Arctostaphylos, Manzanita. Evergreen shrubs with crooked branches, dark 
red, smooth and glossy. They have urn-shaped flowers and variously col¬ 
ored berries. An important part of the chaparral growth which clothes 
the slopes of the California hillsides. 
Arctostaphylos andersonu—6 ft. Crowded over-lapping leaves with marked 
basal lobes. Thick terminal clusters of white flowers. Large russet ber¬ 
ries. Coastal mountains of central California. 
A. BICOLOR —5 ft. Beautiful shining dark green foliage. Rose-red flowers. 
Dark red berries. Localized near coast of southern California. 
A. canescens —4 ft. Gray downy leaf. Pinkish-white bloom. Rust-red berries. 
Mountains near California coast. 
A. glandulosa, var. crassifolla —4 ft. Stiff thick oval leaves. Red-brown 
berries. Coast of San Diego County. 
A. hookeri —Procumbent dwarf forming large mats. Small shining leaves. 
Pinkish-white flowers. Red-brown berries. Endemic to central California 
coast. 
A. insu laris —5 ft. Bright green oval leaves. Large panicles of white flowers. 
Yellow-brown berry. Santa Barbara Islands. 50 cents per packet. 
A. manzanita —15 ft. Heavily branched, sometimes with thick twisted trunk. 
Leaves pale green, conspicuously vertical. Pink-white flowers. Berry 
white, ripening to red-brown. Foothills of northern California. 
A.mariposa —4 ft. White-gray leaf. Red berry. Foothills of central Sierra 
Nevada mountains. 
A. nevade.nsis, Pine-mat Manzanita—Trailing, the erect branches 9 in. Nar¬ 
row shining green leaves. Clustered dark red berries. Montane in open 
pine woods to 9000 ft. Hardy. 
A.patula, Green Manzanita—4 ft. Smooth bright green rounded leaves. 
Deep pink flowers. Dark red berry. High montane to 9000 ft. Hardy. 
A.PUMILA —Procumbent dwarf forming large mats. Small downy green leaves. 
Pinkish-white flowers. White, red-cheeked berries. Endemic to Mon¬ 
terey Peninsula. 
A. stanfordiana— 4 ft. Slender bright red stems. Bright green leaves. 
Pink to lilac flowers. Apple-red berries. Mountain summits of lower 
North Coast Ranges. Hardy. 
A. tomentosa —4 ft. Gray-green leaf. White flower. Red-brown berry. 
Coastal hills. 
A. uva-ursi, Bear-berry, Kinnikinnick—Trailing. Small leathery leaf. Pink- 
white flower. Scarlet berries. Widely distributed. Hardy. 
A. viscida, White-leaf Manzanita— 5 ft. Leaves whitish-gray and thickly cov¬ 
ered with a white bloom, in striking contrast to the dark red branches. 
Pink flowers. Deep red berries. Central and northern inland foothills. 
Arenaria congesta —4 in. Many slender flower-stems from mats of pointed 
basal leaves. White flowers in close heads. High montane to 10,000 
ft. Hardy. 
Argemone platyceras, var. hispida, Prickly Poppy—Annual, 3 ft. Large 
white flowers. Desert places of southern California. Recommended for 
naturalizing. 75 cents per ounce. 
Armeria vulgaris, Thrift—8 in. Dense heads of pink flowers. Coastal. 
Hardy. 
Asarum caudatum, Wild Ginger— 7 in. Broad green leaves sheltering curious 
red-brown flowers. Deep redwood forests. 
Asclepiadora decumbens —Decumbent. Branches radiating from center. 
Round terminal umbels of large fragrant pale green and dark purple 
flowers. Mesas of the Southwest. Limited quantity. 50 cents per packet. 
Packets Twenty-five Cents Each Unless Otherwise Indicated 
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