RANUNCULUS AND ANEMONES 
Culture. No other bulbs can give so many 
flowers for so little money. May be had any 
time of year except hottest summer months. If 
planted early they bloom here from November 
on. Easy to have them for Christmas. In the 
(East plant in early spring. They will stand 
flight frosts, about as much as peas or geraniums. 
Dig bulbs when mature. They rot if left in the 
Jground. 
Plant one inch deep, 4 inches apart. Extra 
large bulbs farther apart. On side or any posi¬ 
tion. Any soil, but rich loam is best. Partial 
shade is best. Keep ground moist, not soggy. 
Burlap sack over top helps. Remove or elevate 
as they come up. Protect from birds. Water 
freely when growing. Causes of failure. Plant¬ 
ing too deep. Too wet or too dry before sprout¬ 
ing. Birds. We sell only tested, good bulbs 
and very best strains. 
Ranunculus. Mixture of all colors, red, yel¬ 
low, etc., but no blue. Fine large double flowers 
on tall stems with good culture. Favorites for 
cut flowers. We visited every grower in So. 
Calif, and bought the best, not the cheapest 
strain. Prices: 15c per doz., 100 for 75c, 500 
for $3.50, 1,000 for $6.00. 
Large Bulbs. We have soijie 2 year old large 
bulbs. Not sO 'grred lookjffg, being somewhat 
broken, but they growS^fe. Two year old bulbs 
(even up to 5 yearl/Hmhwu^more quickly than 
fresh bulbs. 
are 
hybrids, first 
prize winners. To close out, 25c per doz., $1.00 
per 100. 
Ranunculus Seerl*. > Seed planted in early Fall 
will bloom in about 5 months. Cover, very light 
and place burlap on top to prevent washing out 
seed. Raise it above surface as seed begins to 
come. Liberal packet, rounded teaspoonful, 
must be thousands, 25c. These are best Teca- 
lote hybrids. 
Anemones. All colors except yellow but espe¬ 
cially rich in blues. Flowers are single or semi¬ 
double. Doubles not desirable. Very popular 
cut flowers. Best De Caen strain. 15c per doz, 
75c per 100, 500 for $3.50, 1,000 for $6.00. 
THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY 
The following are but a few of the Amaryllis 
we grow and are those that should be planted in 
the Fall. For a complete list ask for our 193 6 
Spring Catalog. It contains an article “How To 
Grow Amaryllis”. 
Leucojum vernum. Lovely and dainty white 
flowers with petals tipped with a dot of green. 
Blooms about March. Plant 4 in. deep in well 
drained soil. Give a good winter mulch and 
they are hardy. 10c each. 50c doz. 
Nerine saniiensis. Guernsey Lily. Tender, 
jlBright crimson, spidery flowers. Blooms eqrly 
■Fall. Special Price. Three for 50c, 7 for $1.00. 
But order at once if you want to see the flowers 
this fall. If ordered after Sept. 15 it is not 
likely your bulbs will bloom until next year. 
This special price is good only until we sell out 
those now dug. 
Nerine filifolia. Also Fall blooming. Tender. 
Foliage thread-like, evergreen. Flowers dark 
pink. 20c each. $2.00 doz. 
Zephyranthes carinata, pink, and Z. l'obusta, 
lavender pink are about the best. We have a 
few dormant bulbs of each that we will sell this 
fall for 15c each. Extra large 25c. Plant at 
once in South. In East plant in pots or outside 
in Spring. 
OLIVIAS 
Clivias are about the most gorgeous flowers 
for pot culture. They bloom about February 
and do not require greenhouse heat for flower¬ 
ing. In fact they flower here outside when our 
temperatures range from 3 0 to 50 degrees. Pot 
in 6 or 8-in. pots in soil of sand, leaf mold or 
thoroughly rotted manure and loam. Keep 
plants in good light but out of direct sunlight. In 
California and similar climates not subject to 
heavy frosts plant outside in dense shade in a 
well-drained soil. 
C. miniata. Several orange toned flowers in 
an umbel. Largest, strong blooming size, $2.00 
each. Small plants 75c to $1.50. The $1.50 
Isize might bloom next February. 
Olivia hybrids. 1 wish I could picture with 
words the beauty of these gorgeous hybrids. 
The flowers sold last winter in one California 
market for $1.00 each, wholesale. They are not 
difficult to grow but are rare because they grow 
nnd increase slowly. Large specimen plants 
.sometimes sell for $15.00 to $25.00. We offer 
largest size plants, sure to flower, $5.00 each. 
■ .Large plants that may flower next February for 
$3.50. Smaller plants that will flower in one or 
two years at $1.00 to $2.50 each. The $1.00 
size may take 3 years to bloom. 
This is an exceptional opportunity to buy high 
1 i^rade selected Clivias at little more than prices 
! )f ordinary stock. Order early as very few are 
! ivailable. I have personally selected the best 
1 | dants from all known Clivia breeders’ stocks in 
1 Southern California. 
HIPPEASTRUMS 
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These are the bulbs ordinarily called Amaryl- 
is. In a 5 or 6-inch pot they are sure to bloom 
jetween January and March. We do not dig 
uid ship until late fall when the flowering bud 
s sure to be hidden in the bulb. Pot with half 
if bulb above surface. 
