The Fragrant Flowers of the Daphne 
Chorizema 
Chorizema iliciiolia. (Australia.) 3 It. 20°. Slender droop¬ 
ing branches, holly-like leaves and orange red flowers in 
loose racemes. It makes a low, dense mat of foliage and 
blooms throughout the winter and spring. Planted below 
larger shrubbery, it will clamber up and surprise you by 
displaying its blooms up where they should not be, but you 
will like the effect. Sun or shade. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; 
gal. containers, 50c; 4-inch pots, 35c. 
Chorizema varium. 20°. If you like the above, you will 
like this variety too, because it has bigger, glossier leaves, 
and even more brilliant flowers of bright orange-red and 
reddish purple. If you want a really brilliant spot of color 
in your garden, you'll want this, and when we say spot, we 
mean a space about 2 feet across. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; 
gal. containers, 60c; 4-inch pots, 40c. 
Golden-Haired Plant 
Chrysocoma coma-aurea. "Golden-Haired Plant." 25°. A 
feathery foliaged herbaceous shrub, attaining its full height 
and spread of 2 feet in one season and covering itself in the 
middle of summer with hundreds of button-like brilliant yel¬ 
low flower heads of bright golden yellow. The plant caused 
quite a sensation when it first bloomed in our test garden 
and is one of the numerous floral gems from South Africa of 
recent introduction. Full sun. Grows anywhere. Gal. con¬ 
tainers, 60c. 
The Rockroses 
Cistus corbariensis. 3 ft. 20°. This is a delightful and 
valuable Rockrose because it spreads out horizontally and 
does not get too high. Its low bank of sage-green foliage 
is studded with 2-inch white flowers throughout the spring 
and early summer. A plant that stands dry soil, sea spray, 
any amount of drought or sunshine, always looks fresh and 
luxuriant and is never-failing with its many beautiful blooms. 
Gal. containers, 60c. 
Cistus cyprius. "Brown-eyed Rockrose." (Spain.) 3 ft. 
20°. Every morning in spring and summer it is covered with 
pure white flowers, three inches across, with golden stamens 
in the center and a spot of crimson like a drop of blood at 
the base of each petal. Gal. containers, 50c. 
Orchid Rockrose 
Cistus purpureus. 20°. We have been enthusiastic about 
this hybrid Rockrose ever since we first grew it a few years 
ago. It has been a favorite in English gardens for a hundred 
years, but for some reason only found its way to California 
recently, even though it thrives better in our warm, dry 
climate than it does in England. It makes a compact hand¬ 
some plant, eventually becoming about 4 feet high and 6 feet 
across, covered for several months in spring and summer 
with lovely flowers, 3 or 4 inches across, rich rosy-pink in 
color (or possibly it might be called “old rose"), with a deep 
mahogany or maroon spot at the base of each petal, and with 
a center of yellow stamens. It must have full sun and good 
drainage and needs little water. See illustration next page. 
5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. containers, 60c. 
A Beautiful Foliage Plant 
Cocculus laurifolia. 10 ft. 22°. With its 6-inch shining 
leathery leaves it is one of the finest foliage plants for all of 
the Southwest from Arizona to the Coast. Except in very cold 
sections. Sun or part shade. Gal. containers, 50c. 
Coprosma 
Coprosma baueri. 20°. One of the most popular and widely 
used foliage plants in California, with its thick masses of 
big, shining, varnished leaves. A plant which can be grown 
to almost any desired height. Sun or shade. 5-gal. contain¬ 
ers, $1.50; gal. containers, 35c. 
Armstrong Select 
Cashmere Bouquet 
Clerodendrum foetidum. (China.) 3-5 
ft. Almost anywhere in California you 
can enjoy this easily grown plant, be¬ 
cause it is perfectly hardy, and al¬ 
though it may freeze down to the 
ground in cold sections in winter, it 
grows right up again to 5 feet in the 
course of a few weeks and starts pro¬ 
ducing again, over its big heart-shaped 
leaves, quantities of big rosy-red hy- 
drangea-like flower heads which are 
deliciously fragrant. It will grow almost 
any place but prefers a cool, semi-shady 
location. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. 
containers, 60c. 
Australian Fuchsia 
Correa pulchella. 1 1/2 ft- 18°. This 
new shrub from Australia seems to be 
one of the finest foreground shrubs for 
California gardens that we have found 
in many years. It stays small, only 
about 18 inches high, and makes a 
dense mass of foliage which may spread 
out for 4 or 5 feet. The little, long, bell¬ 
shaped flowers are a beautiful soft pink, 
and are borne in the winter from Decem¬ 
ber to April. Extremes of heat and cold 
do not bother it, and it rather likes dry 
soil. Sun or shade. 5-gal. containers, 
$1.75; gal. containers, 75c. 
Cistus corbariensis, A White Flowering Rockrose 
Cotoneasters for Winter Color 
Indispensable in California gardens 
are the Cotoneasters, which are splen¬ 
did foliage plants, but their most valu¬ 
able characteristic is the quantity of 
cheerfully colored red berries that 
brighten the bushes in autumn and 
winter. Hardy and fast growing any¬ 
where. They all like a sunny position. 
Cotoneaster parneyi. 8 ft. 10°. The 
foliage is much larger than the other 
Cotoneasters, and the stems are loaded 
with big clusters of immense brilliant 
red berries in bunches as big as your 
fist, which give a great show of color 
in the fall and winter. It does not over¬ 
grow like so many of the larger grow¬ 
ing Cotoneasters, seldom exceeding 6 
feet in height, and is well foliaged 
right down to the ground. See illus¬ 
tration in color on inside of front cover. 
Full sun. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. 
containers, H/ 2-2 ft., 60c. 
C. acuminata. 8 ft. Zero. The best 
of this group where thick heavy foliage 
is not desired. A loose, informal rather 
erect shrub, with pinkish flowers and 
big red berries in winter. Gal. con¬ 
tainers, 50c. 
Cotoneaster decora. "Necklace Cot¬ 
oneaster." 3 ft. 10°. Its low prostrate 
arching branches are always handsome 
throughout the year, particularly so in 
April when every branch is strung with 
little white flowers like sparkling gems. 
5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 
60c. 
Cotoneaster humifusa. Zero. A trail¬ 
ing variety, its creeping branches root¬ 
ing at the nodes and never getting more 
than 6 inches high. An excellent ground 
cover with its handsome evergreen foli¬ 
age, little white flowers and big red 
berries. Full sun along the coast, par¬ 
tial shade inland. Gal. containers, 60c; 
2'/4-in pots, $15.00 per 100. 
C. horizontalis. "Rock Cotoneaster." 
(China). 2 ft. Zero. A prostrate, half- 
deciduous shrub, its angular branches 
hugging the ground, and in the autumn 
it has spray upon spray of glowing 
crimson berries, which, combined with 
its deep red leaves, are a beautiful 
sight. 5-gal. containers, 1-2 ft., $1.75; 
gal. containers, 50c. 
C. pannosa. "Silverleaf Cotoneaster." 
(Himalayas). 8 ft. 10°. One of the 
most beautiful and certainly the best 
known and most widely planted Coton¬ 
easter. The leaves are a soft gray- 
green, silvery underneath. White flow¬ 
ers in spring, followed by great masses 
of silvery red berries, remaining all fall 
and winter. A splendid desert shrub 
but equally good on the coast. 5-gal. 
containers, 3-4 ft., $1.50; gal. contain¬ 
ers, l'/2"2 ft., 50c. 
C. pannosa nana. 10°. A miniature 
dwarf form of the above, not growing 
over 3 feet. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; 
gal. containers, 50c. 
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