TREASURES 
FOR THE PROGRESSIVE GARDNER 
Mimulus (Diplacus) Hybrids— 
M. aurantiacus (yellow) x M. puniceus (black-red). Herbaceous perennial, 
2 ft. tall, with shining pointed leaves. Large flowers in a color range 
which includes white, buff, salmon, chamois pink, old rose, raspberry 
and scarlet throated orange. Very satisfactory in temperate climates and 
an excellent greenhouse plant in colder regions. 
Viola howellii —Everblooming. Makes a mat 18 in. wide of small dark leaves. 
The very large flowers are of light violet deeply flushed with rich purple. 
Excellent for naturalizing in wind'blown grassy meadows in temperate 
climates. 
Jamesia americana var. californica —Rare hardy shrub, 2 ft. tall. Clusters of 
spreading rich pink rosedike flowers. Deep canyons and granite cliffs of 
a limited area in the Sierra Nevada mts. from 8500 to 12,000 ft. 
