Wild Flowers of 
California 
The wild flowers of California are unrivaled by those of 
any other state for beauty, color and romance. 
These are the flowers the padres found when first they set 
foot on California soil. The flowers nature herself, the first 
of all gardeners, placed here. Flowers from the fragrant 
chaparral belt, from the mountains, from the valleys, from 
the seacoast, all can be grown luxuriantly in your own 
garden. 
We have brought these flowers out of their native habitats 
from all parts of the state; from foothills, from plains, from 
deserts, from mountains, from seashore. We have propagated 
and grown them in our grounds so that you may enjoy them 
in your “own garden.” 
Many species are being grown successfully in the eastern 
states and many other parts of the world. You will be well 
repaid for the little care and time it is necessary to bestow 
upon them. They will beautify your grounds and will bring 
to your surroundings some of the lure and the romance of 
the California of early days. 
Wild Flowers 
I think that God must love the flowers, 
He makes them as He wills; 
He makes a lot more than we need 
A nd hides them in the hills. 
Yes, in the hills they are hiding 
As sweet as they can be, 
Hiding far from the sight of man, 
IVhere only God can see. 
The gardener takes the flowers 
And makes them rich and grand; 
A sort of aristocracy, 
I think you’ll understand. 
But the wild flowers, they are different, 
In the desert wind they nod, 
And look as only things can look 
Fresh from the hands of God. 
—Edson C. Harris. 
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BEAD BEFORE ORDERING 
HOW TO ORDER. Write plainly your name, 
town, county and state, giving street numbers 
and postofflce box when expedient. Send all 
money by postoffice or express money order, 
bank draft or check, and small sums by regis¬ 
tered letter. Postage stamps received in sums 
up to one dollar. 
POSTAGE prepaid to any part of the world on 
all seeds listed in this catalogue. 
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Copyright 1936 by Theodore Payne 