II. Jolinsonii. Red with white center stripe. 
55c each. 
H. Sibyl Houdyshel. A very fine white flower 
with some pink in throat and petals have a line 
like margin of pink. A lovely flower. We offer 
these this fall only at a special low price of $2.50 
each. 
H. Alberti. Said to be a form of equestre. 
The flowers are double, salmon pink. Said to be 
very fine. $1.00 each. Stock limited so order 
early. 
II. hybrids. Mixed colors only, none of se¬ 
lected colors. They range from dark red self 
to pink and salmon tones and almost white with 
pink markings. 50c each. Largest size, 7 5c 
each. H. and S. strain, the best in America, 
$1.00 each. 
EUCHARIS AMAZONICA 
This Amaryllid has an umbel of white flowers 
that are most lovely. They require the hot 
humid atmosphere of a greenhouse to do well 
so don’t try them in your house unless you can 
give those conditions. If you have a conserva¬ 
tory or greenhouse by all means try them. After 
flowering they may be rested and again brought 
into flower in 3 or 4 months. $1.50 each. 
GLADIOLUS 
People are gradually learning how to raise 
gladiolus again and to avoid tlirips. Our own 
flowers were good again this year and are still 
free from thrips damage. (Aug. 20.) 
Here’s how we do it in a nutshell. Soak bulbs 
5 hours just before planting in a solution of one 
ounce corrosive sublimate to 8 gallons of water. 
Do not use metal container. Plant in Fall or 
early Spring preferably, though we do have some 
late planted Los Angeles blooming now (Aug.) 
that are perfect. Burn tops after digging. Plant 
in a new place every year if possible and as 
remote as possible from last year’s glad patch 
and your neighbor’s. We use overhead sprinkler 
about every two or three days. Plant 4 in. deep, 
3 in. apart. Thrips develop only in hot weather. 
For our customers in California and the 
south, we have the following list of early dug 
bulbs. We suggest you plant in November or 
December, for earliest spring flowers. The early 
flowers always escape thrips damage. Our Spring 
Catalog will contain a larger list. 
Prices are for one bulb, 12 for ten times that, 
100 for 70 times price of one. Less than 100 
takes dozen rate. 
Albatross. Largest pure white. 7c. 
Annie Laurie. Ruffled rose pink. 5c. 
Bagdad. Smoky, old rose. 7c. 
Betty Nuthall. Coral pink, orange throat. 5c. 
Bill Sowden. Very large, deep red. 7c. 
Blue Danube. Amethyst blue. 8c. 
Com. Koelil. Immense dark scarlet. 7c. 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. Bright flame red. 5c. 
Kircboff’s New Violet. Violet, and really good. 
5c. 
La Paloma. Early, bright orange. 5c. 
Los Angeles. Pink, extra rugged and fine 
winter grower. 5c. 
Marmora. Large, grey lavender. 6c. 
Minuet. The best lavender. 6c. 
Mother Macliree. Smoky grey lavender. 7c. 
Mrs. Leon Douglas. Begonia rose. 5c. 
Mrs. Van Konynenburg. Lilac blue. The 
best blue. 5c. 
Pelegrina. Deepest violet blue. 10c. 
Picardy. Shrimp pink. World’s favorite. 5c. 
Purple Glory. Very dark red, ruffled. 6c. 
Red Lory. Fine, large rose red. 20c. 
Red Phipps. Early, glowing red. 7c. 
Rosemarie Pfitzer. Creamy white, suffused 
pink. 25c. 
Wasaga. Glowing light apricot. 15c. 
Mixed. 40c doz. 
WATSONIAS 
Well-known relative of the gladiolus. Grows 
in the winter. Adapted only to California and 
mild southern climates. Plant in early fall. 
Culture about the same as glads, but need not 
be treated. Dig only when crowded. Pink or 
white, 65c doz. Orange red, 75c doz. Mixed 
colors, 60c doz. 
IXIA 
Bloom Erf. A new hybrid ixia that grows 4 
to 5 feet tall and has branching, wiry stem with 
20 to 40 flowers open. Fine for cutting. Mixed 
colors, white and pink shades. 15c each. $1.00 
per doz. 
CACTUS AND SUCCULENT 
SPECIAL 
We want to reduce our stock of Cacti and 
Succulents. Send for our price list if you do not 
have it. Here is our offer. Make out your 
order. Add up the single prices. Take off one- 
third and send us two-thirds and pay carriage. 
This will not be over 15c for 1 pound. Heavy 
plants go express, charges collect. This applies 
only to single prices. Collections not reduced 
as they are very low. We will prepay on small 
sized succulents. Extra large ones same prices, 
one-third off, but charges collect. Estimate 
postage liberally and will try to use it all, or 
better have them come by express and we will 
send as large plants as we can for your money. 
A “good deal” on every order. 
Send a list of substitutes as we are out of a 
few. 
Sempervivums. If specially interested and 
intending to buy send for large list of varieties 
we have recently acquired. 
