make it especially 
adapted to training flat against a wall, or to 
drooping over a wall or terrace. Small red berries 
in showy clusters. 1-gal. 50c; 5-gal. $1.25. 
TWO BEAUTIFUL NEW COTONEASTERS 
COTONEASTER APICULATA. Cranber¬ 
ry cotoneaster. One of the prostrate kinds 
that hug the ground. The berries are sim¬ 
ply gorgeous, largest of all the genus, bril¬ 
liant glossy red and produced profusely. 
Very rare, but likely to become the favor¬ 
ite low spreading variety. 4-inch pots 50c; 
5-gal. containers 15-18 in. $2.00. 
COTONEASTER PRAECOX. Another 
low-growing form with foliage almost iden¬ 
tical to the preceding, round, small and 
shiny, but the margins of this variety are 
wavy. The berries of this choice variety are 
very early ripening, coloring by the first of 
June, but lasting well into winter. They are 
also large and glossy red. 4-inch pots 50c; 
5-gal. containers 15-18 in. $2.00. 
DWARF COTONEASTER 
COTONEASTER COOLIDGEI. A beautiful little 
shrub, like a miniature Cotoneaster pannosa, 
with soft silky grey foliage, prettily branched 
close to the ground making a little rounded 
bush. A wonderful thing for foreground plant¬ 
ings, and a gem in the rockery. 4-ineh pots 35c. 
Paye Thirty-four 
