FLOWERS OF PORTUGUESE SUN-ROSE 
A spreading plant 4 feet across, smothered in spring 
and early summer with bright yellow blooms. 
The Cheerful Sun-Roses 
Helianthemum ocymoides. "Spanish Sun-Rose." 3 ft. 10°. For 
many weeks in the spring and early summer this little rounded 
plant with gray-green foliage is a glorious mass of bright 
yellow flowers, each bloom with a maroon-red center. Plant 
it in a sunny spot where it will not get too much water and 
prune it back once a year after the flowering season and we 
guarantee that it will be one of the most enjoyed plants in 
your garden. Grows easily anywhere, coast, valley or desert. 
5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c. 
Helianthemum lasianthum. "Portuguese Sun-Rose." 2 ft. 10°. 
The cheerful glowing yellow flowers of this beautiful plant are 
illustrated in photo at the left. Grows low and spreading, 
becoming about 4 feet across. Its soft downy grey foliage is 
beautiful at all times, and every morning in the spring and 
early summer it is profusely covered with its brilliant canary- 
yellow flowers, blotched purple at the base. Wherever you 
live in California these plants are ideal for the sunniest, driest 
spots in your garden. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. cont., 60c. 
Hibiscus 
One of the showiest summer blooming shrubs for Southern 
California with large glossy leaves and immense bright colored 
flowers. Likes a sunny position. 28°. 
Price on all Hibiscus, except where noted: 5-gal. containers, 
$1.75; gal. containers, 60c. 
Apricot. Rich apricot, shaded orange-yellow. 
Agnes Gault. Immense, long, trumpets of coral pink. 
Brilliant. Immense single trumpets of brilliant scarlet. 
Double Rose Red. Like a big double peony. 
Double Red. Large flowers of rich dark crimson. 
Grandiilora. Very large long flowers of brilliant cerise-pink. 
Muriel Evans. A new Hibiscus with deep orange flowers, 
heavily flushed and veined with pink and yellow. Blooms in 
winter as well as summer. 5-gal. cont., $2.50; gal. cont., $1.00. 
Holmskioldia 
Holmskioldia sanguinea. "Chinese Hat Plant." (India). 8 ft. 
20°. Planted in a warm sunny spot this splendid new plant 
will produce great long clusters of brick-red flower bracts 
during almost the entire year, even through the middle of 
winter when you can use it for Christmas decorations, for the 
flowering branches, resembling clusters of the richest colored 
Bougainvilleas, keep well when cut and placed in the house. 
It is just about the nearest thing to a perpetual bloomer that 
we have seen. It likes plenty of sunshine and plenty of water. 
One of the finest and most colorful new ornamental shrubs 
that has been offered in California for many years. 5-gal. con¬ 
tainers, $2.00; gal. containers, 75c. 
Gold Flower 
Hypericum moserianum. 2 ft. 10°. A popular low foreground 
shrub, covered with big, 2-inch golden yellow blooms in the 
spring. Part shade. Gal. containers, 50c. 
Hypericum henryi. 4 ft. 10° Similar to the above Goldflower, 
but plants, foliage and flowers are all larger. Gal. cont., 50c. 
Armstrong SELECT 
The Handsome Itea 
Itea yunnanensis. 5 ft. 15°. From 
the mountains of Yunnan in China 
comes the finest all-year foliage 
plant that can be grown in Cali¬ 
fornia, the big, bronze tinted, bright 
green leaves having a polished sur¬ 
face which never dulls in any wea¬ 
ther, even in the middle of winter. 
Long, fragrant, white catkins in 
spring. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. 
containers, 1-2 ft., 50c. 
IOCHROMA 
Iochroma purpurea. 6 ft. 25°. For 
quantity and persistency of bloom, 
this fast-growing showy shrub is 
unexcelled. We have the red flow¬ 
ered Iochroma fuchsioides also. 
Gallon containers, 50c. 
A Bush Jasmine 
Jasminum Grand Duke. 5 ft. 20°. 
A rare and beautiful, semi-reclining 
shrub with double 3-inch flowers of 
pure white with a powerful and re¬ 
freshing sweet perfume. Quite 
hardy but prefers some shade and 
blooms almost the year around. It 
is easier to grow than the Gar¬ 
denia and exceeds even that frag¬ 
rant flower in the intensity of its 
sweet perfume. 6-inch pots, $1.00. 
Laurel 
Laurus cerasus. "English Laurel." 
5-8 ft. 5°. Makes the finest specimen 
shrub possible with its large, thick, 
glossy green leaves. Sun or shade. 
Balled, bushy, 3-4 ft., $3.50; 5-gal. 
containers, $2.00; gal. cont., 50c. 
THE CORAL PINK HIBISCUS, AGNES GAULT 
Hydrangeas 
Everybody loves the big old-fash¬ 
ioned Hydrangea hortensis described 
below, but you will enjoy these new 
French Hybrids with their richer, 
deeper colors as well. Part shade. 
10°. All varieties below: 5-gal. con¬ 
tainers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c. 
Avalanche. Immense, pure white. 
America. A brilliant deep rose-pink. 
Deutschland. Rich salmon-pink. 
Gudrun. Rose-red shaded salmon. 
Matador. Rose-red. 
Peer Gynt. Rose, deepening to red. 
Rouget de Lisle. Deep carmine. 
Triomphe. A very fine deep pink. 
Hydrangea hortensis. 5-8 ft. Long 
a favorite in California gardens, with 
its large bold foliage and immense 
heads of pink flowers, which turn 
blue in soils containing iron. 
Hollies 
Hex aquifolium. "English Holly." 
5°. The real, old-fashioned kind. Must 
be planted in the shade in Southern 
California. Gal. containers, 60c. 
Ilex comuta. "Chinese Holly." 5°. 
A splendid Holly from China, with 
dark green, many-toothed leaves, 
forming a bushy, compact plant 
which is much better adapted to 
warmer climates than the English 
Holly. Rapid growing and full of red 
berries when it gets older. Balled, 
bushy, 3-4 ft., $5.00; 2-3 ft., $3.50. 
Ilex latifolia. "Japanese Holly." 
8 ft. 5°. A beautiful Oriental Holly 
with large 7-inch shining shallowly 
toothed leaves which grows more 
rapidly and is more at home in our 
California climate than English Holly. 
Has big red berries in winter. We 
highly recommend it. Shade or part 
shade. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. 
containers, 85c. 
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