Abronia latifolia, Yellow Sand Verbena—Trailing. Fragrant. Coastal. 
Abronia maritima —Trailing. Flowers dark red. Southern coast. 
Abronla umbellata, Pink Sand Verbena—Trailing. Coastal. 
Actaea spicata, var. arguta, Baneberry—18 in. Attractive compound leaves. 
White flowers. Raceme of large scarlet berries. Montane to 8000 ft. 
Hardy. 
Adenostoma fasciculatum, Greasewood, Chamise—Evergreen spreading 
shrub, 4 ft. Short crowded linear leaves. White spiraea-like bloom. 
Chaparral slopes to 5000 ft. 
Adenostoma sparsifolium, Ribbonwood, Yerba del Pasmo—Decorative ever¬ 
green shrub, 9 ft. Red, shredding bark. Heather-like tufted foliage. 
Mountain slopes of southern California to 6000 ft. 
Agave deserti —Flowering stem, 10 ft. Fleshy whitish-green basal leaves, 
15 in. long, clustered to form broad colonies. Large dense panicle of suc¬ 
culent yellow flowers. Eastern San Diego County. 50 cents per packet. 
Allium acuminatum —Bulb, 8 in. Umbel of many deep rose flowers. Dry 
interior northern hills. Hardy. 
Allium campanulatum, var. bidwelllae —Bulb, 6 in. Round, many-flowered 
umbel of deep strawberry-pink flowers with purple markings. Collected as 
this species in central Sierra Nevada mountains at 8500 ft. Hardy. 50 cents 
per packet. 
Allium dichlamydeum —Bulb, 8 in. Densely crowded umbel of bright rose- 
pink flowers. Endemic to central California coast. 50 cents per packet. 
Allium peninsulars, var. crispum —Bulb, 8 in. Umbel of attractive rose- 
purple flowers, the inner petals with white-crinkled edges. Central inner 
South Coast Ranges. 
Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting—18 in. Gray foliage. Pearl- 
white to rose-pink flowers. From sea-level to 6500 ft. Hardy. 
Anemone globosa (A. multifida), Red Anemone—12 in. Silky foliage. 
Rose-red flowers. From Colorado Rocky Mountains. Hardy. 
Anemone occidentalis (pulsatilla hirsutissima) —12 in. Gray foliage. 
Violet-purple flowers. Conspicuous plumed seed-heads. High montane 
to 10,000 ft. Hardy. 
Anemone tuberosa (A. sphenophylla), Canyon Anemone—8 in. Flowers 
pink in shadow, white with pink tips in sun. Grows best beside rocks. 
Mountain sides from 3000 to 6000 ft. Hardy. 50 cents per packet. 
Antirrhinum glandulosum —2 ft. Bushy plant. Many spikes of pink and 
yellow flowers. Southern mountain slopes to 4000 ft. 
Antirrhinum speciosum —Evergreen shrub, 3 ft. Scarlet flowers. Santa 
Barbara Islands. Limited quantity. 50 cents per packet. 
Aquilegia caerulea, Rocky Mountain Columbine — 15 in. Blue and white* 
flowers. Throughout Rocky Mountains. Hardy. 
Aquilegia truncata, Wild Columbine— 3 ft. Scarlet and yellow flowers. 
Wooded canyons and mountains to 9000 ft. Hardy. 
Aralia californica, Elk Clover—8 ft. Compound leaves 3 ft. long. Open 
12 in. panicles of white flowers followed by crimson berries changing to 
black. Hillsides, in moist places and along stream banks. 
Arbutus menziesii, Madrono—Evergreen tree, 30 ft. Red to vermilion bark. 
Magnolia-like foliage. Clusters of white, waxy, urn-shaped flowers. Large 
red berries. Mountains of northern California to 4000 ft. and north 
to British Columbia. Hardy. 
Packets Twenty-jive Cents Unless Otherwise Indicated 
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