The Startling New Golden 
Bronze Bougainvillea 
BOUGAINVILLEA MRS. PRAETORIUS. A color so 
new, so distinct, so spectacular that it is impossible to de¬ 
scribe it! Rich golden bronze, with overtones of pink, 
orange, and even yellow, glistening and shimmering in 
the sun like burnished metal. A chameleon Bougainvillea. 
This vine with its glorious color and freedom of bloom 
will sweep into popularity as has its parent plant, the 
Crimson Lake. To see it is to want it in one’s own gar¬ 
den, rambling over the corner of the house or pergola. 
Wherever it is placed it will always be a prominent dis¬ 
play of color. 
It will be scarce for some time as it is difficult to obtain enough 
stock from which to propagate, but once rooted it is as vigorous as 
the Crimson Lake—from our observation we believe it will be the 
strongest growing of all Bougainvilleas. Other Bougainvilleas have 
been called bronze, such as B. Thomasii, but our B. Mrs. Praetorius 
is an entirely different gorgeous new color, a hue that everyone will 
admire. Strong, well rooted, well developed plants in 4-inch pots 
$2.50; 6-inch pots $3.50; large boxed specimens $5.00 to $15.00. 
For Bougainvillea rosea, the pink Bougainvillea and other unusual va¬ 
rieties, see regular Vine Section. 
BOUGAINVILLEA MRS. PRAETORIUS 
Colorful Shrubs and Trees from the Exotic Circle 
This genus of shrubby trees is one of the 
showiest and most interesting groups of 
flowering plants for Southern California. 
They will be more freely planted now that 
plants are available. We offer the most 
complete list heretofore presented; by 
Erythrina Coral Tree 
planting the four varieties their gorgeous 
flowers will be in bloom throughout the 
year. All are semi-deciduous in winter, 
soon leafing out in spring. Interesting and 
beautiful conservatory plants, and at least 
one of them is valuable in the East for 
bedding out in spring, removing the roots 
to a dry cellar as soon as the top becomes 
frozen back. They keep perfectly during 
the winter, covered with a mound of earth. 
ERYTHRINA SPECIOSA. South Africa. Anoth¬ 
er shrubby species, making a large bush. The 
flowers are rich, glowing crimson, with very long 
petals, produced on a long conical spike in spring 
and early summer. An exceedingly scarce and 
distinct variety. $1.00. 
ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI. Brazil. A very 
hardy bushy form developing a small trunk if not 
frozen back but forming a shrub if this top is 
frozen to the ground. The flowers are large 
crimson-red and are borne in great quantities 
from spring until frost. For bedding out in colder 
climates it is a valuable plant. 50c; larger speci¬ 
mens $1.50. 
ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI 
ERYTHRINA CAFFRA. South 
Africa. One of the largest of the 
genus eventually making a spread¬ 
ing tree, 40 feet in height. There 
are a few such specimens in South¬ 
ern California which attract visitors 
from miles away with their spectac¬ 
ular display of tJlooms, which ap¬ 
pear just after most of the leaves 
drop in winter and before the new 
ones appear. At that time the trees 
are simply aflame with their vivid 
scarlet flowers. Flowers are borne 
at other seasons, but not in such 
great profusion. They may be kept 
as large shrubs by pruning, and the 
cut branches of flowers make dec¬ 
orations which will elicit exclama¬ 
tions of astonishment from the 
most blase. Scarcity of seed has 
kept this gorgeous tree from wider 
dissemination, and we are fortunate 
in having a stock of them to offer 
this season. 4-inch pots 75c; lar¬ 
ger $1.00 to $3.50. 
ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA. 
Peru. Another tree form of this 
showy group growing to a height 
of 20-30 feet in protected locations 
but making a large bush if frozen 
back. Produces large upright spikes 
of beautiful deep cinnabar-red flow¬ 
ers during the summer months. 
$1.50. 
CORAL COLLECTION 
One each of the rare, 
Showy Erythrinas 
4 strong plants for $3.50 
The Bougainvilleas make striking 
plants in a conservatory, bringing 
lavish color of the tropics to cli¬ 
mates where winters are too cool 
for them to grow outdoors. Our 
pot-plants of Bougainvilleas, Eryth¬ 
rinas and many other tropical plants 
may be safely shipped to any dis¬ 
tance. 
A single cluster of bloom with which 
trees are completely covered. 
ERYTHRINA CAFFRA 
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