Armstrong 
SUPERB CAMELLIAS 
The exquisite, perfectly molded flowers of Camellia japonica, waxy and 
delicate in texture and beautifully tinted, never fail to draw constant admira¬ 
tion when they unfold during the winter months. And the plant itself is 
handsome, with its dense, dark evergreen foliage forming a perfect setting 
for the bright colored flowers. Camellias are not difficult to grow, requiring 
only a good well-drained soil and a partially shaded position, usually with 
an east or north exposure. In very heavy soils a little peat moss mixed in 
with the soil will provide good drainage and give better results. They thrive readily 
on the Pacific Coast, except in desert sections. It is not necessary to wait for blooms 
on Camellias because they begin to bear flowers as soon as they are a foot or two 
in height, and the sizes above two feet will nearly all have buds and flowers on 
when delivered during the blooming season, from December through March. All but 
the 8 to 12 inch size are well branched and bushy. 10°. 
Standard Varieties 
Size Each 
8 to 15 inches.$1.00 
11/2 to 2 feet. 2.25 
2 to 21/2 feet. 3.00 
21/2 to 3 feet. 4.00 
P Auguste Delfosse. Medium size. ' 
high centered, bright red flowers of 
the peony type. 
Cheerful. Clear, bright cherry-red. 
1 Medium size, very double. 
Unusual Camellias 
Size Each 
8 to 15 inches.$1.50 
18 to 24 inches. 2.75 
24 to 30 inches. 3.50 
30 to 36 inches. 4.50 
Fanny Bolis. Big red flowers, blotched with 
white, with enormous petals loosely arranged. 
Six inches across and a beauty. 
Imperator. A four-inch flower of the peony 
type, with a large high center of small petals. 
The color is a rich red. 
Giant Flowered Camellia 
ROSITA 
A splendid dark rose-pink 
Camellia, every flower 
perfect. 
Chandleri elegans. One of the most spectacular of all 
Camellias is this variety, the great 7-inch rose-pink flow¬ 
ers astonishing the beholder with their size and beauty. 
The flower has a row of giant petals around the outside, 
with a large rosette of small petals in the center. The 
plant is comparatively dwarf but blooms profusely as 
shown in the illustration below. Gal. containers, 8-12 
inches, $2.00; balled or boxed, 12-18 inches, $3.00; 18-24 
inches, $5.00; 24-30 inches, $7.50; 30-36 inches, $10.00. 
A plant of the 
dwarf and gor¬ 
geously flower¬ 
ed Chandleri 
elegans. 
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Mme. Faucillon. A 3'/2-inch very 
double bloom of light rose-pink. 
Montironi. One of the finest of 
white Camellias with enormous 
flowers of pure white, sometimes 
streaked with light pink. 
Nobilissima. The finest white Ca¬ 
mellia of the peony type. A tuft of 
many small petals in the center sur¬ 
rounded by a number of large pet¬ 
als, all snowy white. 
Panache. Medium size, very full 
flowers of pale-pink, heavily striped 
with deeper pink. 
Pink Perfection. This is probably 
the most popular Camellia grown in 
California, and its very double, me¬ 
dium sized flowers of delicate light 
pink are very charming indeed. It 
never fails to display large quanti¬ 
ties of its perfect flowers. One of 
the strongest and most vigorous 
growers among Camellias. 
Purity. Its name describes it. Sym¬ 
metrical, exquisitely formed, snowy 
white flowers of large size, often 5 
or 6 inches across. Very double, 
opening slowly. 
Reine des Fleurs. Very large, very 
double, high centered flowers of rich 
vermillion-red flaked with white. 
U- John G. Drayton. A large, semi-double, pure 
white flower, with very large petals. 
Rare Camellias 
18 to 24 inches.$4.00 
24 to 30 inches... 5.50 
30 to 36 inches. 7.00 
Belle Romana. Possibly the most striking of 
the variegated Camellias, most of the big, 
double, large-petalled flowers being light pink, 
profusely striped and splashed with streaks of 
crimson. See illustration at right. 
Jordan's Pride. Big 5 to 6 inch semi-double 
flowers of light rose-pink with a broad irregu¬ 
lar border of white around each big petal. 
One of the few fragrant Camellias. Has a de¬ 
lightfully sweet perfume. 
Mathotiana alba. Most people who see the 
flower of this magnificent Camellia immediately 
say that it is the finest white Camellia they 
have ever seen. The flowers are immense, 
often 6 inches across, high-centered, and al¬ 
though quite double it is not at all stiff in 
appearance. 
Princess Bacciochi. A flower of startling 
beauty, very large, modified peony type, rich 
velvety carmine-red, without other shadings. 
Very large, heavy, glossy foliage. 
CAMELLIA FANNY BOLIS 
Bright Red, Blotched 
with White. 
Rev. John Bennett. High-centered, 
semi-double flowers of deep rosy 
salmon, the petals being very large, 
with a few small petals scattered 
among them. 
Rosita. Very double, 
medium size flowers 
of bright rose pink, 
the petals delicately 
veined and arranged 
in a symmetrical ro¬ 
sette-like form. The 
very latest Camellia 
to bloom in winter. A 
fast, vigorous grower, 
with every flower a 
perfect one. 
Tricolor. The large 
5-inch, semi-double 
flowers on the bush 
may be entirely red, 
or entirely white, but 
usually are beautiful¬ 
ly striped with red 
and white. 
Compte de Gomer. 
Beautifully imbricated 
flowers of the peony 
type, pale pink, 
flushed with carmine. 
Mrs. F. Sounder. A 
dainty, exquisitely 
beautiful single flow¬ 
er, pure white. 
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