Salvia leucophylla, Purple Sage—3 ft. Broad shrubby plant, the stems, leaves 
and flower-calyces silver-gray. Dark lavender flowers in close whorls. 
Coastal mts. of southern California to 1500 ft. 
S. spathacea, Humming-bird Sage—2 ft. Dark green foliage. Whorls of long 
crimson flowers. Central and southern Coast Ranges. 
UNUSUAL AND BEAUTIFUL ANNUALS 
Chaenactis glabriuscula, Pin-cushions—10 in. Many heads of thickly tufted 
bright yellow flowers. Foothills of southern California and Sierra Nevada 
mts. 10 cents per packet. 
Lessingia leptoclada- —18 in. Many branching stems thickly covered with 
dainty aster-like flowers of lavender-pink. Warm open slopes in Sierra 
Nevada mt. foothills to 5000 ft. 
DESIRABLE SHRUBS 
Berberis fremontii, Desert Barberry—Leathery hollydike leaves. Loose sprays 
of yellow flowers. Desert mt. ridges of southern California. 
Ceanothus crassifolius —5 ft. Graceful arching branches. Beautiful thick holly' 
like leaves, white felt underneath. Bunches of fragrant white, black-eyed 
flowers. One of the best ceanothi for garden culture. Southern California 
mt. sides to 3000 ft. 
C. spinosus, Red-heart—8 ft. Pale green bark and leaves. Panicles of light 
blue flowers. Mts. of southern California coast. 
Comarostaphylis diversifolia —Evergreen shrub or tree, 15 ft. Beautiful glossy 
finely toothed leaves. White urn-shaped flowers and translucent scarlet 
berries in drooping panicles. Localised on Santa Barbara Islands and 
adjacent coast. 
Lyonothamnus floribundus, Catalina Ironwood—Slender evergreen tree, 30 ft. 
Narrow dark green pinnately cut leaves. White flowers in broad clusters. 
Endemic to Santa Barbara Islands. 
NATIVE BULBS (seed) 
Calochortus venustus var. purpurascens —12 in. Flowers range from rose red 
to rich red-purple, strikingly and beautifully blotched. Sandy soil in 
central and southern California. Hardy. 
NATIVE IRIS 
Iris tenax, Oregon foothill form— 10 in. Many flowering stems. Flowers in 
shades of mauve, orchid, pink to mulberry. Foothills of Cascade Mts. in 
Oregon. Hardy. 
NATIVE SUCCULENTS 
Agave parryi —Broad thick bluish-green leaves. Flowering stem 12 ft. Widely 
spreading panicle of large yellow flowers. Southern Arizona and New 
Mexico. 
